president lenin morano has accused his left his predecessor rafael correia of trying to destabilize ecuador. the sucking the vandalism the violence shows that there is a political intention organized to destabilize the government and break the constitution order to break democratic order because. there have been hundreds of arrests while the unrest is taking a toll on an already vulnerable economy. iran has appealed to the united nations for help and calming the situation a bit east the worst unrest any is. well let's get more now from correspondent stephan krisna joining me now from the ecuadorian capital stefan was seen some violent scenes on the streets of quito what is the situation currently. there it will depend on which part of the city they are still probably some clashes going on between the congressional building and the historic city center where the presidential palace and some other. important buildings are putting ready interior ministry of the other. among other ministries while other parts of the city are largely quiets. pro-democracy rally going on in alongside a major park

that president lenin morano has accused has left his predecessor rafael correll of trying to destabilize ecuador. in the sacking the vandalism the violence shows that there is a political intention to organize to destabilize the government and break the constituted order to break democratic order in order. to have been hundreds of arrests while the turmoil is taking a toll on an already vulnerable economy miranda has appealed to the united nations for help in calming the situation a bit to ease the worst unrest any is. earlier i spoke to correspondents the best in a quest for who is following the story in quito and i asked him how the president's decision to me fits government temporarily to another city has been perceived. some are saying he was a coward so there's a saying it was a brilliant strategic move it's completely unheard of. and others are saying it was a safe move because you have to match the historic center as relatively narrow streets. of the unprecedented violence scene of these protests. to. give a cautionary tale and to avoid too much of you to do what anybody any furth

fuel subsidies were scrapped by morano. subsidies were costing the government $1.3 billion a year. the agreement with h the imf allowed ecuador to borrow $4.2 billion. genie: in columbia, the former president appeared involving a case involving alleged witness tampering. he was question for over seven on accusations he tried to influence and bribe members of a paramilitary group who had information against him. the court said there was sufficient ground to continue investigating. no charges have been filed. the nobel peace prize went to three men on their work on lithium ion batteries. they can store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power. in france, a donors conference is being held. the conference is trying to raise money for the fight against aids, tuberculosis, and malaria. malalaria, it could be eradicatd 2050.ly as julia sieger is at the conference. she joins us. tell us about this summit. called the replenishment conference. it is the first time france is hosting the event. they are trying to eradicate these diseases. this replenishshment session is where he

the genesis leaders gathered for a conference to condemn president menem morano and his decision last week to cut fuel subsidies our correspondent nicholas o'donnell reports from interest and. is ground 0 digits resistance thousands and thousands of people came to all the bells in the selecting the building behind me so they can get out of the building where they've also kidnapped a policeman one of those officers came on stage to say that he was being treated well but the government was clear that any negotiations to carry on these offices have to be released the indigenous people on the other hand have their own conditions to come to the table they want both the minister of defense and the interior minister to resign and they're also still pushing for fuel subsidies to be back in place then there's a disagreement about the number of people that have died here in these days of protests the indigenous leaders say that it was 6 while the government is still sane one is the official figure also or a tease in ecuador who have arrested over 750 people in a week of unrest and dozens of pol

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well president morano has blamed the current turmoil on his predecessor along with another leader of one as another leader of another nation venezuela. is a tyrant who has acted along with career destabilization plan. there the corrupt people who have the food stamps he has just disclosed no and has made an issue of they're the ones that are high and this is time to do who did his heart but this is that or talking to r t for president russell correia hit back saying more has no one to blame but himself. it's a difficult time for my home and this shows the politics of merino in his government he's already been in power for 2 and a half years and he still blames korea for everything economic crisis for security for his political faults and to say these mass protests to my fault is just crazy. and then he merino is not interested in democracy for him the most important thing is to control power control the ecuadorian public so he create projects that can damage the majority would be beneficial for his goals. nor inclusive of the i.m.f. we're juggling numbers and fooled people by distort