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Viewpoint: With his reelection bid, Ecuador’s Noboa seeks more time to bring violence under control
Ecuadorians head to the polls on Sunday, Feb. 9, to choose their next president against a backdrop of spiraling violence ...
Ecuadorian voters, many of them crime victims, head to the polls for presidential election
People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals. And they can just as easily list ...
How Ecuador went from being Latin America’s model of stability to a nation in crisis
For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.