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		</div><p>Thousands of indigenous people have converged on Ecuador’s capital as anti-government protests led the president to move out of Quito.</p>
<p>The South American country of 17 million people has been paralysed by a lack of public transport and blockaded roads that are taking a toll on an already vulnerable economy.</p>
<p>Violence has persisted since last week, when President Lenin Moreno’s decision to end subsidies led to a sharp increase in fuel prices.</p>
<p>Protesters seized some oil installations and the state oil company, Petroecuador, warned that production losses could reach 165,000 barrels a day, or nearly one-third of total production, if insecurity continues.</p>
<p>The government declared an overnight curfew around key state installations and government buildings as well as vital infrastructure such as airports and oil refineries.</p>
<p>Responding to the crisis, the UK has updated its travel advice for Ecuador.</p>
<p>It said: <em>“Protests across Ecuador since October 3 (have) caused nationwide disruption, with demonstrations and road blockages in many provinces.”</em></p>
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<p>The UK travel advisory added that a state of emergency has been declared in Ecuador and that a major demonstration is planned for Wednesday.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, protesters broke through police barriers and some entered the empty congress building in Quito.</p>
<p>Police fired tear gas and forced them to retreat.</p>
<p>Indigenous protesters occupied two water treatment plants in the city of Ambato, south of the capital, raising concern about supply to residents, according to municipal authorities.</p>
<p>The state of emergency, which was declare last week, allows the government to curb some civil liberties as it tries to restore order.</p>
<p>The disturbances have spread from transport workers to students and then to indigenous demonstrators.</p>
<p>Indigenous protesters played a major role in the 2005 resignation of Ecuador’s president at the time, Lucio Gutierrez, though the military’s tacit approval was key to his removal.</p>
<p>The country’s biggest indigenous group, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, said Moreno’s government had failed to alleviate the welfare of Ecuador’s “most vulnerable” people.</p>
<p>The group made similar complaints about Rafael Correa, his predecessor.</p>
<p>“We have shown throughout Ecuador’s history that indigenous peoples have the power <em>to shut down the country when our rights are put at risk and power is abused,”</em> indigenous groups said in a statement.</p>
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