国际英语资讯:Ecuador seeks UN help as fuel hike protests intensify
<p><span word="QUITO">QUITO</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 8-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Ecuadorian">Ecuadorian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="restore">restore</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="demonstrations">demonstrations</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="hike">hike</span> <span word="intensified">intensified</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Ecuadorian">Ecuadorian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="communicated">communicated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span>' <span word="representative">representative</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Quito">Quito</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="willingness">willingness</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="receive">receive</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="conducive">conducive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="restoring">restoring</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ecuadorean">Ecuadorean</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="media">media</span>, <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span> <span word="Ecuador">Ecuador</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="congressional">congressional</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Comptroller">Comptroller</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Pablo">Pablo</span> <span word="Celi">Celi</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Comptroller">Comptroller</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="attack">attack</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="gang">gang</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="clearly">clearly</span> <span word="intended">intended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extract">extract</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="destroy">destroy</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sustain">sustain</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="criminal">criminal</span> <span word="responsibilities">responsibilities</span>," <span word="Celi">Celi</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="break">break</span>-<span word="in">in</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="random">random</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="by">by</span> "<span word="professionals">professionals</span>, <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="wreaking">wreaking</span> <span word="havoc">havoc</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Celi">Celi</span>.</p><p><span word="Ecuador">Ecuador</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Confederation">Confederation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Indigenous">Indigenous</span> <span word="Nationalities">Nationalities</span> (<span word="Conaie">Conaie</span>) <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="acts">acts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vandalism">vandalism</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> "<span word="those">those</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="base">base</span>."</p><p><span word="Some">Some</span> 20,000 <span word="indigenous">indigenous</span> <span word="Ecuadorians">Ecuadorians</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="headed">headed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="demonstration">demonstration</span>, <span word="Conaie">Conaie</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="caravans">caravans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="demonstration">demonstration</span> <span word="starting">starting</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="decree">decree</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 1 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="scrapped">scrapped</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="subsidies">subsidies</span>, <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gasoline">gasoline</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="diesel">diesel</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="indigenous">indigenous</span> <span word="association">association</span> <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="talk">talk</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decree">decree</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="repealed">repealed</span>, <span word="Conaie">Conaie</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Jaime">Jaime</span> <span word="Vargas">Vargas</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>.</p>
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