Overview

• President Daniel Noboa expanded the state of exception to add Chimborazo and ordered a 10 p.m.–5 a.m. curfew in Carchi, Imbabura, Cotopaxi, Bolívar and Chimborazo.
• The curfew decree cites blocked highways that restrict free movement and authorizes security forces to detain violators, with exemptions for essential services and specified workers.
• Conaie announced an immediate, indefinite national strike against the diesel measure and declared community states of exception that bar security-force entry into indigenous territories.
• The diesel price rose from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon under a presidential decree issued last Friday.
• Officials say the subsidy removal will not be negotiated and project roughly $1.1 billion in annual savings for social protection and incentives for small and mid-sized firms.