Ecuadorian President Orders Army Onto Streets Of Quito And Other Cities

Daily Mail: Ecuadorian President orders army onto streets to break up violent protests and enforce curfew just hours after indigenous group agrees to talks to settle fuel subsidy dispute

* President Lenin Moreno has ordered army onto the street to enforce curfew as Ecuador hit by protests
* Ecuadorian capital rocked by 10 days of violent protests over austerity plan to end fuel subsidies
* Triggered backlash with indigenous group bringing city of Quito to a standstill and four people left dead
* Government has announced it will hold direct talks with President Lenin Moreno to ease the clashes
* The President is faced with a $64 billion debt and a $10 billion annual deficit, and is raising taxes, liberalizing labor laws and cutting public spending in an attempt to win $4 billion in IMF financing

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno has ordered the army on to the streets of the capital after a week-and-a-half of mass protests over a scrapped state fuel subsidy descended into violence.

Masked protesters attacked a television station, newspaper and the national auditor's office, setting it ablaze and sending black smoke billowing across the capital Quito's park and cultural complex around 1pm local time.

About two hours later, a group of several dozen masked men swarmed the offices of the private Teleamazonas television station in northern Quito, set fires on the grounds and tried to break into the building where about 20 employees were trapped.

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WNU Editor: The Ecuadorian government is swamped with debt and bills that it cannot pay. Another poster child on what happens when governments run up their debt to levels that they cannot pay.

More News On the Growing Unrest In Ecuador

President orders army onto streets of Ecuadorian capital -- AP
Ecuador's Moreno orders military-backed curfew starting in Quito -- Reuters
Ecuador president orders curfew, military control in Quito -- AFP
Ecuador protests: President imposes curfew amid worsening violence -- BBC
Ecuador president declares 'curfew' and 'militarization' in Quito -- DW
Ecuador president imposes curfew on capital amid protests -- Al Jazeera
Chaos in Ecuador as protesters ransack govt buildings, clash with police as military restricts movement throughout country -- RT