Overview

• Executive Decree 146 added Chimborazo to the state of exception and set a 22:00–05:00 curfew in Carchi, Imbabura, Cotopaxi, Bolívar and Chimborazo, with military and police authorized to enforce controls and specified exemptions for essential workers.
• The diesel subsidy removal raised the pump price from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon and triggered road blockades and demonstrations led by the indigenous federation Conaie, which has declared an indefinite national strike.
• President Daniel Noboa escalated his rhetoric, calling indigenous leaders “revoltosos,” urging them to “get to work,” and declaring them “personas non grata.”
• Prosecutors warned of firm criminal action and cited potential terrorism charges for illegal road blockades, echoing government vows to detain organizers of obstructed highways.
• The National Electoral Council scheduled a Saturday session to address initiating the referendum process, while the correísmo opposition said it will file an unconstitutionality challenge and pressed for referral to the Constitutional Court.