Published on 12:00 AM, October 10, 2019
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Ecuador protesters break into Congress
Afp, Quito
Ecuadoran protesters broke into the country’s Congress building on Monday as demonstrations over a fuel hike introduced by President Lenin Moreno’s government intensified. Demonstrators, many of them indigenous men armed with sticks and whips, surged through a security cordon. They rushed into the meeting room and occupied the podium, but were soon evicted by security forces. Moreno subsequently ordered an overnight curfew to protect public buildings.
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