Quito, Ecuador - Republic of
ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ DURING MILITARY CEREMONY IN QUITO.
Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez (L) attends a ceremony by the
military in Quito, August 8, 2003. Gutierrez is facing a collapsed
alliance with Ecuador's powerful Indian movement, which ended a pact of
vital support that catapulted him into office last year, in one of
Latin America's most politically unstable countries. REUTERS/Guillermo
Granja
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