• Marches.Lenín Moreno leaves Quito due to the pressure of the natives and accuses Correa and Maduro of attempted coup
  • Video on networks: former President Rafael Correa asks to advance the elections in Ecuador before the "serious social commotion"

Ecuador, the country of volcanoes, suffers a new political and social eruption, which has forced President Lenin Moreno to move the government headquarters from Quito to Guayaquil, the country's second city. A flight as surprising as the protests, riots, looting and assaults on public entities, which have been mixed as never before on the eve of the great indigenous march, which intends to break into the Ecuadorian capital on Wednesday. The indigenous leadership does not seek in principle a change of government, but it does require the president to repeal the controversial decree that has eliminated fuel subsidies.

Today, Moreno has offered "a dialogue" to the indigenous people before the "great uprising" of tomorrow, which was announced Monday by the indigenous communities. "There is dialogue for the indigenous brothers who unfortunately have needs, and in that we completely agree," he told the media.

The traditional road blockades, a classic in a country that saw eight presidents fall for a decade, are accompanied on this occasion by attacks on shops and assaults against government headquarters, outside the script and carried out by people outside the indigenous movement. The most surprising one took place in Quito on Monday night, when a large group of hooded men forcibly took the headquarters of the Comptroller's Office, which is responsible for investigating the numerous corruption cases that occurred during Rafael Correa's 10-year presidency, former political chief of Moreno and today his arch nemesis. The leader of the 'citizen revolution' remains in Brussels, away from accusations of corruption that have brought several very close collaborators to jail, including his former vice president, Jorge Glas.

"What has happened these days is not a social manifestation of discontent in the face of a government decision. No, looting, vandalism and violence show that here there is an organized political intention to destabilize the Government and break the democratic order," Moreno accused in his appearance to the country after arriving in Guayaquil. In a television address surrounded by the military leadership and denoting the crucial moment in the country, where the power depends on what happens in the next few hours, Moreno pointed to "paid and organized external individuals" , who would be part of the "attempt of coup d'etat "and" attack against democracy "orchestrated during the trip to Caracas of its predecessor.

"The satrap of Maduro has activated along with Correa his plan of destabilization, the corrupt who have felt the steps of justice closing them," said Moreno.

"Our fight is for the exit of the IMF"

The rumors run in Quito before the drift that has taken the situation in the country, which is experiencing a new economic crisis and complains of a weak government. "They are instrumentalizing some indigenous sectors, taking advantage of their mobilization to plunder and destroy in their path. It is with the resources that were stolen that they are financing the aggressions and looting, it is they who do not want the democratic institutionality," said the president in a new reference to those who were also part of his party, Country Alliance.

The most paradoxical thing is that the indigenous leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) did not hesitate to point to Correa himself and announce his demarcation of the "coupist platform of correism." "Our struggle is for the departure of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) from Ecuador," added the indigenous movement.

The sixth day of state of exception witnessed how the first indigenous people are already in Quito, four days after the carriers ended their unemployment. Colleges and schools closed again while the mayor of Guayaquil and opostitor leader, Jaime Nebot, called to fight for democracy , also becoming the host of the president. Representatives of the different powers of the State (judicial, electoral and social control met today with the president in Guayaquil, who was also surrounded by his ministers.

In Quito, Mayor Jorge Yunda declared the capital in emergency after the last hours of excesses. "We will not generate a fratricidal war, let's get together, that prime wisdom among the rulers," said the mayor, who called on all the mayors of the country to act as mediators.

"Now they call us coup plotters, when those who destroyed the Constitution and democracy were always them," Correa defended from Europe, who acknowledged his mistake with Moreno, "the biggest faker of our era." "We have had two years of the worst political persecution. The conflicts in democracy are resolved at the polls and that is precisely what we are asking for, to allow us to advance elections in case of serious social commotion," the leader insisted.

Correísmo demands new elections urgently, before the courts act against their leader. In his party they weigh the possibility of Correa attending as vice president or occupying a prominent position. Away from his country for two years, Correa forgot about the volcanoes to boast that he succeeded with his prediction, the awakening of the town "with the force of a hurricane to recover the homeland."

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