<p>Ecuador's president and indigenous leaders reached an agreement Sunday to end nearly two weeks of violent protests against austerity measures put in place to obtain a multi-billion-dollar loan from the IMF.</p>.<p>President Lenin Moreno met with Jaime Vargas, the head of the indigenous umbrella grouping CONAIE, for four hours of talks in the capital Quito broadcast live on state television.</p>.<p>"With this agreement, the mobilizations... across Ecuador are terminated and we commit ourselves to restore peace in the country," said a joint statement, adding the government had withdrawn an order that removed fuel subsidies.</p>.<p>Rocketing prices after Moreno cut the subsidies to obtain a $4.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund sparked 12 days of demonstrations that left seven people dead.</p>.<p>The statement was read by an official from the United Nations, which mediated the talks along with the Catholic Church.</p>.<p>"The measures applied in all our territories are lifted," confirmed Vargas, wearing face paint and a head wreath of feathers.</p>.<p>Moreno had declared a curfew and placed Quito under military control to quell the unrest.</p>.<p>On Sunday, violent clashes continued before the talks began as police fought to disperse protesters who tried to put up a barricade of debris from Saturday's unrest.</p>.<p>"Native brothers, I have always treated you with respect and affection," Moreno said as the talks opened. "It was never my intention to affect the poorest sectors."</p>.<p>Protesters had converged on Quito from around the country. Authorities said 1,349 people had been injured and 1,152 detained in the demonstrations.</p>.<p>The violence forced Moreno to relocate his government to Ecuador's second city, Guayaquil, and hit the oil industry hard with the energy ministry suspending more than two-thirds of its distribution of crude.</p>.<p>Protesters seized three oil facilities in the Amazon.</p>.<p>CONAIE had previously rejected an offer of dialogue but reversed course Saturday.</p>.<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres earlier called on all groups "to commit to inclusive and meaningful talks, and to work in good faith towards a peaceful solution."</p>.<p>Ecuador's indigenous groups make up a quarter of the country's 17.3 million people. Thousands from disadvantaged communities from across the Amazon and the Andes have traveled to Quito to spearhead demands the subsidies be reinstated.</p>.<p>Demonstrators on Saturday ransacked and set fire to the building housing the comptroller general's office, which was shrouded in thick smoke after being attacked with fire bombs.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office said 34 people were arrested.</p>.<p>Protesters on Saturday also targeted a television station and a newspaper.</p>.<p>The Teleamazonas TV channel interrupted its regular broadcast to air images of broken windows, a burned vehicle and heavy police presence on the scene.</p>.<p>The station evacuated 25 employees, none of them hurt.</p>.<p>Nearby, protesters built barricades in front of the National Assembly building as police fired tear gas at them.</p>.<p>"We have nothing to do with the events at the comptroller's office and Teleamazonas," said CONAIE.</p>.<p>El Comercio newspaper reported on Twitter that its offices were attacked by a "group of unknowns."</p>.<p>Protesters did not immediately heed the curfew that went into effect on Saturday, with security forces struggling to impose order in some parts of the city.</p>.<p>"Where are the mothers and fathers of the police? Why do they let them kill us?" cried Nancy Quinyupani, an indigenous woman.</p>.<p>The restrictions in Quito, a city of 2.7 million, came on top of a state of emergency Moreno had declared on October 3, deploying some 75,000 military and police and imposing a nighttime curfew in the vicinity of government buildings.</p>.<p>Moreno is struggling with an economic crisis that he blames on waste and corruption by Correa's administration.</p>
<p>Ecuador's president and indigenous leaders reached an agreement Sunday to end nearly two weeks of violent protests against austerity measures put in place to obtain a multi-billion-dollar loan from the IMF.</p>.<p>President Lenin Moreno met with Jaime Vargas, the head of the indigenous umbrella grouping CONAIE, for four hours of talks in the capital Quito broadcast live on state television.</p>.<p>"With this agreement, the mobilizations... across Ecuador are terminated and we commit ourselves to restore peace in the country," said a joint statement, adding the government had withdrawn an order that removed fuel subsidies.</p>.<p>Rocketing prices after Moreno cut the subsidies to obtain a $4.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund sparked 12 days of demonstrations that left seven people dead.</p>.<p>The statement was read by an official from the United Nations, which mediated the talks along with the Catholic Church.</p>.<p>"The measures applied in all our territories are lifted," confirmed Vargas, wearing face paint and a head wreath of feathers.</p>.<p>Moreno had declared a curfew and placed Quito under military control to quell the unrest.</p>.<p>On Sunday, violent clashes continued before the talks began as police fought to disperse protesters who tried to put up a barricade of debris from Saturday's unrest.</p>.<p>"Native brothers, I have always treated you with respect and affection," Moreno said as the talks opened. "It was never my intention to affect the poorest sectors."</p>.<p>Protesters had converged on Quito from around the country. Authorities said 1,349 people had been injured and 1,152 detained in the demonstrations.</p>.<p>The violence forced Moreno to relocate his government to Ecuador's second city, Guayaquil, and hit the oil industry hard with the energy ministry suspending more than two-thirds of its distribution of crude.</p>.<p>Protesters seized three oil facilities in the Amazon.</p>.<p>CONAIE had previously rejected an offer of dialogue but reversed course Saturday.</p>.<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres earlier called on all groups "to commit to inclusive and meaningful talks, and to work in good faith towards a peaceful solution."</p>.<p>Ecuador's indigenous groups make up a quarter of the country's 17.3 million people. Thousands from disadvantaged communities from across the Amazon and the Andes have traveled to Quito to spearhead demands the subsidies be reinstated.</p>.<p>Demonstrators on Saturday ransacked and set fire to the building housing the comptroller general's office, which was shrouded in thick smoke after being attacked with fire bombs.</p>.<p>The prosecutor's office said 34 people were arrested.</p>.<p>Protesters on Saturday also targeted a television station and a newspaper.</p>.<p>The Teleamazonas TV channel interrupted its regular broadcast to air images of broken windows, a burned vehicle and heavy police presence on the scene.</p>.<p>The station evacuated 25 employees, none of them hurt.</p>.<p>Nearby, protesters built barricades in front of the National Assembly building as police fired tear gas at them.</p>.<p>"We have nothing to do with the events at the comptroller's office and Teleamazonas," said CONAIE.</p>.<p>El Comercio newspaper reported on Twitter that its offices were attacked by a "group of unknowns."</p>.<p>Protesters did not immediately heed the curfew that went into effect on Saturday, with security forces struggling to impose order in some parts of the city.</p>.<p>"Where are the mothers and fathers of the police? Why do they let them kill us?" cried Nancy Quinyupani, an indigenous woman.</p>.<p>The restrictions in Quito, a city of 2.7 million, came on top of a state of emergency Moreno had declared on October 3, deploying some 75,000 military and police and imposing a nighttime curfew in the vicinity of government buildings.</p>.<p>Moreno is struggling with an economic crisis that he blames on waste and corruption by Correa's administration.</p>