The country is going through the most intense wave of protests in the last 12 years. The mass protests in the streets have reached such a level of tension, so high that the President Lenín as moved (although only temporarily, he is already back in towm), from the headquarters of the government in the capital Quito to the city of Guayaquil which is protected by a single access bridge, which is easy to control.
Given the unstoppable wave of social mobilisation, Moreno has implemented a state of emergency for a period of 60 days and declared Quito in state of siege during the general strike of the past two days.
In addition to numerous illegal detentions, mostly in police and military precincts, there have also been hundreds wounded, some of them serious and up to 7 deaths according to some sources. The situation has overwhelmed the security forces on too many occasions.
