Ecuador

Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso accepts four cabinet resignations
The resignations come after the government reached an agreement ending strikes that virtually paralysed the country.
Published On 5 Jul 2022
Ecuador gov’t, Indigenous leaders reach deal to end protests
Deal includes fuel price decrease and other concessions, bringing an end to weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
Published On 30 Jun 2022
Ecuador: Talks with protesters to resume amid state of emergency
Negotiations with Indigenous-led protesters were suspended on Tuesday after military said soldier killed in unrest.
Published On 30 Jun 2022
Ecuador’s Lasso survives impeachment vote, halts protest talks
Lasso has said he is open to negotiations, but not with Indigenous leader Iza, whom he accused of self-serving politics.
Published On 29 Jun 2022

Indigenous groups are demanding lower food and fuel prices.

Talks to begin as demonstrations against rising costs of living have paralysed parts of the South American country.

The cuts fall short of demands from Indigenous leaders who have decried the soaring cost of living.

Security measures eased amid talks with protest leaders and an opposition-led move to remove the president from office.

Thousands of Indigenous people have joined national strike in Quito to demand government action on rising costs.

Protesters try to storm congress on the 11th day of marches after winning a concession on access to key cultural centre.

On Tuesday, an estimated 10,000 Indigenous people took to the streets of Quito.

Indigenous groups are keeping up protests in most of Ecuador’s provinces to demand economic reforms.

Leonidas Iza had been arrested on suspicion of ‘sabotage’ amid nationwide anti-government protests.

Indigenous demonstrators angry over rising gas and food prices say protests will continue ‘until government listens’.

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