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Ecuador's indigenous converge on capital to protest fuel hikes

Demonstrators are dispersed away from the national assembly by riot police, in Quito on October 8, 2019 following days of protests against the sharp rise in fuel prices sparked by authorities' decision to scrap subsidies. (Photo by AFP)

Thousands of demonstrators converge on the Ecuadoran capital Quito as intensifying protests against soaring fuel prices slashed oil output by a third and forced under-fire President Lenin Moreno to vacate his government headquarters. 

Moreno on Tuesday ordered that authorities restrict movement in areas close to government buildings and strategic installations, according to a written decree, after six days of anti-austerity protests.

The order prevents public access to these areas between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. while a national state of emergency remains, the decree said.


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