[www-features] Proposal: Ecuador feature from Indybay

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This is the text from Indybay:

President Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador is holed up in the Quito airport, 
trying to flee the country. Meanwhile, the airport is surrounded by the 
military, who have been ordered by the new authorities to arrest Lucio 
and not allow him to leave the country.

Lucio, who was elected with the support of Ecuador's indigenous 
population, but subsequently turned his back on them, has been forced 
out after a week of massive protests. Today the Congress voted to oust 
him, while the military withdrew their support and the chief of police 
resigned. So, as the protests continued, Lucio took off for the airport 
to try to get out. His Vice President, who distanced himself from Lucio 
months ago, has taken over.

Julio Garcia, a photographer who has been in Ecuador documenting the 
indigenous movements for 30 years, was killed in the midst of the street 
protests near the presidential palace. Garcia, a 70-year old Chilean 
news photographer, died of a heart attack after being gassed by police, 
according to Red Cross and hospital officials. *Reports: 1 
<http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1734024.php> | 2 
<http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1733998.php> | 3 
<http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1732037.php> | Full coverage at 
Indymedia Ecuador <http://ecuador.indymedia.org/>

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If folks that are on the editoriales list are working on something thats 
fine, if not, i would propose to make this into a feature, the full 
story and image is here:  
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3139&category_id=53
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