Antonio Vargas
Ecuadorian politician and Indigenous leader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Antonio Vargas (boxer).
Carlos Antonio Vargas Guatatuca (born 1 December 1958 in Unión Base, Puyo) is an indigenous Quechua politician of Ecuador.[1][2] He was leader of the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de Ecuador (CONAIE) and Minister for Social Welfare under president Lucio Gutiérrez from 2003 to 2005.[1]
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vargas, the second or maternal family name is Guatatuca.
Vargas was involved in the 2000 Ecuadorian coup d'état.