The southern desert is probably best described as Morocco's deep end. Sandwiched between the Atlas Mountains and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, Morocco's south is a desolate strip of dusty wasteland peppered with sand-swept towns and villages stubbornly weathering the searing hot winds.
Persistent rumors of coup plots and simmering fears of violence turned Ecuador's typically drowsy capital Quito into the scene of a tense standoff on Thursday night.
DISSENT! Sans Frontières 