Ecuador’s President Daniel Nomopa declared yesterday’s third emergency status to seven of the 24 Provinces of the Andes Countryas demonstrators made roadblocks in protest for the abolition of the subsidy of the oil price.

His two predecessors, the Lenin Moreno (2017-2021) and the Guillermo Lasso (2021-2023), they were unable to implement the specific measure, which had triggered demonstrations and violent incidents in mobilization under the leadership of the main collective of indigenous tribes in the country, Conaie.

From 1997 to 2025, Conaie starred in uprisings that led to the fall of three presidents.

After signing a presidential executive on Friday, the price of diesel increased from $ 1.80 to $ 2.80 per gallon (3.8 liters).

Monday, truck drivers blocked roadswhich opened a few hours later with police intervention. So far, no injuries have been reported.

Yesterday Tuesday traffic on northern Pan -American road, at the entrance to the capital Kitwas excluded with rocks and soil ravines.

President Noboa thus decided to ‘Emergency state was declared in the provinces Kartsi, Ibavura, Pitsinsa, Asui, Bolivar, Chicken and Santo Domingobecause of serious internal turmoil »according to a decree signed yesterday and stipulates that the measure will last 60 days.

His government points out that road blockades have “Causes complications in food supply chains” and affect “the free movement of persons, leading to paralysis of various sectors and affecting the economy.”

The measure inhibits freedom of rally in the seven provinces and allows the Police and Army forces to “They prevent and dissolve concentrations in public places where there are threats to citizens’ security.”

Marlon Vargas, the president of Conaie, demanded yesterday the cancellation of the decree that abolished diesel’s honor, stressing that “It is already affecting the poorest areas, the people of Ecuador.”

Emergency state, however gross demonstrationscheduled for some time, at Quencathe capital of the province Asui (South), against the Gold Minement of the Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals.

Shouting slogans such as “Noma and mines, the same dirt and stench!”, The protesters, 80,000 to 100,000 citizens according to the mayor Christian Samoraclaimed to protect Paramos (ed. Ecosystem on the slopes of the Andes) at Kimsaccafrom which it is provided with water or Quenca.

“I had never seen so many people on the street before. Everyone has understood (…) that if the water is infected, we will have nothing to drink »told the French agency the Ernan Bravo, 73 -year -old retired.

OR Quenca “He sent a message to the world all that we need to protect nature”, otherwise “will dawn one day that a gram of gold and a barrel of oil will cost less than a liter of water”the mayor stressed.