President of Ecuador: I was exposed to an attempted chocolate poisoning

Ecuador’s President, Daniel Noboa, said he was subjected to an attempted poisoning through a cut chocolate Sweets were given to him at a public party, and it was found that they contained “three chemicals,” according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse.

This is the second time that the government has filed a complaint about an assassination attempt on the president, while the country is witnessing many demonstrations by indigenous groups. Protesting public policies.

Noboa said in an interview with CNN thatThe presence of these chemical elements “in high concentration indicates that the matter was intentional.”

At the beginning of this month, the government also said that the president’s car came under fire attributed to indigenous groups.

Since mid-September, Ecuador has witnessed demonstrations and road blockades in several areas at the invitation of the largest indigenous organizations that oppose the cancellation of government subsidies on diesel.