Alleged assassination attempt on Ecuador's Noboa exposes growing rural unrest

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa escaped injury after his convoy was attacked by protesters in a rural town on October 7, in what the government is labeling an assassination attempt, highlighting the country's growing political tensions.

Protesters pelted the convoy with rocks, cracking windows as the vehicles sped by. The government said five people were detained after the incident and that Noboa's car had evidence of "bullet damage.”

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