Ecuador seen with few options to 'square the fiscal circle' after scrapping subsidy cuts
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Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno’s hastily ditched plan to terminate fuel subsidies put an end to days of indigenous-led protests but has left him with few good options to cleanse public accounts and comply with an IMF-backed financing program.