- Title: Protest leaders in Ecuador accept talks with government as unrest roils capital
- Date: 12th October 2019
- Summary: QUITO, ECUADOR (OCTOBER 12, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS CARRYING PIECES OF CARDBOARD AND WOOD AS SHIELDS/ SMOKE AND DEBRIS STREW OVER THE GROUND PROTESTERS CARRYING MATERIALS TO BUILD MAKESHIFT BARRIERS PROTESTERS WALKING IN FORMATION WITH MAKESHIFT SHIELDS PROTESTERS STANDING IN GROUPS BEHIND MAKESHIFT SHIELDS POLICE STANDING WITH SHIELDS ON BALCONY OF BUILDING POLICE STANDING ON BALCONY IN DISTANCE/ PROTESTERS AND FIRES BURNING IN FOREGROUND VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HIDING BEHIND SHIELDS PROTESTERS WALKING IN GROUP, HIDING BEHIND SHIELD PROTESTERS STANDING BEHIND PIECE OF CARDBOARD, HOLDING ECUADOR FLAG PROTESTERS STANDING NEAR MAKESHIFT BARRICADE/ SMOKE BILLOWING PROTESTERS AT BARRICADE CROUCHING UNDER PIECES OF CARDBOARD VARIOUS OF MAN WAVING ECUADOR FLAG AMONGST SMOKE VARIOUS OF POLICE ON ROOFTOP SHOOTING TEARGAS CANISTERS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CLIMBING AND SITTING ON SPHERICAL SCULPTURE PEOPLE RUNNING AMONGST TEAR GAS PROTESTERS PASSING BRICKS IN PRODUCTION LINE TO BUILD BARRIER PROTESTERS PUTTING TEAR GAS CANISTER IN BUCKET OF WATER FIRE BURNING, SMOKE BILLOWING NEAR BARRIER MADE OF BRICKS POLICE ON BYPASS PROTESTERS STANDING BEHIND SHIELD/ FIRE BURNING ON ROAD BARRIER ON ROAD, FIRES BURNING VARIOUS OF WATER BEING SPRAYED ON FIRE/ PROTESTERS POLICE SPRAYING WATER FROM BYPASS POLICE SPRAYING WATER AND SHOOTING TEARGAS FROM BYPASS VARIOUS OF POLICE SHOOTING TEARGAS FROM BUILDING LEDGES PROTESTERS HOLDING SHIELDS VARIOUS OF MAN HOLDING WOODEN SHIELD AT BARRIER AND YELLING TOWARDS POLICE VARIOUS OF POLICE ON BYPASS PROTESTER HOLDING HIS ARMS IN THE AIR/ BARRIER MADE OF BRICKS AND TREE BRANCHES LYING ON ROAD PEOPLE WALKING WITH THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR VARIOUS OF POLICE RUNNING ON THE ROAD PROTESTERS WITH CARDBOARD SHIELDS AT BARRIER/ BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING DOG RUNNING THROUGH BARRIER AREA/ SMOKE BILLOWING AND FIRE BURNING FIRE BURNING AT BARRIER/ PROTESTERS
- Embargoed: 26th October 2019 19:49
- Keywords: Ecuador rally teargas fuel subsidy President Lenin Moreno Quito protesters demonstrations indigenous
- Location: QUITO, ECUADOR
- City: QUITO, ECUADOR
- Country: Ecuador
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0SKUO7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:QUALITY AS INCOMING
An indigenous group in Ecuador that has led massive protests to reinstate a fuel subsidy said on Saturday (October 12) that it has decided to hold direct talks with President Lenin Moreno, the first sign of a potential breakthrough in a dispute that has triggered more than a week of unrest.
Minutes later, the mayor of Quito, Jorge Yunda, told local TV channel Ecuavisa that Moreno's government had decided to "analyse" a law Moreno passed last week that ended the fuel subsidies and triggered a backlash.
The back-to-back announcements came as the highland capital of Quito was rocked by a 10th day of clashes over Moreno's austerity plan, a key part of his efforts to rein in the fiscal deficit after signing a $4.2 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Downtown Quito resembled a war zone as plumes of tear gas clouded streets littered with bricks and small fires and groups of people huddled behind walls and makeshift barricades for protection.
Police fired tear gas at protesters gathered at the country's parliamentary building and access roads to Quito's airport were reported blocked by the airport authority.
At least four people have been killed in the unrest and hundreds have been wounded and arrested.
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