In Ecuador, indigenous groups organized nationwide strikes and demonstrations Thursday to protest President Rafael Correa’s efforts to change the constitution so he can seek a fourth term in office. Groups blocked the Pan-American Highway and other major roads, as labor unions refused to work. A leader of the protests spoke out.

Julio César Pilalumbo, president of the Cotopaxi Indigenous Movement: “We will continue to fight indefinitely. We will defend ourselves. This has been resistance. And today we have come together under the flag of struggle, the flag of resistance.”