11.   In protest, hundreds of Indians have blockaded highways throughout the central highlands, preventing meat and food from getting into Quito.

12.   In some cities, workers blockaded highways, hampering movement as hundreds of thousands of workers stayed off the job.

13.   Police fired tear gas at hundreds of jobless workers Wednesday as the government confronted demonstrators who blockaded highways around the capital to protest the economic crisis.

14.   Reports said police and guardsmen also broke up an attempt to blockade a highway north of the capital by picketing protesters who are demanding government food assistance and jobs.

15.   Reports said police and guardsmen also broke up an attempt to blockade a highway north of the capital.

16.   Riot police had set up barricades to protect the airport but were taken by surprise when protesters blockaded the highway at dawn.

17.   Salas Moya also said that agricultural workers will blockade highways beginning Wednesday.

18.   Several thousand protesters occupied a university in Quito for more than a week and hundreds of others blockaded provincial highways throughout the country.

19.   The Indians have also blockaded provincial highways, preventing meat and produce from getting into the capital, driving up market prices of dwindling food supplies.

20.   They also blockaded the highway to the Ezeiza international airport one night, delaying flights as passengers walked in with luggage in tow.