Add France 24 to the home screen© 2022 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.The content of external pages is not the responsibility of France 24. Visits certified by the ACPM/OJD.First modification: 10/15/2022 - 10:20 Last modification: 10/15/2022 - 10:18Quito (AFP) - The government and the powerful indigenous movement Conaie of Ecuador closed negotiations on Friday, as part of an act of peace that ended protests that left six dead, but without reaching an agreement on fuel, the most critical issue in the conversations."The work that we concluded, with the commitment to continue dialoguing, to operationalize and put into execution all the points of agreement, would not have been possible without the direct participation of many people and institutions," the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference, guarantor of the process that lasted 90 days.The negotiations were installed after 18 days of anti-government protests led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) in June, with the death toll of six demonstrators and at least 600 wounded, including soldiers and civilians.The native peoples mainly demanded a 21% reduction in the prices of the most used fuels.The government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso agreed to reduce them by up to 8%, leaving 1.75 dollars per American gallon for diesel and 2.40 for regular gasoline.During the negotiations, 218 agreements were reached in the ten thematic tables such as health, education, labor rights and promotion of production, said on Friday the Minister of Government, Francisco Jiménez, who headed the Executive delegation.However, there was no resolution on the targeting of more fuel subsidies - which represent more than 3,000 million dollars annually to the State - for rural sectors as demanded by the aborigines.The table in charge closed "without a global agreement," said the government portfolio, adding that "the main point of disagreement refers to the subsidy for the tuna, shrimp and other industries" that joined the claims of the Conaie."Since the beginning of the dialogue, we believe that 90 days were not enough to deal with such large and complex issues and that, in many cases, they had their roots in not having been properly addressed in the history of this country," he said on his side. the Catholic Church."Dialogue is the only responsible way to resolve conflicts," she pointed out in the text.The government is open to continuing with the talks and the indigenous people to appeal to the opposition Congress to promote laws that complement what was agreed.Conaie president Leonidas Iza told AFP in September that the indigenous movement will first analyze the agreements before taking a position on new demonstrations.The Conaie participated in revolts that caused the fall of three presidents between 1997 and 2005.The content you requested does not exist or is no longer available.