The minor died in hospital after the attack. Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images The police authorities of Ecuador are trying to clarify the death of a two-month-old baby who would have been attacked with a knife in his abdomen by his own mother. According to the newspaper TimeÁlex Ganchala, a police officer from the Esteros District, … Read more
Representatives of the government of Ecuador and groups natives signed an agreement on Thursday to end 18 days of protestssometimes violent, against rising food and fuel prices. The talks, mediated by the Catholic Church, reached an agreement to lower the price of fuel among other concessions. Agreement between the government of Ecuador and indigenous groups … Read more
Stock image. Photo: RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP / Getty Images The government of Ecuador and the indigenous movement agreed this Thursday to end the protests over the cost of living that have been going on for 18 days and have left 6 dead, including a soldier, and some 500 injured among protesters and security forces. … Read more
Photo: ADRIANO MACHADO/REUTERS / Deutsche Welle The Government of Ecuador decreed a state of emergency in the Andean provinces of Imbabura and Azuay, and in the Amazonian provinces of Sucumbíos and Orellana, in the face of a “serious internal commotion” generated by violent acts within the framework of social protests that have lasted 17 days. … Read more
The President of Ecuador, the right-wing Guillermo Lasso, escaped being removed from office by the opposition Congress on Tuesday, when it suspended negotiations with the top indigenous leader to end cost of living protestswho served 16 days. A motion to remove him from office, for constitutional reasons of “serious political crisis and internal commotion,” gathered … Read more
Photo: RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP Ecuador’s opposition Congress has denied a request to impeach right-wing President Guillermo Lasso, who has been facing a political crisis over indigenous protests for more than two weeks due to the high cost of living. The motion gathered 80 of the 92 votes necessary to remove Lasso from office, according … Read more
This Tuesday, the government of Ecuador reported that negotiations with indigenous leaders seeking to end two weeks of protests in this country they were suspended indefinitely, so the social and political conflict that plagues this nation continues. The negotiations with the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities were broken after the party representing the government headed by … Read more
The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, suspended this Tuesday the negotiations he had with the leader of the indigenous protests due to the high cost of living, after an attack against the military that left one uniformed officer dead and twelve more wounded. “We will not sit down to talk with Leonidas Iza again, who … Read more
Indigenous leaders and the government of Ecuador held this Monday first face to face in two weeks of social outburstwithout reaching clear agreements to defuse the massive protests against the high cost of living. Leaders of the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie), including its president, Leonidas Iza, met for more than six hours with … Read more
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities announced this Monday that it agrees to dialogue with the Government to promote solutions to the demands that generated a strike and violent protests in the last two weeks in Ecuador. The indigenous organization, the main of its kind in the Andean nation, said in a statement that the measure … Read more
The President of Ecuadorthe conservative Guillermo Lasso, lowered fuel pricesthe origin of the indigenous protests, but without satisfying the demonstrators who on Monday 15 days of road blockades in the countrywhich has put oil production in a critical situation. “This decision is not enough, it is insensitive,” said the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie), … Read more
Photo: DOLORES OCHOA/AP PHOTO/PICTURE ALLIANCE / Deutsche Welle The Congress of Ecuador resumed this Sunday (06.26.2022) the debate on the advisability of removing the right-wing president Guillermo Lasso, accused by an opposition sector of causing “the internal commotion” left by two weeks of indigenous protests. The plenary session of the National Assembly would resume session … Read more
The National Assembly of Ecuador temporarily suspended Sunday morning one session in which a request for the impeachment of the president was debatedGuillermo Lasso, after 14 days of protests and indigenous strike. The president of the chamber, Virgilio Saquicela, declared a break in deliberations after almost eight hours of session. The Executive put an end … Read more
The Pope Francisco This Sunday he called for calm on all parties in the face of the bloody indigenous protests registered in Ecuador. “I follow with concern what is happening in Ecuador“, said the Argentine pope after the weekly Angelus prayer at the Vatican. “I encourage all parties to abandon violence and extreme positions. Only … Read more
Photo: ALBERTO PIZZOLIA/AFP / copyright Pope Francis asked this Sunday (06.26.2022) all parties to abandon violence and extreme positions in Ecuador, where violent protests against the Government of Guillermo Lasso are taking place, and recalled that “only with dialogue can we achieve social peace”. Francisco expressed his concern about what is happening in Ecuador and … Read more
The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, repealed this Saturday the state of emergency “due to serious internal commotion”, one of the requests of indigenous groups that are the protagonists of the protests that have convulsed the country for 13 days and that have left at least 6 dead. . The announcement took place while the … Read more