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Ecuador president’s war on crime gets a boost with early referendum results and gang member’s arrest
CNN via AOL· 3 days agoEarly results from Ecuador’s referendum suggest President Daniel ...won public backing for security...
Ecuador approves extradition, anti-gang measures
AFP via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA solid majority of Ecuadoran voters on Sunday approved the extradition to the United States of organized crime bosses in a referendum ...
Prison director killed in attack as Ecuador votes in referendum focused on crime
CNN.com· 4 days agoThe official was identified in a news release by Ecuador’s national prisons agency SNAI as Cosme...
Ecuador introduces three-day working week as it launches investigation into energy shortages
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoWriting in Ecuadorian news portal Primicias, analyst Matias Abad warned that Mr Noboa appeared to be...
A narco revolt takes a once-peaceful nation to the brink
Washington Post· 2 weeks agoThe investigation was called “Metastasis,” a sweeping probe into links between parts of Ecuador’s political and legal establishment and the country’s ruthless drug gangs.
Exclusive-Ecuador examining new Amazon and Ocean linked debt-for-nature swaps, sources say
Colorado Springs Gazette· 2 days agoEcuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and...
Second Ecuadoran mayor killed ahead of anti-crime referendum: Police
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoThe mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead Friday, the second such...
Guayas, Ecuador: The Least Safe Place on the Planet?
Gallup· 6 days agoIn 2023, no other region anywhere in the world -- excluding active war zones -- felt less secure than Guayas, Ecuador. Just 11% of residents in the country’s most populous ...
Three big problems in Biden’s backyard
Politico· 2 weeks agoIn Ecuador, the recent uptick in violent crime led to the explosion in Ecuadorian migration to the north, Gedan said, and the same thing ...
Extortion and kidnap - a deadly journey across Mexico
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"Violence is one of the key elements of organised crime," says Dr Clark. "Violence used to control...
