After 24 days of mobilizations in various parts of the country, primarily in the aforementioned province in the northern Ecuadorian highlands, local leaders from Imbabura and representatives of the Executive Branch spoke for more than five hours this Wednesday.

Representatives from the indigenous movements presented their demands to the government, including holding working groups—which would begin next Monday—freezing the price of diesel, investigating the deaths of protesters, and transferring those detained, among other demands.

In addition, the indigenous sector requested medical attention for the injured, the withdrawal of military and police forces from the communities, and a public apology for the treatment received, especially for the use of the word “terrorists.”

The Daniel Noboa administration celebrated the end of the strike in Imbabura, following talks with representatives of the Union of Indigenous Farmers Organizations of Cotacachi (Unorcac) and the Federation of Kichwa Peoples of the Northern Sierra of Ecuador (FICI).

However, a group of protesters expressed their disagreement with the terms agreed.

“We continue the strike,” shouted a group of citizens outside the municipal headquarters of Otavalo on Wednesday night, one of the cantons where the protests were most strongly felt.

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