Police station burned and demonstrator killed in Ecuador protests

Clashes in Quito and elsewhere have continued for a week, as Indigenous groups erupt in anger over rising cost of food

Ecuador’s government is trying to retake control of Puyo, a city in the country’s Amazon region, after violent clashes and the burning of a police station during nationwide protests against the economic policies of President Guillermo Lasso.

Protests have been continuing for more than a week, with marchers and Indigenous groups angry at the rising cost of food and other basic goods.

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