Ecuador's transport unions on Friday called off protests against the scrapp...
QUITO - Ecuador’s transport unions on Friday called off protests against the scrapping of fuel subsidies by President Lenin Moreno after two days of unrest that halted transport nationwide and resulted in almost 370 arrests.
Moreno has set oil producer Ecuador on a centrist path after years of leftist rule under Rafael Correa and is implementing a belt-tightening fiscal package to conform with a $4.2 billion International Monetary Fund deal. At a news conference on Friday evening, the transport unions’ spokesman Abel Gomez said they had expressed their disagreement and handed a list of demands to the government. “Therefore today, for our side, our measures end,” he said.
Moreno’s popularity has sunk to below 30% compared with above 70% after his 2017 election, but his political position appears firm given support from the business elite, military loyalty, and the lack of a strong opposition. Truck drivers’ leader Luis Vizcaino called for dialogue with the government. “All Ecuador’s transport sectors are in crisis. ... We have to reach a halfway measure,” he said. Taxi union leader Jorge Calderon was among those detained.Moreno said he was open to talks but there was no possibility of restoring fuel subsidies that he said had damaged the economy and cost state coffers $60 billion over the years.
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