Rival mass rallies grip Ecuador
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Tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in marches for and against the government in the capital, Quito.
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Hundreds of Argentines protest against a paper pulp mill in Uruguay, the latest round in a row over the mill.
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Thousands of protesters marched in this historic Mexican city Saturday to demand the resignation of the state governor, showing their eight-month-old movement is still alive despite hundreds of arrests.
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Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans packed a major highway Saturday in a rally for opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales, one of the largest demonstrations against President Hugo Chavez in years.
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About 700,000 Colombians have taken part in nationwide protests against President Alvaro Uribe.
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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador  - Leftist candidate Rafael Correa pulled ahead in a poll on Saturday, hours before voters decide whether to elect him or his conservative rival as Ecuador's eighth president in a decade.
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Thousands of people fled an avalanche of lava and molten rocks as a volcanic eruption in Ecuador's Andes mountains buried entire villages, leaving one person dead and 60 missing.
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Thousands marched Saturday in the biggest show of public support yet for Venezuela's main opposition presidential candidate, who pledged to undo what he called the ills of President Hugo Chavez's government.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - A leftist reformer vowing to sweep away Ecuador's political old guard and a banana tycoon offering jobs for the poor battled on Sunday in a tight vote to elect the country's eighth president in a decade.
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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador  - Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa led thousands in a march on Saturday to mark his first year in office, in a show of support for the leftist leader despite his falling approval ratings.
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International agitators join mass protest
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Rafael CorreaÂs rise in Ecuador points to how varied, and persistent, the leftist groundswell has become in Latin America.
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Hordes of angry opposition supporters have been tramping through the capital since a disputed weekend presidential runoff election, but the protests are marked by a peculiar civility. Strong words have not boiled over into harsh actions.
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Police battled with demonstrators across the country, shooting several, according to witnesses, while opposition leaders vowed to press ahead with the protests.
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Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons Thursday to beat back crowds of protesters heeding an opposition call for a "million-man" rally that many fear could worsen the violence that already has killed 300 people
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Thousands of people hold rival demonstrations in Warsaw for and against the Polish government.
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Ecuador&#39;s Edison Mendez, left, celebrates his goal beside of Brazil&#39;s Kaka during their World Cup South American zone qualifying soccer match at Atahualpa stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004.