00:00After days of intense protests packed by President Daniel Novoa's decision to eliminate full subsidies,
00:06indigenous organizations and the Ecuadorian government reached an agreement to end demonstrations in the northern province of Imbabura.
00:14According to Ecuador's largest indigenous federation, one person was killed by armed forces during the rallies,
00:20and more than 100 others were injured.
00:22The resolution was reached during a high-level meeting in Otavalo, where Interior Minister John Reinberg committed to releasing detained protesters
00:32and forming territorial technical committees to address community demands.
00:37Indigenous leaders emphasized their right to resist and reject the criminalization of their movement,
00:44framing the protests as a defense of collective dignities.
00:47The strike officially ended with a promise to reopen roads and restore supplies,
00:53though tensions remain over the broader impact of sub-city cuts on vulnerable populations.
01:07We have proposed the immediate establishment of technical committees in the territories of our people and nationalities.
01:13There, we can work to address the issues and needs facing our peoples.
01:28Some of our colleagues are imprisoned, and we have requested their release, their immediate release.
01:34Regarding this matter, the national government has promised that our colleagues will be released first.
01:46We are not terrorists, lazy people, or kidnappers.
01:52We are a united people who have always fought for our rights,
01:55and our unity and collectivity must always support these rights.
01:58We are united with un patented and unidad and collectively.
02:00We have...
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