Moreno’s government lifted the petrol and diesel subsidies last Tuesday as part of a $4.2bn loan deal with the International Monetary Fund.

Tens of thousands of protesters have surrounded the presidential palace in Quito. Demonstrations sparked by spending cuts linked to an IMF loan have led to violent clashes over the week.

President had returned to Quito to “monitor the situation on the ground” from an undisclosed location.

It has nothing to do with any loans, but all to do with oil consumption redistribution, as MAGA needs more oil now, free one, preferably.

Wish people to find faster this "undisclosed location" and make it such this deal makers won't need any location in their life anymore.