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How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEcuador looks set to entrust its anti-gang fight to the military. Franklin Jacome/Agencia Press...
Ecuador Follows El Salvador in Arresting Gangs and Retaking Prisons
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoLATIN AMERICA NEWS El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s uncompromising approach to rooting out...
Tren de Aragua: Venezuelan gang raises concerns on El Paso, Juárez border
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA fast-spreading gang that originated in a Venezuelan prison has been detected in the El Paso-Juárez...
Rising crime rates are pushing Latin America’s political pendulum to the right | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAn ultra-conservative party’s landslide victory in Chile’s May 7 elections for a commission that...
Haiti’s Police, Outgunned and Outmanned, Struggle to Thwart Gangs
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoLATIN AMERICA NEWS Haiti’s National Police, the last visible semblance of a state in a country where...
Growing drug-gang violence in Ecuador raises question: Could other countries be next?
Miami Herald via AOL· 4 months agoAs Ecuadorians wage war against almost two dozen gangs that are brazenly turning their once peaceful...
Inside the growing cult of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, Latin America's political star
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPoliticians in Latin America are adopting Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's style — aviator...
Barbie mania sweeps Latin America, but sometimes takes on a macabre tone
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoLatin America is taking Barbie mania to an extreme, with everything from pink-colored tacos and...
J Balvin Returns to Touring & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music
Billboard via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFrom career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important...
New Haitian Transition Council Takes Office, but Long Road Awaits
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoLATIN AMERICA NEWS Haiti’s new transitional presidential council was sworn in Thursday, opening the...