***Mad shoot out right now in Ecuador between Army and Police over president of Ecuador.

***Mad shoot out right now in Ecuador between Army and Police over president of Ecuador.

news.sky.com

Ecuador's president has vowed not to give in to police protests that have caused chaos across the country and forced him to take refuge in a hospital.

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A tear gas canister had been thrown from a short distance and exploded near Mr Correa's face.

Airports were shut down and major roads blocked during the nationwide strike over budget cuts.

The government has declared a state of siege, putting the military in charge of public order and suspending civil liberties.

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I live in Quito, the situation is terrible it looks like a civil war

There are live pictures on the BBC, he is giving a speech at the moment saying that he feels betrayed by the police. They are also reporting that the army is storming the police headquarters.

The Banksters want this guy out - they are probably funding the coup:

He was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007. In December 2008, he declared Ecuador's national debt illegitimate because it was contracted by corrupt/despotic prior regimes, pledging to fight creditors in international courts, and with the pativideos scandal he succeeded in reducing the price of the debt letters and continued paying all the debt.
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Sheez...What a disaster....But I don't think it was bankers funding a coup. It got started because of legislation passed to deprive officers of bonus pay and benefits:

This unprecedented situation began with a dispute over police pay.

Ecuador woke up on Thursday to news that thousands of police officers had decided to strike in protest at a public service law passed by the country's Assembly which removed bonuses for good performance and long service.

For most of the day, Ecuador was without a working police force as policemen mounted a nationwide strike, blockading bridges and seizing control of Quito airport. Countless robberies were reported at shops and banks in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. In one incident in Guayaquil, a mob of 30 people armed with hammers looted an electronics store. Police chiefs and army chiefs meanwhile refused to support the strike and pledged support to the president.

According to the Red Cross, 51 people have been injured in the protests and there has been at least one unconfirmed death. A state of emergency was declared in the early afternoon and the army was deployed to remove barriers and reopen the airport. The government station ECTV then assumed control of all news communications in a controversial move. This prompted an angry mob to storm the station, breaking glass and assaulting security men.

Fighting continues between the police and army.

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Besides, if they were going to fund a coup, they would at least provide the police with weapons that can go up against military weapons...I don't think just glocks and shotguns would cut it.

reply to post by TrueAmerican


You pay someone or blackmail them to cut the police and military's pay cheques.

Then they do the coup for you.


*One only needs to control a few people to get the snowball rolling. And it is cost effective.

It was not a Coup, it was that Correa is and idiot and didn't manage well the problem early, so things got worse.

It has been terrible for me. I live in Chile, but I was born in Quito. Hopefully now I don't have any relatives living there, but still... I just saw how a policeman died in TV. LIVE. Breathtaking, for sure...
I'm kinda nervous, since I don't have cable or satellite TV, I just have the open TV bulletins, and the last one was by 11 PM (12:35 here right now).... It's so sad when you see something like this in your neighborhood, and also the place were you where born...

Originally posted by nothern
I live in Quito, the situation is terrible it looks like a civil war

The situation sounds awful.
Try and stay safe.