Ecuador Has First Curfew in Capital Since 1970s Dictatorship
- Moreno boosts military presence in Quito, surrounding valleys
- Indigenous leaders agreed to talks on Saturday to end crisis
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Ecuador’s government ordered the first curfew in about four decades in the capital after another day of violence which saw arson attacks on a TV station and a government office.
The measure, which took effect at 3 p.m. local time on Saturday in Quito and surrounding valleys, “will facilitate the public forces’ action in light of intolerable violent excesses,” President Lenin Moreno said. The curfew in Quito will be maintained “indefinitely” and movements in other parts of the country will be restricted, the government said.