Ecuador: Police Repress Student Protest Against Referendum | News [Video]

Over the past week, blackouts have severely disrupted daily life in Ecuador, where citizens have taken to social media to express their discontent with President Daniel Noboa and his way of handling the energy crisis.

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On Wednesday afternoon, the protests moved to the streets in Quito, where students gathered to reject the government. Ecuadorian police forces, however, repressed the protesters.

“My energetic rejection of the repression against the Central University students. Today, Daniel Noboa, who promised us in the electoral campaign a new Ecuador and a new way of doing politics, shows himself as what he really is, namely, authoritarian, arrogant, and improvised,” said Jahiren Noriega, a young legislator from the Citizen’s Revolution party.

These protests occurred four days before a referendum through which the Noboa administration seeks constitutional reforms related to labor issues, international arbitration of foreign investments, penalties for crimes, and participation of the army in internal security.

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