Peru closes border amid Ecuador unrest

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Source: AFP

Peruvian President Alan Garcia ordered his nation's border closed with Ecuador on Thursday amid a coup attempt in the neighbouring South American country.

"I am ordering all traffic halted on the northern border until the situation is clarified and authority of President (Rafael) Correa restored," Garcia told reporters at the government palace.

Garcia called on Colombia to take similar action on Ecuador's other border.

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Earlier, Garcia had called for a meeting of South American leaders to support Correa.

Read more: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/peru-closes-border-amid-ecuador-unrest-20101001-15zl7.html

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In pictures: Ecuadoran protests

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-la/tin-america-11448098

http://www.businessinsider.com/potential-coup-in-ecuador-check-out-the-photos-here-2010-9#police-officers-demonstrate-against-new-austerity-laws-1

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1. Update: Colombia closes Ecuador border after riots & Chavez says Corea's life is in danger

Colombia closed the border with Ecuador after authorities in the neighboring country called off a five-day state of emergency to counter what Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa called a coup d'etat.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos decided to close the border after talking to President Alan Garcia of Peru, who decided to do the same. The measure is "like a political sign of solidarity with president Correa," Santos said before leaving to Argentina where South American union Unasur is holding an emergency meeting on the developments in Ecuador.

In http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12129-santos-colombia-supports-correa.html">a press release issued earlier, Santos said he hopes a peaceful solution will be reached quickly in the neighboring country, and that order will be restored. The Colombian leader announced that he had attempted to reach his Ecuadorean by phone to express his support for the president, "who was elected democratically by the people of Ecuador."

Colombia and Ecuador have had a strained relationship in recent years, since Colombia carried out a bombing raid on a FARC camp in Ecuadorean territory in March 2008. An Ecuadorean court issued an arrest warrant against Juan Manuel Santos before he won the presidency for his role as defense minister at the time of the attack, but http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/11579-ecuador-revokes-santos-arrest-warrant.html">the warrant was revoked after he took power in August.

Full article: http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/12136-colombia-closes-ecuador-border-after-riots.html

Chavez says Corea's life is in danger
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3029437720100930

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2. K&R nt.