Ecuador's president, indigenous leaders reach agreement to end violent protests
Indigenous leaders celebrates the announcement that the government cancelled an austerity package that triggered violent protests, in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, October 13, 2019.
"The moment of peace, of agreement, has come for Ecuador," said Arnaud Peral, the United Nations' resident coordinator in Ecuador and one of the mediators of the nationally televised talks, which started about 6 pm "This deal is an extraordinary step." Other indigenous demands included higher taxes on the wealthy and the firing of the interior and defence ministers over their handling of the protests.
Volunteer medics from the fire department and medical schools waved white sheets on poles as they led downcast protesters out of the area to safety. Young men from Ecuador's indigenous minority and mixed-race, or mestizo, majority, milled about on streets under the watch of police and a few dozen soldiers.
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