🇪🇨 Ecuador’s Minister of Education, Gilda Alcívar, publicly requested that the University of Cuenca take disciplinary action against Spanish professor Santiago Rosano following student protests that took place during President Daniel Noboa’s visit to the Balzay campus.

📢 Various sectors warn that this request constitutes a violation of freedom of expression, the right to protest, and university autonomy in Ecuador, as it was prompted by a smear campaign on social media launched by accounts aligned with the ruling party to censor political dissent.

⚠️ The protests, led by the Federation of University Students of Ecuador (FEUE) to demand a larger budget and greater security, led to moments of high tension and allegations that law enforcement used pepper spray on the university campus.