Ecuador
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AMERICAS
Ecuador’s Posorja Port Becomes Europe’s Cocaine Doorway Despite Scanners
A $1.2 billion terminal was meant to shield Ecuador's coast from traffickers. Instead, cocaine seizures have tripled, homicides have soared,…
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SPORTS
Forget the usual suspects—Ecuador Football brings the real World Cup menace
South América's qualifiers delivered the usual headlines—Argentina on top, Brazil stumbling, Bolivia euphoric—but the quiet revelation is Ecuador. Docked three…
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ECONOMY
Ecuador at a Crossroads: How Migrants Could Rebuild Security and Prosperity
Ecuador faces record violence, sluggish growth, and the steady flight of its young talent. Yet within these crises lies an…
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LIFE
Ecuador’s Cloud Kingdom, Where Ancient Conifers Guard Rivers Against Greed
Mist drapes the ridgelines of southern Ecuador, then slides into ravines where orchids bead with rain. Between two Andean spines,…
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LIFE
Ecuadorian Dreams of Disney, Lands in America’s Asylum Waiting Room
A promised Disney vacation turned into an escape from Guayaquil's spiraling violence, sending a mother and her daughter into the…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Faces Parallel States as Guerrillas Govern Neglected Amazon Borderlands
On the San Miguel River, where the water itself marks the frontier with Ecuador, a guerrilla commander nicknamed Popéye pushes…
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ANALYSIS
Ecuador’s Constitutional Crisis Pits Security Against the Soul of Its Democracy
In Quito, a president marches against his court, judges face threats, and a nation watches its constitution tested in real…
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AMERICAS
Ecuador’s ‘El León’ Lands in New York, but His Narco Empire Still Roars at Home
He once ruled a prison like a five-star hotel, but this week, Ecuador's most feared drug lord, José Adolfo "Fito"…
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AMERICAS
How Colombia and Ecuador Are Rewriting Law to Listen to Nature Itself
In Colombia and Ecuador, rivers and forests can now sue for their survival. By granting ecosystems legal rights, two Andean…
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ANALYSIS
Untold Silence: How Latin America’s Bloodshed Became Background Noise
From Ecuador's exploding homicide rate to Haiti's near-total collapse, Latin America's bloodshed is real, rising, and relentlessly ignored. As our…
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