Ex-Ecuador president Correa denies planning coup attempt from exile

FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa gestures during an interview in Brussels, Belgium, April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa denied on Tuesday he was orchestrating a coup against the government from his self-imposed exile in Belgium, after being accused of stoking the worst unrest there in years. in the Andean oil producer.

Protests over an end to fuel subsidies have erupted across the country, prompting President Lenin Moreno to accuse Correa, his predecessor and one-time mentor, of trying to overthrow him with help from Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.