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June 28, 2022

Amid Nationwide Protests, Ecuador's President Agrees to Curb Fuel Prices 
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In Ecuador, Indigenous leaders have agreed to meet with government
officials to negotiate demands for lower fuel and food prices as massive
protests enter a third week. On Sunday, right-wing President Guillermo
Lasso promised lower fuel prices to try to quench the anti-government
uprising.

President Guillermo Lasso: "I have decided to reduce the price of
gasoline extra and ethanol-blended gasoline by 10 cents per gallon, and
also diesel by 10 cents per gallon. Ecuadorians who seek dialogue will
find a government with an outstretched hand. Those who seek chaos,
violence and terrorism will find the full force of the law."



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