Ecuador’s landmark Indigenous-centered university at risk amid shifting political tides
On a sunny afternoon in Ecuador’s capital, just weeks before the new school year is set to begin, a group of mostly first-generation university students is on the streets banging drums, waving hand-painted signs, and calling for government action.They’re worried they won’t have a school to return to when classes start Oct. 12.In the early 2000s, Ecuador opened its first public intercultural university, created after decades of demands from Indigenous groups who felt their history, language, and...
