Ecuador’s indigenous movement says it paused talks with President Lenin Moreno because of the government’s “persecution” of the group’s leaders since a halt to violent anti-austerity protests.

Ecuador President Lenin Moreno orders the capital Quito and surrounding areas to be placed under curfew and military control, on the 11th day of deadly protests against government austerity measures.

Police fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Ecuador's capital Quito on Friday.

At least one indigenous protester has been killed in unrest in Ecuador's capital Quito.

Demonstrators converge on the Ecuadoran capital as intensifying protests against soaring fuel prices slashed oil output by a third. 

Thousands of activists blocked roads and lit up fires in Quito on Tuesday, July 17, on the second day of a national strike against President Lenin Moreno in Quito.

Neither of the two leading candidates in the South American country’s presidential election has so far received enough votes to avoid a runoff.