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                      <h3>Report from Ecuador - Democracy under Threat</h3>
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                    SOA Watch has been monitoring the situation that has
                    been unfolding in Ecuador, which many have described
                    as a failed coup attempt. We congratulate the social
                    movements of Ecuador for impeding any possible coup.<br>
                    <br>
                    Yesterday morning, a large number of media reported
                    that the Ecuadoran military had seized the main
                    airport in Quito and that the police fired tear gas,
                    burned tires "after taking over bases in Quito,
                    Guayaquil and other cities." They also claim that an
                    Associated Press photographer "witnessed soldiers
                    participating in the action that shut down the main
                    terminal at Quito's Mariscal Sucre airport." On the
                    other hand, TeleSur reported that the police had
                    indeed launched a possible coup attempt but that the
                    response by the military was unknown.<br>
                    <br>
                    News from Ecuador kept pouring in as the events
                    unfolded throughout the day. After President Correa
                    was held hostage in a hospital by the police for 10
                    hours, Ecuadoran military forces moved in and freed
                    the President and returned him to the Presidential
                    palace.<br>
                    <br>
                    We continue to call on Latin American governments to
                    end the training of military and police personnel at
                    the U.S. School of the Americas, International Law
                    Enforcement Agencies (ILEA) or other institutions
                    that promote anti-democratic behavior.<br>
                    <br>
                    <b>Please join us in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=If53x5AwVjtoa4diuGDTRbfL9fnPJkik">Georgia
                        for the 20th Annual Vigil to shut down the
                        School of Americas,</a> to make a stance against
                      militarization throughout the Americas. </b><br>
                    <br>
                    Read here for a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=zdCF3g%2BPJ0Ddo8T5JeLVz7fL9fnPJkik">"Report
                      from Ecuador: Democracy Under Threat"</a> <br>
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=wPs%2FdnrN03y2uGE2J5KoFrfL9fnPJkik">Eva
                      Golinger's blog</a>, Venezuelan journalist
                    following the events of September 30th<br>
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=DuZOf3%2B67Fl%2BGSiDFkzRvrfL9fnPJkik">Ecuador
                      coup attempt? President Rafael Correa attacked in
                      police revolt.</a> On The Christian Science
                    Monitor<br>
                    <br>
                    Stand up for justice: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=t01sKwHIPE20MfwP%2Fk%2FFlbfL9fnPJkik">SOAW.org/take-action/november-vigil</a>
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