National Emergency

Okay, so the story goes:

On September the 3rd, Rafael Correa (President of Ecuador) signed a decree voiding all the old norms and laws that regulated the military and police decorations and honors that were granted to the troops and officers when they were promoted from one rank to a higher one.
Yesterday some police forces and some military troops announced a demonstration for today, Thursday September the 30th. It is now taking place in Quito and some other major cities in the country. It is supposed to be a peaceful act and so far no clashes have been reported between the protesters and the law enforcement members that did not participate on the march. However, some police and military headquarters had been overtaken by the troops in a few cities and the Quito and Guayaquil airports are shut down.
As you know, USFQ campuses are not in Quito itself. The main one is located 10 miles outside of Quito in a small town (Cumbaya) Things are totally normal in the area, and we have no report of any unusual activity whatsoever. We think it is safer for the students to remain inside of our campus, as it is an enclosed one. As a private institution there is no risk of demonstrations or protests happening inside. As for the Galapagos campus, things also remain calm in the islands.
I insist, at the time being the best course of action is to keep our students inside of the campus. Classes are normal and our activities have not been altered.
If students are at home in Quito, we are asking them not to go to out to the streets, as we always do when situations like this arise.


Now I'm safely at home, but still kind of freaked. I haven't exactly been in a state of national emergency in a while- well maybe with terrorism and all that happened with 9/11 and all. Hopefully all will be fine. Still is intense with the police on strike to not hold anyone back, but luckily the military is still fighting. It seems like a state of mass chaos instead of emergency.