Polisi Ekuador Tangkap 370 Orang Protes Anti-penghematan
BINTANGNEWS.com –
Media Presstv.com berbahasa Inggris
melaporkan,” Para pengunjukrasa Ekuador menghentikan transportasi, memblokade
jalan-jalan dan bentrok dengan polisi untuk hari kedua pada Jumat (4 Oktober)
ketika hampir 370 orang dipenjara karena kerusuhan yang dipicu oleh Presiden
Lenin Moreno yang membatalkan subsidi bahan bakar.
Ecuador
arrests 370 people in anti-austerity protests
But
his elimination of the decades-old fuel subsidies has incensed many Ecuadorians
and brought violent protests back to a nation with a history of political
volatility.
From
the highland capital Quito to the coastal city of Guayaquil, many bus and taxi
services were still halted on Friday, while demonstrators blocked roads with
tires, stones and branches, albeit it in lesser numbers than the previous day.
The government said security forces had managed to subdue protests in some provinces
and restore "normality."
Pada hari Kamis, hari harga bahan
bakar naik, pengunjuk rasa bertopeng melemparkan batu, membuat blokade terbakar
dan memerangi polisi yang mengerahkan mobil lapis baja dan gas air mata selama
kerusuhan terburuk selama bertahun-tahun di negara berpenduduk 17 juta orang.
Serikat pekerja telah memimpin protes,
bergabung dengan kelompok-kelompok adat, mahasiswa dan serikat pekerja lainnya.
Para pemimpin protes di sebuah konferensi pers di Quito pada hari Jumat
mengatakan demonstrasi akan berlanjut dan menyerukan pemogokan nasional pada 19
Oktober.
Moreno's
popularity has sunk to below 30% compared with above 70% after his 2017
election, but his political position appears firm given support from the
business elite, military loyalty, and the lack of a strong opposition.
However,
Ecuadorians are mindful that protests toppled three presidents during economic
turmoil in the decade before Correa took power in 2007.***
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Source:
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