30JUL22 Day#18 #Paro - The National Strike is over for now, Gov has 90 days to follow thru on making good on the 10 demands from the indian groups: "CONAIE leader Leonidas Iza and the Minister of Government, Francisco Jiménez shake hands after signing the agreement. Below is a summary of what was agreed upon after a session that began very early in the morning and concluded after 14:30,

1. The government agreed to lower five centavos more to the prices per gallon of extra gasoline and ecopaís and diesel, with which in both cases they were reduced by fifteen centavos, counting the ten that it ordered days ago. With this, gasoline will remain at $2.40 and diesel at $1.75. In addition, work will be done on policies to target fuel subsidies.

2. Executive Decree 95, which refers to oil policy, will be repealed; and executive decree 151 will be reformed in the sense that mining activities cannot be carried out in protected and archaeological zones, or water protection zones; and that the right to free prior consultation of indigenous peoples will be respected.

3. The government highlighted that, in response to requests from CONAIE, FEINE and FENOCIN, the following executive decrees were prepared: * 452, which orders governors to intensify operations and control mechanisms to prevent speculative processes, which raise prices.

• 454, which is to declare a health emergency. 456, which proposes compensatory public policies for the rural and urban sectors, such as increasing the Human Development Bonus to $55, or increasing the budget for intercultural bilingual education. 462, which reduces the price of diesel and the extra and ecopaís by $0.10.

4. Likewise, the government promised to repeal the state of exception that governs several provinces as social peace returns.

5. Those appearing agreed to set up a dialogue table with guarantors with a methodology to deal with pending issues on the agenda of ten requests from CONAIE with a duration of 90 days.

6. In accordance with the provisions, the indigenous movements declared the cessation of the mobilizations and the return to the territories and suspension of acts that disturb the peace...." -

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