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    Demonstrations and Repression of Protestors in Ecuador

    October 2009 | Photo Gallery

    The incident near the town of Macas in Southern Ecuadorian Amazon has reportedly left at least one Shuar indigenous protester dead, and dozens injured from both sides.

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