indigenous groups Ecuadorwho have been protesting against the high cost of living for more than two weeks, peacefully marched through the city center Quito to demand the resumption of negotiations suspended by the government, AFP journalists confirmed.
Shouting “We don’t need ten cents, we need a result,” several hundred demonstrators marched through the streets of the historic center, near the Palace Carondeletheadquarters Executiveto also announce a reduction in fuel prices of up to 21%.
neighborhood Carondelet they are blocked by metal fences and barbed wire, as well as by the police.
A protester in a red poncho, who led one of the caravans, accompanied by men with makeshift shields, took a megaphone and said: “We will remain here until the President of the Republic restores dialogue.”
“If we have to sleep here, if we have to corner the government palace, we will,” he warned.
suspension of dialogue
right-wing president William Lasso On Tuesday, he suspended negotiations that had been initiated a day earlier by representatives of the executive branch and the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Peoples (Conaye), led by Leonidas Iza.
The President made this decision after protesters attacked the military and police, as a result of which one agent was killed and twelve others were injured in the Amazon.
“We are not going to negotiate with those who are holding Ecuador hostage”Lasso said.
Isa, who said she felt “fear” of a possible “attack” on her life, replied that she would remain open to dialogue in Quito. He asked that the demonstrations “be conducted peacefully”.
In the midst of protests that began on June 13, Lasso cut fuel prices by 10 cents (up 5%), which has been $1.80 a gallon for diesel and $2.45 for gasoline since Tuesday.
Conaie, which was involved in uprisings that overthrew three presidents between 1997 and 2005, sees this review as insufficient and pushes for diesel to be reduced to 1.50 (18%) and petrol to 2.10 (21%).
At demonstrations this Wednesday at Quito, where about 10,000 local residents from their communities are mobilized, another man addressed the uniformed men guarding the street. “We have come to have this peaceful march, we have not come to confront anyone,” he told them.
When the caravan passed, the enterprises closed their doors, fearing excesses.
On Tuesday night, clashes broke out between demonstrators and police in the north of the Ecuadorian capital. Two police stations were burned down.
As the Konaye protests turn 17 days old, the balance of casualties is six dead and more than 600 injured, between agents and civilians, as well as about 150 detainees.
(with AFP information)
Source: RPP
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