Cuthand: Despite democratic legacy, Indigenous torn on voting in elections

Cuthand: Despite democratic legacy, Indigenous torn on voting in elections

When I was born, I wasn’t recognized as a Canadian citizen, nor were my parents allowed to vote even though our roots in Canada went back generations.

The results of the second round elections, which position Daniel Noboa Azín as the elected president for the next four years, shake and leave an internal rupture in the indigenous movement, especially the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie), whose president, Leonidas Iza, called his bases to “not trust” the leaders who criticize him for supporting Luisa González, a presidential candidate promoted by the Citizen Revolution movement…