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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· 5 months agoEcuador looks set to entrust its anti-gang fight to the military. Franklin Jacome/Agencia Press...
Tren de Aragua: Venezuelan gang raises concerns on El Paso, Juárez border
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA fast-spreading gang that originated in a Venezuelan prison has been detected in the El Paso-Juárez...
Two American Missionaries Killed by Haitian Gang
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoLATIN AMERICA NEWS Gang members in Haiti have killed two American missionaries of an Oklahoma-based group and a Haitian director they worked with, the...
Rising crime rates are pushing Latin America’s political pendulum to the right | Opinion
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year 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 months 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· 5 months agoAs Ecuadorians wage war against almost two dozen gangs that are brazenly turning their once peaceful...
Haiti’s Largest Investor Navigates Gangs to Keep Phones Working
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoLATIN AMERICA NEWS Gangs in Haiti have destroyed schools, pharmacies and factories. But they have...
Barbie mania sweeps Latin America, but sometimes takes on a macabre tone
Associated Press via AOL· 11 months agoLatin America is taking Barbie mania to an extreme, with everything from pink-colored tacos and...
Europe's drug gangs in the spotlight
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCredit: John Thys / AFP / Getty Images Last week, a Dutch court convicted three men of the murder of Peter R. de Vries, one of the Netherlands' most...
New Haitian Transition Council Takes Office, but Long Road Awaits
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoLATIN AMERICA NEWS Haiti’s new transitional presidential council was sworn in Thursday, opening the...