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October 11, 2019

Ecuador: Five Killed Amid Anti-Austerity Protests
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In Ecuador, at least five people have been killed amid a government
crackdown against the massive indigenous-led anti-austerity protests
that have swept the country. On Thursday, protesters briefly took eight
police officers hostage in the capital, Quito. The protests began after
Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno ended a decades-old fuel subsidy
program as part of a so-called reform plan imposed by the International
Monetary Fund.


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