ECUADOR PROTESTS (ADDS VIDEO)
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Conflicts & War
Ecuador gov’t, indigenous movement reach accord to end protests
Quito, Jun 30 (EFE).- Ecuador’s government and the country’s largest indigenous organization agreed Thursday on a plan to address the…
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Conflicts & War
Ecuadorian indigenous people continue protests to demand respect for rights
By Fernando Gimeno Quito, Jun 26 (EFE).- The exhaustion of two intense and tough weeks of protests shows on their…
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Politics
Lasso faces dismissal request after 12 days of Ecuador protests
Quito, Jun 24 (EFE).- Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso will face this weekend a request to be removed in parliament after…
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Ecuador parliament to debate repeal of emergency on Monday
Quito, June 18 (EFE).- Ecuador parliament will debate on Monday a possible repeal of a state of emergency in three…
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More clashes erupt on 5th day of anti-government protests in Ecuador
Quito, June 17 (EFE).- Clashes erupted between police and protesters in the Ecuadorian capital on Friday, the fifth day of…
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Release of indigenous leader eases tensions in Ecuador amid ongoing strike
Quito, Jun 16 (EFE).- An indefinite strike by Ecuador’s indigenous movement against conservative president Guillermo Lasso’s government continued on Wednesday,…
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Protest leader’s arrest further stokes tensions in Ecuador
Quito, Jun 14 (EFE).- The arrest of an indigenous leader and chief organizer of this week’s protests against Ecuadorian President…
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Ecuadorians protesting austerity clash with police
Quito, Oct 26 (EFE).- A march here Tuesday by thousands of people protesting the austerity policies of Ecuadorian President Guillermo…
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Unions, indigenous people of Ecuador hold first protest against Lasso
Quito, Aug 11 (EFE).- The United Front of Workers (FUT) and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) on…
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