Overview

• Environment and energy minister Inés Manzano said the vehicle carrying President Daniel Noboa showed bullet marks and was pelted with stones by hundreds of people.
• The convoy was targeted while traveling toward Cañar for an official event, and the president later proceeded with a public appearance.
• Noboa has imposed a 60-day state of exception covering ten of Ecuador’s 24 provinces in response to escalating unrest over fuel policy.
• The protests, called by the Indigenous organization CONAIE after diesel rose from about $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon, have blocked roads since September 22 and generated estimated losses of about $1 million per day in affected sectors.
• Officials and rights groups report at least one protester killed and roughly 150 injured, with around 100 detentions, as the government warns some acts may be prosecuted as terrorism and alleges criminal infiltration without presenting public evidence.