Frente Unido de Reforma Agraria
Frente Unido de Reforma Agraria (FURA) was a group of Ecuadorian social movements formed in 1972 to push for land reform. It included FENOC, ACAL, FTAL, ACAE and ECUARUNARI. FURA organized protests and peasant meetings to demand land redistribution, support for farming cooperatives, an end to feudal labor, higher wages, and technical help for farmers.
The movement staged large marches in 1973: about 50,000 people in Guayaquil on June 6, 1973, 15,000 in Cuenca, and 5,000 in Quito. They held the First National Peasant Meeting for Land Reform in Quito, calling for radical, real reform. In October 1973, General Guillermo Rodríguez Lara issued a Land Reform Law that partially satisfied their demands. FURA dissolved soon after because of differences within the coalition.
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