Word: portoviejo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hatred of a young army recruit for his martinet captain in the dusty Pacific town garrison of Portoviejo caused the rioting that put Ecuador under martial law and killed at least 37 people...
Three days later, Guayaquil high-school and university students went out on strike in solidarity with the Portoviejo victims, only to run into tough cops who thwacked them with sabers, then used guns. They fought the police for five bloody hours, until the army moved in, fired the police chief, sent the cops back to barracks. Toll: six more killed...
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