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Ecuador won’t be able to fight drug violence without more U.S., regional help | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis is no joke: Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, who according to the U.S. Justice Department...
Prison massacres, beheadings in Ecuador linked to drug trafficking
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOnce a relatively peaceful neighbor of major cocaine producers Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has become...
Ecuador hunkers down for a government war on drug gangs after attack during live TV newscast
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSchools and stores sat shuttered, many people stayed home and soldiers roamed the streets of...
How Gang Violence Is Shaking Up Ecuador's Election
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMilitary personnel in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. Credit - Misha Vallejo—Bloomberg/Getty Images Just five years ago, Ecuador was an...
In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into...
How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEcuador looks set to entrust its anti-gang fight to the military. Franklin Jacome/Agencia Press...
Ecuador's youngest mayor, Brigitte García, killed with her advisor amid state of emergency
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEcuador’s youngest mayor and her press officer were found Sunday shot to death in a vehicle amid an...
Ecuador president says country is at war with drug gangs
Reuters via AOL· 5 months agoQUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday his country was "at war" with drug...
Ecuador declares ‘internal armed conflict’ as gunmen take over live TV broadcast
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEcuador’s President Daniel Noboa has declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering...
US backs Ecuador’s president as he grapples with wave of bloodshed caused by powerful drug gangs
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEcuador’s president is desperately drumming up international support against the powerful drug gangs...