Ecuador: Police and protesters clash during demonstration against pres Lasso

Follow us on Telegram: Subscribe to our channel! Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the of Quito on Tuesday in rejection of economic measures adopted by the government of Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso. “Evidently, what this club that President Lasso is giving to Ecuadorians is increasing discontent, but above all, poverty, misery and labour exploitation in our country,“ stated United Workers’ Front President and protester Jose Villavicencio. The demonstration, which was called by different groups from various social sectors, called for the reduction of the price of fuel and an increase in the labour market. “The people of Ecuador are rising up today and it is the beginning, we do not want to destabilise democracy, or politics in the country, on the contrary. We want it to be strengthened, but the national government has to reduce the price of gasoline if it wants a solution in the countr