US EditionProtesters clash with police in Ecuador amid nationwide strike over fuel prices
Fuel prices rose from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon after subsidy removal, sparking violent protests and a state of emergency in 10 provinces, officials said.
- Protesters clashed with police during nationwide strikes over fuel price hikes in Ecuador's capital Quito on Sunday.
- The Indigenous organization called the strikes 21 days ago in response to the removal of a fuel subsidy that raised diesel prices.
- President Noboa argued the subsidy cut was needed to shore up finances and combat fuel smuggling but has refused to negotiate with protesters.
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The government deployed thousands of uniforms in Quito to contain protests against the rise of diesel from $1.80 to $2.80 a gallon
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Protesters clash with police in Ecuador amid nationwide strike over fuel prices
Crowds were protesting a spike in fuel prices in Ecuador’s capital of Quito, burning tires, blocking roads and facing off against police officers who reacted with volleys of tear gas.
Although the protests as part of the strike called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), initially to reject the elimination of the subsidy to diesel, nationwide they have gone down for the holiday decreed by the central government, this Sunday, October 12, the mobilization actions return and in Quito it is called to the Great Pacific March of Life and Resistance.
Various social organizations of Ecuador announced mobilizations for this Sunday in several cities of the country in the midst of the national strike against the elimination of the subsidy to diesel that reaches its 21st day and of a wide military deployment. The mobilizations will concentrate especially in the capital Quito, although also announced marches in the localities of Guayaquil and Otavalo, province of Imbabura. "The unemployment is not…
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