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Pachakutik : indigenous movements and electoral politics in Ecuador / Marc
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1. Indians of South AmericaEcuadorPolitics and government. 2. Indians
of South AmericaCivil rightsEcuador. 3. Confederacin de Nacionalidades
Indgenas del Ecuador. 4. Indians of South AmericaEcuadorSocial
conditions. 5. Indians of South AmericaEcuadoEthnic identity. 6. Civil
rights movementsEcuador. 7. Social movementsEcuador. 8. Ecuador
Politics and government1984- 9. ElectionsEcuador. 10. EcuadorEthnic
relations. I. Title.
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Acronyms
ALBA Alternativa Bolivariana para Amrica Latina y El Caribe (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas)
AP Alianza Pas or Acuerdo Pas (Country Alliance or Country Accord)
CEDOC Central Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas (Ecuadorian Central of Classist Organizations)
CUT Central Unitaria del Trabajadores (Unified Workers Central)
CONFENIAE Confederacin de Nacionalidades Indgenas de la Amazona Ecuatoriana (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon)
CONAICE Confederacin de Nacionalidades Indgenas de la Costa Ecuatoriana (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Coast)
CONAIE Confederacin de Nacionalidades Indgenas del Ecuador (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador)
CODENPE Consejo de Desarrollo de los Pueblos y Nacionalidades del Ecuador (Development Council of the Indigenous Nationalities and Peoples of Ecuador)
CPCCS Consejo de Participacin Ciudadana y Control Social (Council of Citizenship Participation and Social Control)
CONACNIE Consejo Nacional de Coordinacin de las Nacionalidades Indgenas del Ecuador (National Coordinating Council of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador)
CONAMU Consejo Nacional de Mujeres (National Council of Women)
CONPLADEIN Consejo Nacional de Planificacin de los Pueblos Indgenas y Negros del Ecuador (National Ecuadorian Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian Planning Council)
CNE Consejo Nacional Electoral (National Electoral Council)
CAN Coordinadora Agraria Nacional (National Agrarian Coordinator)
COICA Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indgenas de la Cuenca Amaznica (Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples Organization of the Amazon)
CMS Coordinadora de Movimientos Sociales (Social Movement Coordinator)
COICE Coordinadora de Organizaciones Indgenas de la Costa Ecuatoriana (Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Ecuadorian Coast)
CLOC Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (Latin American Coordinating Body of Rural Organizations)
Cuidv Coordinadora por la Unidad de la Izquierda y Defensa de la Vida (Coordinating Body for the Unity of the Left and in Defense of Life)
DP Democracia Popular (Popular Democracy)
DINEIB Direccin Nacional de Educacin Intercultural Bilinge (National Directorate of Intercultural Bilingual Education)
Ecuarunari (Ecuador Runacunapac Riccharimui or Awakening of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples; later changed to Confederacin de Pueblos de la Nacionalidad Kichwa del Ecuador, or Confederation of the Peoples of the Kichwa Nationality of Ecuador)
FLACSO Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Latin American Social Sciences Institute)
FECIP Federacin de Centros Indgenas de Pastaza (Federation of Indigenous Centers of Pastaza)
FEINE Federacin Ecuatoriana de Indgenas Evanglicos (Ecuadorian Federation of Evangelical Indians, later the Consejo de Pueblos y Organizaciones Indgenas Evanglicas del Ecuador, or the Council of Evangelical Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of Ecuador)
FEI Federacin Ecuatoriana de Indios (Ecuadorian Federation of Indians)
FICI Federacin Indgena y Campesina de Imbabura (Indigenous and Peasant Federation of Imbabura)
FENOC Federacin Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas (National Federation of Peasant-Indigenous Organizations)
FENOC-I Federacin Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinos-Indgenas (National Federation of Peasant-Indigenous Organizations)
FENOCIN Federacin Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas, Indgenas y Negras (National Confederation of Peasant, Indigenous, and Negro Organizations)
FOIN Federacin de Organizaciones Indgenas del Napo (Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Napo)
FONAKIN Federacin de Organizaciones Kichwas del Napo (Federation of Kichwa Organizations of Napo)
FEPOCAN Federacin Provincial de Organizaciones Campesinas de Napo (Provincial Federation of Peasant Organizations of Napo)
FTA Free Trade Agreements
FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas
FADI Frente Amplio de Izquierda (Broad Front of the Left)
FFE Frente Futuro de Ecuador (Future Front of Ecuador)
FRA Frente Radical Alfarista (Alfarist Radical Front)
FUT Frente Unitario de Trabajadores (United Workers Front)
ICCI Instituto Cientfico de Culturas Indgenas (Institute for Indigenous Sciences and Cultures)
IERAC Instituto Ecuatoriano de Reforma Agraria y Colonizacin (Ecuadorian Institute of Agrarian Reform and Colonization)
INDA Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Agrario (National Institute of Agrarian Development)
ILO International Labor Organization
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