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Prisoners at the Terrorism Confinement Centre, a prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, built to house 40,000 gang members convicted or detained.
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Governments across Latin America are resorting to draconian measures in an attempt to rein in surging gang violence.
Ecuadorian security forces breaking into the Mexican embassy in the capital, Quito, on April 5 2024.
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The raid almost certainly broke international law, but Ecuador’s president is hoping his strongman tactics will resonate with the electorate.
Ecuadorian special forces break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito.
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The bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus and storming of Mexico’s embassy in Quito breaks with accepted diplomatic norms − and could spell trouble.
Men who were detained under the state of emergency are transported in a cargo truck in Soyapango, El Salvador in October 2022 after President Nayib Bukele began a crackdown on gangs that suspended constitutional rights and threw one in every 100 people in jail.
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Ecuador is soon holding a referendum to decide whether to follow El Salvador’s controversial strategy to end drug trafficking.
Several economies are dependent on cocoa.
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Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
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Efforts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK to the US have gone on for years. Here’s what’s been going on and what might happen in court this time.
Protesters in El Salvador declare ‘Yes to democracy. No to authoritarianism’ during a demonstration on Jan. 14, 2024.
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A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
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Coming to grips with the economics of roses can be a thorny issue.
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Latin America’s spike in violence is the result of systemic problems that have long gone unaddressed.
Violent chaos: security forces occupy a prison in Esmeraldas in northwestern Ecuador.
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Poverty, insecurity and a naive and misguided drugs policy have led to a virtual civil war in Ecuador.
Special Forces soldiers in action: Ecuador is hostage to organised crime, amid a culture of violence rooted in the foundations of a society with a fragile economy and political and legal systems compromised by corruption.
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Just five years ago, Ecuador was still considered one of the safest countries in Latin America. Now, there is a brutal war playing out between criminal gangs and the state.
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro wants a new approach to the war on drugs.
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Colombia’s current president, Gustavo Petro, is pushing for a new global approach to drug addiction and use.
Ecuador looks set to entrust its anti-gang fight to the military.
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Widespread violence tied to Ecuadorian drug gangs has left the country looking at a draconian response.
The resounding ‘yes’ vote in a referendum on halting oil extraction in the Yasuní, an area of vital ecological importance, is a huge victory for Ecuador.
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The decision of the people of Ecuador to halt oil extraction in the Yasuní is a trend-setting precedent of global importance and a victory that Canadians should build upon.
Veronica Sarauz, widow of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, speaks during a press conference after his assassination on August 9.
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Ecuador’s murder rate has shot up in recent years and now a presidential candidate has been assassinated.
Women trace ancestral memories using wool.
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Women meet to weave, reflect, commiserate, share culture and tell stories in hopes of passing down ancestral knowledge.
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Dietary guidelines can do a better job clarifying the differences between beneficial and harmful forms of processing.
Desperate: relatives of inmates at Ecuador’s Litoral Prison wait for news after 118 were killed in violent riots on September 30.
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Gang violence is a serious problem in Latin American society – not just its jails.
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Latin America now has about 6 million COVID-19 cases – 30% of the global total. But some cities have fared much worse than others, largely due to the quality of government and community responses.