- Title: Argentines protest death toll in Ecuador unrest
- Date: 11th October 2019
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (OCTOBER 11, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WITH FAKE BLOOD AND RED PAINT LYING ON THE GROUND DURING PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN ECUADOR PROTESTERS GATHERED NEAR ECUADORAN EMBASSY VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (Spanish): "MURDERERS" PLACARD WITH PHOTOS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN ECUADOR WITH MESSAGE READING (Spanish): "MURDERERS" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ECUADORAN EXPAT, SOFIA LANCHIMBA, SAYING: "These are really heroic times. Ecuador is the beacon of resistance against neoliberalism in Latin America." PLAQUE AT EMBASSY SECURITY GATHERED AT EMBASSY PROTESTERS NEAR EMBASSY PROTESTERS HOLDING HANDS PLACARD THAT READS (Spanish) "MURDEROUS STATE"
- Embargoed: 26th October 2019 00:35
- Keywords: Argentina protest embassy Ecuador Buenos Aires President Lenin Moreno
- Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- Country: Ecuador
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0NO30N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Ecuadoran Embassy in Buenos Aires on Friday (October 11), speaking out against the deaths of protesters in Quito amidst public anger over austerity measures.
At least four protesters have died in the unrest in Ecuador and hundreds have been wounded and arrested.
The unrest has led President Lenin Moreno's government to flee the capital for a safer city on the coast and curbed nearly 900,000 barrels of crude production in the OPEC-member nation.
Moreno has repeatedly refused to reinstate a four-decade old fuel subsidy, the chief demand of protesters who say its removal disproportionately punishes the poor.
Moreno announced the measure as parts of his efforts to reduce the country's fiscal deficit, in keeping with a loan deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But opponents say it has pushed up prices of many consumer goods and will increase inequality in the South American country of 17 million people.
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