STORY: Ecuadorians marched on Saturday (October 10) in Quito against President Daniel Noboa’s government.

University students and social organizations called for a march from the Central University of Ecuador to downtown. Initially, protesters aimed to reach the National Palace, but found access blocked, according to Ecuadorian media.

On Thursday (October 8) workers, teachers, students, and representatives of social organisations also marched in Ecuador's capital to protest Noboa's policies.

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SHOWS: QUITO, ECUADOR (OCTOBER 10, 2026) (REUTERS - access al)

1. PEOPLE MARCHING, SINGING AND BLOWING VUVUZELAS

2. CARDBOARD CUTOUT OF PRESIDENT DANIEL NOBOA BEING HUNG FROM A POLE

3. PEOPLE WITH DRUMS SHOUTING SLOGANS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

4. PEOPLE JUMPING AND SHOUTING SLOGANS

5. PROTESTERS MARCHING WITH ECUADORIAN FLAG AND SIGNS

6. PROTESTERS CHANTING (Spanish): “Noboa, piece of trash, you’re a dictatorship”

7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING

8. (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) PROTESTER, ELIAN GORTAIRE, SAYING:

“We are here mainly demanding a decent life for Ecuadorians, so that studying is not a dangerous thing but a fair one, so that there is justice in the country.”

10. VARIOUS OF BAND PLAYING MUSIC AS PROTESTERS CHANT (Spanish): “Noboa out”

11. (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COLLECTIVE REVELIÓN O EXTINCIÓN ECUADOR, AMPARO RIVADENEIRA, SAYING:

“These struggles are not political. They belong to a hurting people, young people suffering from insecurity and unemployment, and, as we say in the territories fighting against mining and extractivism.”

12. PROTESTERS CHANTING (Spanish): “Noboa out”

13. PROTESTERS MARCHING

14. PROTESTERS BURNING PAPERS TIED TO WOODEN STICKS SHAPED LIKE FLAGS