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Military and police forces recovered public control tonight in downtown Quito, turned into a battlefield and the stage where Ecuador seems to play its future. Government agents expelled from the area those who fought in it throughout the day, while the indigenous movement was protected in the House of Culture and two nearby universities, according to the agreement reached with the government. "All our bases remain inside the House of Culture," confirmed the indigenous leadership near midnight.

The landscape after the battle looked bleak, especially the headquarters of the Comptroller, attacked viciously by violent groups that have nothing to do with the natives and wrapped in flames and smoke for hours. Inside, the evidence of the 10 years of corruption of the government of Rafael Correa, who President Lenín Moreno again accused in his last message to the nation, is protected. "There are dark forces linked to organized political crime, led by Correa and Maduro , in complicity with narcoterrorism, gangs, foreign citizens, which caused anxiety and violence never seen before. They attempted against Quito," said the progressive leader.

"Today they burned the building of the Comptroller to destroy the evidence of corruption of the previous government," added the president, whose words coincided with a long pan in all the neighborhoods of the capital. The initial call to peace was followed by the capitalists, who even went down from their homes to make their instruments sound louder. The different parties in conflict wanted to attribute the protest.

Lenin insisted that he has started the "analysis" of the controversial decree 883 , which eliminates subsidies for diesel and extra gasoline, whose announcement last week has caused the country's biggest crisis in a decade . The Alianza País government will also review the proposal to reduce salaries and vacations in the public sector, as well as the $ 20 monthly bonus that private companies will make effective. "We will also include a tax for large companies. Those who earn the most will contribute the most to the country," said Correa's successor.

"With those who have the decision to dialogue, we will do it. That process has progress and I hope to give you good news soon, because different sectors and organizations have already confirmed their willingness to dialogue," Moreno concluded. An hour later, both the United Nations and the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference confirmed that the first meeting between the Government and leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) will take place on Sunday in the capital.

"It is the responsibility of the Conaie to unlock the situation and avoid a bloodbath of our people for the brutal repression at the hands of the public force. There is no real dialogue without due guarantees to the integrity of the indigenous leaders throughout the national territory" , the Confederation explained in a statement.

The dome of the Armed Forces also appeared before the country to detail the measures included in the curfew, but above all to make it clear that they maintain their support for the president. From the correísmo the rumors of a coup d'etat were stirred during the last 48 hours.

The correísta deputy Gabriela Rivadeneira, former president of the National Assembly, decided to take refuge in the Mexican Embassy in Quito, although she has parliamentary immunity.

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