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Ecuador: Agreement ends 18 days of strikes

Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza speaks after reaching an agreement with the government, as Catholic Church representatives serve as mediador, at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Ecuador's government and the country's main Indigenous group reached an agreement Thursday to end 18 days of often-violent strikes that had virtually paralyzed the country. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Government representative Francisco Jimenez waves as he arrives for a dialogue session with Indigenous leaders, from left, sitting, Eustaquio Toala, Leonidas Iza and Marlon Vargas, as Catholic Church representatives serve as mediator at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The two groups are discussing solutions that could lead to the end of a strike over gas prices that has paralyzed parts of the country for two weeks. Sitting far right is Monsignor Alfredo Espinoza. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Government representative Francisco Jimenez, right, stands on the other side of religious leaders from Indigenous leader, Gary Espinoza, far left, and Leonidas Iza, second from left, during a dialogue session mediated by the church at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The groups reached an agreement to end 18 days of often-violent strikes over the price of gas that had virtually paralyzed the country. Church leaders are, from left, Monsignors David de la Torre and Luis Cabrera. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Indigenous protesters gather outside the Episcopal Conference headquarters where Indigenous leaders dialogue with the government in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Ecuador's government and the country's main Indigenous group reached an agreement Thursday to end 18 days of often-violent strikes that had virtually paralyzed the country. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Indigenous leaders, Leonidas Iza, left, and Marlon Vargas, center, revise an agreement document with Monsignor David de la Torre during a dialogue session with the government, with Catholic Church representatives as mediador, at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The two groups are discussing solutions that could lead to the end of a strike over gas prices that has paralyzed parts of the country for two weeks. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Indigenous protesters gather outside the Episcopal Conference headquarters where Indigenous leaders dialogue with the government in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Ecuador's government and the country's main Indigenous group reached an agreement Thursday to end 18 days of often-violent strikes that had virtually paralyzed the country. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza waits for the start of a dialogue session with the government, with Catholic Church representatives as mediador, at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The two groups are discussing solutions that could lead to the end of a strike over gas prices that has paralyzed parts of the country for two weeks. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Government representative Francisco Jimenez holds up the agreement made with Indigenous leaders, Eustaquio Toala, third from left, and Leonidas Iza, third from left, as they stand with Catholic Church representatives who served as mediators at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The groups reached an agreement to end 18 days of often-violent strikes over the price of gas that had virtually paralyzed the country. Church leaders are, from left, Monsignors David de la Torre, Luis Cabrera, and Alfredo Espinoza. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza, left, shakes hands with Government Minister Francisco Jimenez after reaching an agreement with mediation by the church at the Episcopal Conference headquarters in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Ecuador's government and the country's main Indigenous group reached an agreement to end 18 days of often-violent strikes that had virtually paralyzed the country. At center is Monsignor Alfredo Espinoza. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)