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Ecuador economic protests: 'Lasso's government will have to make some pretty serious concessions'

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Ecuador's president charged that the Indigenous leader heading a nationwide strike is seeking to stage a coup and warned he will use all legal tools to contain the violence unleashed by the on-going demonstrations. For more analysis on the crippling demonstrations over fuel prices and living costs, FRANCE 24 is joined by Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez, Director for the Latin America region at Greenmantle LLC and Adjunct Lecturer in the Global Initiatives in Management Program at Northwestern University.

Added on the 25/06/2022 19:03:36 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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