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A protester holds up a peace sign in front of a line of police blocking a street that leads to Independence Plaza, where demonstrators wanted to protest the government of President Rafael Correa outside the presidential palace, in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators are protesting government proposed laws, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)![Ecuador_Protests_Latino_4]()
Police block demonstrators from reaching Independence Plaza, where they wanted to protest the government of President Rafael Correa outside the presidential palace, in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators are protesting government proposed laws, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)![Ecuador_Protests_Latino_3]()
Demonstrators burn an effigy of President Rafael Correa to protest his government in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators are protesting government proposed laws, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)![Ecuador_Protests_Latino_2]()
Police run to disperse demonstrators from San Francisco Square at the end of a protest against the government of President Rafael Correa in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators were blocked from reaching the presidential palace to protest government proposed laws, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)![Ecuador_Protests_Latino_7]()
Protesters carry an indigenous flag as they march against the government of President Rafael Correa in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators protested several laws proposed by Correa's government, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. The flag is from the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)![Ecuador_Protests_Latino_5]()
Police block protesters from reaching Independence Plaza, where they wanted to protest the government of President Rafael Correa outside the presidential palace, in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators are protesting government proposed laws, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)![Ecuador_Protests_Latino_6]()
Demonstrators march in the rain to protest the government of President Rafael Correa in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators are protesting government proposed laws, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)![Ecuador_Protests_Latino_8]()
A masked protester wearing a T-shirt that reads in Spanish "No to indefinite reelection" marches against the government of President Rafael Correa in downtown Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Demonstrators protested several laws proposed by Correa's government, including a labor law, an initiative on land ownership and a series of constitutional reforms that would allow indefinite reelection for all elected officials. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)Ecuadorans march against constitutional changes ending term limits
The anti-government protest in Quito on Thursday was organized by indigenous communities, unions and student groups; it was largely peaceful, though small bands of activists clashed with police after the demonstration.
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- Ecuadorans march against constitutional changes ending term limits
