Ecuador seeks foreign mediation through UN or Catholic Church as anti-austerity protests bring hundreds of arrests and force government to move from capital
Demonstrators participate in a protest against Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures in Quito, Ecuador, on October 8, 2019.
Ecuador's government said on Tuesday it would be open to mediation via the United Nations or the Catholic Church, after almost a week of anti-austerity protests that have rocked the nation and brought hundreds of arrests. Thousands of indigenous demonstrators were converged on the highland capital, Quito, and were planning to march on the heavily guarded presidential palace on Tuesday.
"The only response is dialogue and firmness at the same time," presidency secretary Juan Roldan told local radio, saying authorities were open to help from the United Nations, the Catholic Church or university rectors.Looks like a dystopian futuristic movie but, no, it’s just police repression in
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