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Weekly Report - 14 March 2006
ECUADOR: Palacio hit by two waves of social unrest
A strike by 'outsourced' oilworkers which the government initially described as 'just' has mushroomed into a broader protest action following the declaration of a state of emergency and arrests of local authorities by the military. This has partly overlapped a separate strand of protests, the first directly targeting the Palacio administration, seeking to dissuade the government from signing a free-trade agreement with the US.
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