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supplies against COVID-19 and respect for their jobs. In turn, a cacerolazo was announced against the Moreno government. Faced with the budget cut to education, student organizations such as the
Federation of University Students (FEUE) and that of Secondary Students (FESE) summon a sit-in in the Plaza Indoamérica in Quito that came to maintain biosecurity measures. While the Central University of Ecuador (UCE) announces the suspension of enrolment due to the cut, while a group of private universities makes a claim of unconstitutionality like the Popular Unity Movement. On 11 May, A new mobilization against the budget cut made from student organizations is carried out at the national level. Between 25 and 26 May, doctors and healthcare workers were on strike, demanding democratic reforms and better government wages. Between 18 and 22 May, anti-government remonstrances led by university students were held in-front of the national universities.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) and representatives of different sectors. Days later, on the 16th, the Minister of Economy, Richard Martínez announced the payment of the debt of $ 324 million for the 24th of the same month, an act that he complied despite the refusal of the National Assembly. In May, Martínez admitted that paid 1,000 million to Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs in April, declaring that it was seeking to achieve a
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During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national quarantine, the Moreno government has carried out several national channels to announce various economic measures to mitigate the crisis caused by the pandemic. After Black Monday, on March 11, Lenín Moreno announced a package of measures that
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