<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"> <<a href="mailto:codev@codev.org" target="_blank">codev@codev.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Urgent Action: Protect Freedom of Association in Ecuador</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">August 24, 2016 at 10:40:28 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Michael <<a href="mailto:Lewiscccr@shaw.ca" target="_blank">Lewiscccr@shaw.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">CoDevelopment Canada <<a href="mailto:codev@codev.org" target="_blank">codev@codev.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;width:100%!important"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;height:100%!important;width:100%!important;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;line-height:10px;text-align:left"><div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;line-height:10px;text-align:left">Take action now to help protect Freedom of association in Ecuador.</div></div></td><td valign="top" width="190" style="border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;line-height:10px;text-align:left">Is this email not displaying correctly?<br><a href="http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f72c649b50c12edc3ff6a0881&id=7fbc8b8125&e=ae2637e501" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">View it in your browser</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);border-bottom-width:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Arial;font-size:34px;font-weight:bold;line-height:34px;padding:0px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="http://codev.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f72c649b50c12edc3ff6a0881&id=81e9cda7d0&e=ae2637e501" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/f72c649b50c12edc3ff6a0881/images/Header_Urgent_Action_E_Bulletin.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="628" height="186" style="border:0px none;min-height:186px;line-height:34px;outline:none;text-decoration:none;width:628px;margin:0px;padding:0px"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:left"><h1 style="color:rgb(32,32,32);display:block;font-family:Arial;font-size:34px;font-weight:bold;line-height:34px;margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:left">The Ecuadorian government has ordered the destruction of the country's national teachers' union</h1><h2 style="color:rgb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