“Ecuadorian authorities should guarantee the right of people to demonstrate peacefully.” The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for South America, issued a statement to urge Ecuadorian authorities […]
The head of state reiterated that he won’t back down from the decision to eliminate fuel subsidies. During his short televised speech, the Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno informed the seat of government has been moved […]
“We are not here to negotiate behind the people’s backs.” The president of the National Indigenous of Ecuador (CONAIE), Jaime Vargas, said as a community they reject the brutalities by the security forces in the […]
Indigenous organizations say that their mobilization will seize Ecuador’s capital. Ecuador’s indigenous and union organizations kept protests going on Saturday and promised not to let-up in their push to overturn President Lenin Moreno’s austerity measures. […]
Indigenous and workers organizations will continue with a massive strike Oct. 9. Freight, bus and taxi union leaders of Ecuador announced Friday that they were ending their part in a now two-day national strike. However, […]
Correa stressed that a similar measure has not been taken by a government in Ecuador since 2005, during the administration of Lucio Gutierrez. Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa referred to the complicated situation that the […]
350 citizens have been arrested for participating in demonstrations. Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno on Friday ratified that he will not back down on the elimination of fuel subsidies, the flexibilization of labor rules and other […]
“We echo what the people want—early elections,” Rivadeneira said. Assemblymember and leader of the left-leaning Citizens’ Revolution, Gabriela Rivadeneira, announced her party wants early elections in order to “move past the political crisis” that the […]
Media outlet Pichincha Universal said that the electricity of its headquarters had been cut intentionally. Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno declared a state of exception as massive nationwide protests broke out against the elimination of fuel […]
The government has so far maintained that there would be no change or reverse in the measured announced. Ecuador woke up this Thursday with a total stoppage of activities as a result of a nationwide […]
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