Ecuador police surround Congress in constitution row
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Hundreds of Ecuadorean police surrounded Congress on Thursday to enforce a court decision to fire 57 lawmakers who opposed a government plan to limit the clout of traditional political parties.
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Opposition legislators sprawled across the congressional speaker's platform in their standoff with ruling conservatives Wednesday, vowing not to budge in hopes of blocking Friday's inauguration of President-elect Felipe Calderon.
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A crowd  stone a group of police officers, triggering heavy clashes with security forces near Mexico City.
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A general strike is called in Bolivia's wealthier lowlands to protest against changes to the constitution.
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Ecuador's new leftist government said Thursday that it does not plan to dissolve Congress despite a bitter fight over a push to overhaul the country's charter that led protesters to storm the capitol this week.
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Ecuador's president-elect joins a wave of Latin American leaders swept into power opposing the free-market economic policies that are preached by Washington but are hugely unpopular among the region's poor.
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Riot police, steel barriers, and water cannons surrounded Mexico's Congress as protesters vowed to stop President Vicente Fox from delivering his final state-of-the-nation address Friday, fueling fears the country's electoral crisis could turn violent.
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Police crack down on opposition protests after president declares himself victorious in disputed poll
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Rowdy scenes break out in Mexico's Congress an hour before Felipe Calderon is due to be sworn in as president.
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Political standoff erupts into violence as police use live rounds and teargas to snuff out protest plans
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Ecuador's opposition begins impeachment proceedings against President Lucio Gutierrez.
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Anti-government protesters scattered into hiding Friday to dodge arrest after a wave of protests over higher prices, as the military government wrapped up its work to draft guidelines for a new constitution.
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Some 20 lawmakers fired last week by Ecuador's top electoral court for allegedly interfering with plans for a constitutional referendum forced their way past dozens of police guarding Congress and took up their seats on Tuesday.
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A fugitive from Ecuador suspected in the death of a prominent politician and two other men was arrested Saturday following a routine traffic stop, authorities said.
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Leftist lawmakers who have charged that fraud marred the presidential election in July staged a protest inside Congress.
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House GOP leaders have stepped in to help a Democratic congresswoman who is facing a discrimination lawsuit, arguing that lawmakers are shielded under a clause in the Constitution that was derived from British parliamentarians concerned about royal persecution.
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Thousands of university students scuffled with police and government supporters during a protest Tuesday against constitutional reforms that would let President Hugo Chavez run for re-election indefinitely.