Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Puyo, Ecuador
Unión Base
September 30, 2009

The Governing Council of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon
CONFENIAE, denounces and holds responsible the government of Rafael Correa
Delgado before the national and international human rights organizations in
witness of the grave violation of fundamental human rights of Indigenous
Peoples and nationalities particularly the Shuar Nation of Morona Santiago.

This afternoon at 4:30 PM at the main bridge of the Upano River linking the
provinces of Morona Santiago and Pastaza, law enforcement officers backed by
a helicopter from the air brutally attacked demostrators with firearms,
which resulted in two dead and 9 wounded, members of the Shuar nation, who
are maintaining a peaceful resistance for life and protection of nature
PACHAMAMA.

Today, the dictator President Correa declared a civil war against the
original nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, and therefore we demand
that the OAS and the UN intervene with urgency before the government of
Ecuador, to monitor and observe the blatant violation of the Indigenous
Peoples' rights in accordance with all Treaties and conventions signed by
our country such as ILO Convention 169 and the United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Faced with this critical national reality in which we live today, we the
marginalized and excluded Peoples of the country, Indigenous Nationalities
of the Amazon, now declare a State of Emergency throughout our ancestral
territories, without lifting the actions of indigenous uprising.

Likewise, we urgently request the establishment of a high level commission
of national and international effect, comprising the representatives of
governments friendly to America, such as: Bolivia,Venezuela, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, and member countries of UNASUR, CAN, International Human Rights
organizations, the Coordinator Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin
"COICA" in order to search for mediation between the government of Ecuador
and the Original Nationalities and Peoples of Ecuador.

Finally we call for solidarity from all social sectors in the country,
addressing the atrocities that are happening in the Ecuadorian Amazon,
violating respect for the true Pluri-nationality of the State.

Puyo - Union Base, September 30, 2009

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE CONFENIAE

TITO PUUNCHIR

PRESIDENT CONFENIAE