The Union of Farmers and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi (UNORCAC) and the National Federation of Farmers, Indigenous, and Black Organizations (FENOCIN) indicated on their social media that they continue their “resistance,” despite CONAIE’s announcement.

These organizations called for a march this in the province of Imbabura, which, over the last month, has become the epicenter of anti-government protests against decisions such as the elimination of the diesel subsidy.

Ecuadorian Army General Henry Delgado, head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, urged in a statement to “decline the strike” so that “tranquility and normalcy can return to the cantons of Otavalo and Cotacachi” in Imbabura.

Meanwhile, with operations at several points in that district, police and military personnel are seeking to reopen the roads, Interior Minister John Reimberg and National Police Commander General Pablo Davila stated.

Local media concluded that containing the strike and preventing its spread cost the Ecuadorian government 755 million dollars in bonuses, an amount 16 times greater than what was collected by state-owned Petroecuador after the elimination of the diesel subsidy since September.

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