Ecuador loses control of Amazon city in anti-government protests
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's government is trying to retake control of Puyo, a city in the country's Amazon region, after violent...
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's government is trying to retake control of Puyo, a city in the country's Amazon region, after violent...
Ecuador on Wednesday refused to end its state of emergency and said 18 police officers are "missing" following an attack by Indigenous protesters on a police station in the eastern Amazon region.
The latest in Latin American politics today:
Two people have died in 10-day protest in which government has declared emergency in six of Ecuador's 24 departments following violent clashes between protesters, security forces
Thousands of indigenous protesters marched peacefully through Ecuador's capital Quito on Wednesday to demand President Guillermo Lasso address price rises which have ignited 10 days of demonstrations across the country. Disquiet over costs for fuel, food and other basics has exploded into sometimes-violent protests in several cities, led largely...