Strike begins to take a toll on Cuenca: A protester is found dead at a Tarqui roadblock . . . .

[Judi Lynn]

Strike begins to take a toll on Cuenca: A protester is found dead at a Tarqui roadblock; City bus service suspended; Stores short on some food products
Jun 22, 2022


Although Cuenca has escaped the disruption and violence suffered by other major cities during the first nine days of the indigenous anti-government strike, that appeared to be changing Wednesday.

Early Wednesday morning, a protester died at roadblock on the Pan American highway in Tarqui after police fired tear gas to clear the intersection connecting Cuenca to Loja and Machala. The 31-year-old man was found lifeless at the side of the highway and some protesters believe he was struck by a gas canister. Paramedics say he showed no head trauma, only slight bruising of the torso.

The man was pronounced dead on the scene, his body taken to the public morgue for an autopsy.

Bus service suspended
At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Cuenca Chamber of Transport,announced that city bus service was suspended until further notice. Chamber President Manolo Solís said the decision was made due to “increasingly dangerous circumstances for drivers and passengers.”

More:
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[peacebuzzard]

1. it is sad and a shame that political unrest comes to these struggling nations

Ecuador is so rich in indigenous culture, magnificent terrain and the home of wildlife in this sparsely populated (still) country. But the greed is here as well, the rich becoming richer the poor struggling to find a way to survive with the loss of their culture, habitat and survivability. (sigh.)