Mateo Yánez arrived at the plantón with two chargers and a phone mic. He was not looking for the stage speech: he wanted the audio from the first blockade, the voice note explaining why there is no school today.

CONAIE in 2026 does not read like 2019. The organization moved the Sierra when Quito pretended there was no floor. Now the floor has Instagram and counts in real time how many hours a closure has lasted.

The feed question is not whether the government yields. It is whether the city can take another Tuesday without the market. Ecuador Central follows the thread from the commune, not the briefing.