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Ecuadorian workers had their first congress and a smaller meeting in 1913 in Quito. After the meeting, they issued a list of demands to which the government responded favorably, affirming the 8-hour workday and assistance to those involved in work-related accidents. However, very few employers acknowledged these measures.
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La Confederación Obrera del Guaya (COG), the nation’s leading labor federation, organized Ecuador’s second national labor conference (Congreso Obrero). COG received most of its support from the national government and the city’s municipal government, promoting the relationship between the labor group and the government. They demanded "more government-supported education, a minimum wage law, pay raises, enforcement of the 8-hour workday, one day off a week" and more.
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The Federación de Trabajadores Regional Ecuatoriana (FTRE) came about following dissatisfaction with the secon conference and anti-capitalist publications such as Bandera roja and El proletario. These were often anarcho-syndicalist, focusing on the labor movement and picturing a democratic, self-managed society of workers.
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Inflation, consequence of WW1 and the demand for cocao dropped, the price of basic foodstuffs such as flour, rice, and sugar were astronomical, rent rates rose, and employment opportunities fell.
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Tenguel, the largest banana farm, and gives rise to the banana boom in Ecuador
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Between 1925 and 1947, Ecuador had 23 presidents until finally the nation saw 3 full-term presidents. The military intervention of 1961 resulted in the downfall of President Velasco Ibarra. Pyne, Peter. "The Politics pf Instability in Ecuador: The Overthrow of the President, 1961." Journal of Latin American Studies 7, no. 1 (1975): 109-33. https://www.jstor.org/stable/156261.
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