Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has managed to get crosswise with elements of his police and military, who are protesting limits on pay and benefits. This sounds like the unrest in parts of the European Union where civil servants are behaving in very uncivil ways.
Correa has taken Ecuador down the income redistribution path pioneered in this hemisphere by Castro and Chavez, albeit not yet so far as they. No surprise, his economy isn't doing well. Correa needs to limit government spending but upsetting the folks with most of the weaponry and training in how to use it (i.e., the military and police) isn't always a great idea.
Go here to see a New York Times article about Correa's problems in Ecuador. This Associated Press article also looks at the troubles there.
