Educators from Ecuador protest against rising gasoline prices
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Published at: 18/07/2024 07:30 PM
The National Union of Educators of Ecuador (UNE)
demonstrated this Thursday on Avenida 10 de Agosto and Bogotá, in Quito, in rejection of
the government of Daniel Noboa and its neoliberal policies, such as the elimination of fuel
subsidies.
The president of the UNE, Andrés Quishpe, warned that “Carlos
Castellano, president of the Popular Front of Pichincha, and Noemi Tipasi, leader
of the Federation of Pichincha Merchants and Markets (FEDECOMIP),
were arrested by police officers”, after the sit-in held this Thursday morning.
The increase in the price of two types of fuel in
Ecuador (Extra and Ecocountry gasolines) of 0.26 cents on the dollar has generated
protests from different sectors since its implementation on June 28.
This measure translates into a direct increase in the cost
of living, in a country where social inequalities are increasingly worsening,
plunging families into poverty.
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