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Indigenous groups have blocked key roads across Ecuador in protest against the government's economic policies.
Some 20 roadblocks have been set up in 11 Ecuadorean provinces, local media report, partly cutting off access to the capital Quito.
The protesters' list of demands includes reducing the cost of fuel and price caps on agricultural goods.
Ecuador is currently grappling with rising levels of inflation, unemployment, and poverty.
Roads across the country were blocked from midnight by demonstrators who used piles of burning tyres, trees, and mounds of earth to cut off access.
Which they did to make sure that those that were on their way to work could become unemployed. I understand why these people do this but it really and truly does not make sense. As a rule, it doesn't work. My picking a fight with other people that initiates a type of civil war doesn't fix unemployment or inflation or poverty.
Some 20 roadblocks have been set up in 11 Ecuadorean provinces, local media report, partly cutting off access to the capital Quito.
The protesters' list of demands includes reducing the cost of fuel and price caps on agricultural goods.
Ecuador is currently grappling with rising levels of inflation, unemployment, and poverty.
Roads across the country were blocked from midnight by demonstrators who used piles of burning tyres, trees, and mounds of earth to cut off access.
Ecuador protests: Indigenous groups burn tyres and block roads over fuel prices
Demonstrators burn tyres and block roads over conservative government's 'policies of death'.
www.bbc.com
Which they did to make sure that those that were on their way to work could become unemployed. I understand why these people do this but it really and truly does not make sense. As a rule, it doesn't work. My picking a fight with other people that initiates a type of civil war doesn't fix unemployment or inflation or poverty.
