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Pallas180 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-05 08:52 AM
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11. Ecuador President Dissolves Supreme Court
Ecuador President Dissolves Supreme Court

Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:08 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By MONTE HAYES

President Lucio Gutierrez declared a state of emergency in the capital city of this Andean Mountain country and dissolved a Supreme Court he and his allies had appointed last winter, saying the unpopular judges were the cause of three days of pot-banging street protests in Quito.

Although they had opposed the court that was stacked by Gutierrez, his political foes immediately labeled its summary dissolution an act of a dictator.
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