Ecuador in chaos after apparent attempted military coup

In Ecuador, a state of emergency after police officers protesting plans to cut their benefits shut down airports and blocked roads. At least one person has been killed and six injured, when officers clashed with government supporters outside a hospital where the president
was, in his words, "practically held captive." Al Jazeera reports that "In front of every police station there are tyres burning with smoke rising into the evening sky." (via Ned Sublette)