STREET BATTLES Demonstrators clash with riot police in Quito, Ecuador on the second day of violent protests over a fuel price hike ordered by the government to secure a loan from an international lender. The violence broke out as thousands of people representing indigenous groups, farmers and labour unions marched on a square in downtown Quito. AFP PHOTO
QUITO: Protesters in Ecuador fought a running battle with security forces Wednesday in a second day of violent demonstrations over a fuel price hike that forced the government to suspend most of the country’s deliveries of crude.