Gang Violence is Top Issue for Voters as Polls Open in Ecuador
Ecuador’s 37-year-old leader Daniel Noboa is seeking reelection on Sunday with out-of-control gang violence the top issue for ...
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Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence
His father, Marcos Elías León Maruri, was kidnapped there by the Los Tiguerones gang. A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven ... We're in a war. Mafias use machine guns, grenades.
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Ecuador heads to run-off election between incumbent and leftist candidate
Ecuador’s center-right President Daniel Noboa fell short of securing an outright majority in the country’s general election, ...
Ecuador election ends in a 'tie' prompting run-off
Ecuador's presidential election will go to a second round after a closely contested first-round result failed to produce an ...
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Ecuador votes for a new president after years of violence and blackouts
“I declared war on terrorists,” Noboa told CNN ... two of them of being members of the notorious Los Lobos gang. Alongside ...
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Ecuador's organized crime and energy crises are at stake in the presidential election
It's been a rough run for the new president, who won a shortened term in a 2023 snap election, but is now defending his record, cracking down on Ecuador's rampant gang violence. Sandwiched between ...
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Ecuador chooses president against backdrop of gang violence
His father, Marcos Elías León Maruri, was kidnapped there by the Los Tiguerones gang. A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven are kidnapped ... but what about human rights for good ...
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Ecuador votes for a new president after years of violence and blackouts
“I declared war on terrorists ... members of the notorious Los Lobos gang. Alongside crime, drought from the El Niño weather phenomenon has crippled Ecuador’s hydroelectric plants and ...