QUITO, ECUADOR - JANUARY 21:  Protesting Ecuadoran indigenous peasant-farmers force their way through a police cordon outside the National Congress building 21 January 2000 in downtown Quito. At least 1,500 anti-government protesters were joined by a handful of military officers and occupied the Congress to press their demand for the resignation of Ecuadoran President Jamil Mahuad.  (Photo credit should read CRISTINA MORA/AFP via Getty Images)