Tag: Indigenous

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Peace in Ecuador: Government and protestors strike a deal; sharp rise in fuel prices suspended

  

  President Lenin Moreno and leaders of Ecuador's Indigenous peoples struck a deal late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 10:13 UTC

  Ecuadorean president ready for direct talks with protestors to halt violence

  

  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno on Friday proposed direct talks with indigenous leaders after deadly protests against fuel price hikes stretched into the 10th day. “It is essential to stop the violence,” Moreno said in a brief address on television. “I call on the leaders to talk directly with me.”