Protesters in Ecuador clashed with authorities near the presidential palace, setting debris on fire and dodging tear gas canisters as they demanded a reversal of President Moreno's cut in fuel subsidies
as part of a package of reforms, in keeping with a $4.2 billion International Monetary Fund loan.
Indigenous groups and others have been barricading roads with burning tires, rocks and branches. Police have deployed armored vehicles and water cannon.Moreno has accused Correa, his one-time mentor and boss when he was vice president, of seeking a coup with the help of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
“That’s why the Ecuadorean people are in the streets, not because of Maduro, because of survival,” he said. The unrest has affected oil output in the OPEC member. State-run Petroamazonas estimates it could lose about 188,000 barrels per day, or more than a third of its crude production, due to unrest at its facilities.
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