Overview

• Conaie voted to maintain an indefinite national strike after an extraordinary council in Quito on the eleventh day of protests.
• President Daniel Noboa’s Decree 126 eliminating the diesel subsidy sparked the unrest, lifting diesel prices from $1.80 to over $2.80 per gallon.
• Interior Minister John Reimberg said two police held in Chimborazo were freed, and authorities reported most soldiers detained earlier in Imbabura were also released.
• Fifteen road sections remained closed across six provinces, prompting calls from Conaie to ensure passage for medicines and other health supplies.
• The mobilizations have left one protester dead in Imbabura, more than fifty injured, and over one hundred detained with some facing terrorism charges, as Conaie organizes a ‘No’ campaign for the November 16 referendum.