Detractors attempted to poison Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa with toxic chocolate and jam, the president told CNN last week, without publicly providing evidence of his claims.
Noboa said the sweet treats contained a high concentration of three types of toxic substances.
The alleged attempted assassination comes amid violent clashes in Ecuador over rapidly inflating fuel prices. Noboa was also accused of targeting protesters while bringing in the military for crackdowns on drug gangs.
The president denied that his claims of attempts on his life were an attempt to portray his critics as violent.
"No one throws a Molotov cocktail at themselves... or poisons themselves with chocolate, or throws stones at themselves," he said, referring to previous incidents.
Noboa’s latest claim comes after five people were arrested in October for an alleged assassination attempt after protesters pelted Noboa’s car.
After 500 protesters targeted the vehicle, authorities claimed there were signs of bullet damage, according to the country's energy and environment minister.
The president, speaking in Guayaquil on Wednesday, asserted that criminal groups were attempting to destabilize the government and prevent it from addressing Ecuadoreans' needs.
Ecuadorian authorities also claimed in late September that a humanitarian convoy containing Noboa was attacked and 17 soldiers taken hostage, according to BBC News.
Ecuadorian officials said the convoy carrying UN and EU diplomats was delivering aid when ambushed by about 350 people, who attacked it with Molotov cocktails.
Clashes at protests over hiking fuel prices
Indigenous communities in Otavalo, Imbabura province, said earlier this month they were withdrawing to their territories and ending a prolonged protest over diesel subsidies after reaching an agreement with the government to begin technical meetings to discuss their demands.
Otavalo has been a focal point for demonstrations organized by CONAIE, Ecuador's largest Indigenous organization, since late September, following President Daniel Noboa's decision to end diesel subsidies.
Noboa has defended the subsidy cuts, arguing that state-funded diesel was being diverted to illegal mining and smuggling.
Local Indigenous leaders reported one death in a hospital after clashes with security forces on Tuesday in Otavalo and said another protester died in the area last month.
Indigenous groups also reported at least 50 injuries, while the government said 13 military officers were hurt in the clashes.