QUITO (Dow Jones)--President Rafael Correa, whose administration has faced protests from various sectors recently, said on the weekend that there was a plot underway to destabilize his government.

In his weekly broadcast, Correa blamed "ultra right-wing members" of groups in the United States, who he said were financing protests by indigenous groups in Ecuador.

Among those protests are the ones taking place against the government's decision last month to close Voz Arutam, a native radio station.

He also charged that ex-President Luico Gutierrez, who was thrown out of power in 2005, and his brother Gilmar Gutierrez, now a member of Congress, were behind rumors of a removal of benefits for members of the armed forces.

He said this was aimed a trying to create unhappiness in the military and to destabilize his government.

"There are plots underway. I am not talking just to talk," he said.

Correa's administration also faces protests this month from workers who say an increase in the basic monthly salary of $22 is less than a $102 increase originally promised.

Other groups are also planning protest marches against the Socialist Correa administration, which has been in power since early 2007.