Indigenous women and students rally to show their support for the recent protests and national strike against the government of president Guillermo Lasso, outside the Central University, in Quito, Ecuador, June 25, 2022
BELEAGUERED Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso cut gas prices on Sunday evening, soon after the tabling of a motion calling for his impeachment.
Mass protests have rocked the country for the past two weeks.
The reduction sees the price fall by 10 cents per gallon, short of the demands made by Ecuador’s Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie).
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