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October 10, 2019

National Strike Paralyzes Ecuador as Anti-Austerity Protests Build
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In Ecuador, a national strike paralyzed parts of the country Wednesday
as indigenous groups, students, labor unions and others continue their
massive anti-austerity protests.

Protester: "We do not want President Moreno's economic measures. We do
not want him as president. All of those who are in favor of those
measures are against the people."

The protests began after Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno ended a
decades-old fuel subsidy program last week as part of a so-called reform
plan imposed by the International Monetary Fund, after Ecuador took a
$4.2 billion loan from the IMF earlier this year. Click here to see our
coverage of Ecuador.


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