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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 09:11 PM Nov 2014

Thousands protest in Ecuador against president

Thousands of people marched Wednesday in Ecuador against the leftist government of President Rafael Correa, denouncing a move that would allow him to extend his rule beyond 2017.

Union members, students, teachers and indigenous peoples gathered in the capital Quito and other cities for the second march in two months in opposition to the Socialist leader.

In office since 2007, Correa was re-elected in February 2013 to a four-year term, the last he is currently allowed under the law.

However, in late October, Ecuador's Constitutional Court gave lawmakers the green light to set new rules on term limits that would allow Correa to extend his rule beyond 2017.

http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-protest-ecuador-against-president-000349748.html

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