Ongoing public affairs program which features interviews with people from the world's political, social and economic hot spots.|THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN ECUADOR / Manel Saca and Rafael Pandam| interviewed and produced by Sue Supriano. - SERIES: Steppin' out of Babylon| no. 108 - Ongoing public affairs program which features interviews with people from the worlds political, social and economic hot spots. - CONTENT: Manuel Saca, from the Sierra Highlands, and Rafael Pandam from the Amazon region of Ecuador, are both part of a national organization of indigenous people called CONAIE. The Spanish speakers have a translator for their discussion about changing the Constitution to create a pluralistic and multicultural government. Since the government has rejected this idea, they have begun a grass roots organizing effort to create thier own government within Ecuador. - RECORDED: 1992.
Manuel Saca, from the Sierra Highlands, and Rafael Pandam from the Amazon region of Ecuador, are both part of a national organization of indigenous people called CONAIE. The Spanish speakers have a translator for their discussion about changing the Constitution to create a pluralistic and multicultural government. Since the government has rejected this idea, they have begun a grass roots organizing effort to create thier own government within Ecuador.