Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, wearing a gas mask, is caught in the middle of a police protest at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a gas mask, is rescued from a hospital where he was holed up by protesting police in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from a hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Soldiers enter the police hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is being holed up by protesting police in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from the hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
An injured police officer, front, lies in the emergency room at the police hospital as the body of another officer lies covered with an Ecuadorian flag in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The two officers were injured and killed apparently during protests by insurgent police angered by a new law that they claim would cut their benefits and clashes with supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa. (Dolores Ochoa)
Soldiers arrive to enter the police hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is being holed up by protesting police in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from the hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A supporter of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa waves a picture of Correa as tires burn in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. Ecuador's government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angry over a law that would cut their benefits, plunged Ecuador into chaos, roughing up Correa, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa speaks to the press in the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, late Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from a hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
Soldiers guard the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Ecuador is under a state of siege, with the military in charge of public order, after soldiers rescued Ecuador's President Rafael Correa from a hospital where he'd been surrounded by police who roughed him up and tear-gassed him earlier. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)
A policeman demonstrates Thursday at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, next to a bonfire during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits. President Rafael Correa tried to speak to a group of protesting police officers but was shouted down. (Associated Press)
