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Ecuador: Agreement ends 18 days of strikes

Government representative Francisco Jimenez holds up the agreement made with Indigenous leaders, Eustaquio Toala, third from left, and Leonidas Iza, third from left, as they stand with Catholic Church representatives who served as mediators at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The groups reached an agreement to end 18 days of often-violent strikes over the price of gas that had virtually paralyzed the country. Church leaders are, from left, Monsignors David de la Torre, Luis Cabrera, and Alfredo Espinoza. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ecuador: Agreement ends 18 days of strikes