State of exception in three provinces affected by unemployment in Ecuador
epa10021462 Ecuadorian soldiers patrol near the Government Palace in Quito, Ecuador, 18 June 2022. President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in the provinces of Imbabura, Pichincha, whose capital is Quito, and Cotopaxi, located in the center and north of the Andean region of the country, after five days of indigenous protests. EPA/Jose Jacome
