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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAt 45, her parents work at their local market every day. Zumag has followed the same path, with long and tireless workdays: \u201cI have to wake up before dawn. I work every day from 5 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. I come home to cook lunch for my children and then, if I haven\u2019t made the money I expected, I go back to the market until 6 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the entire interview, Zumag was cheerful and willing to talk. However, she says that \u201clife doesn\u2019t always smile at her.\u201d Being an Indigenous, poor woman in Ecuador\u2014as in most Latin American countries\u2014is difficult. Racism is not only still present but has intensified since the October strike: \u201cWithin our community, we accept each other as we are. Unfortunately, I no longer speak Kichwa; I never learned. My parents didn\u2019t want to teach us because they wanted us to speak Spanish above all. There is a lot of self-rejection. And now, with everything that happened during the strike, the hatred against us has become more visible. Personally, nothing has happened to me, but my sisters, who have had to go to the city of Ibarra, have been mistreated and discriminated against\u2014even by Indigenous people themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re interested in cartoons, you can visit this article:<\/em> click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n