Ecuador's capital was rocked early on Saturday in a tenth day of unrest ove...
QUITO - Ecuador’s capital was rocked early on Saturday in a tenth day of unrest over President Lenin Moreno’s austerity plan, with local markets shuttered and police firing tear gas at protesters gathered at the country’s parliamentary building.
Human rights groups and protesters have denounced the police crackdown as heavy handed and urged authorities to issue restraint. The police said on Twitter on Saturday that the protests were not peaceful. Moreno has repeatedly refused to overturn the measure, and protest organizers have rejected his proposal for direct talks as an attempt to divide indigenous groups that have led the protests in recent days.
Moreno has said authorities have faced extreme acts of violence and accused, without evidence, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa of sending people to stir up unrest in the protests. Maduro and Correa deny the accusations.
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