QUITO — Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared a night-time curfew in five provinces on Sept. 18 as protests led by the country's main Indigenous organization intensified in response to the government's decision to eliminate diesel subsidies.
The Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (Conaie), Ecuador's most powerful Indigenous umbrella group, announced an "immediate and indefinite" national strike to demand the restoration of fuel subsidies. The organization said the demonstrations also reject what it called Noboa's "neoliberal policies," the deterioration of the health and education systems, and government promotion of oil and mining projects.
