Ecuador in Crisis

Cocaine, cartels, and corruption: The crisis in Ecuador, explained
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/1/11/24034891/ecuador-drugs-cocaine-cartels-violence-murder-daniel-naboa-columbia-crime

The West’s war on drugs has failed – and brought carnage to Latin America
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/13/wests-war-on-drugs-failed-brought-carnage-to-latin-america/
Ecuador is the latest country to fall into chaos thanks to our policy of leaving cocaine to the criminals
 
How Ecuador became mired in a ‘state of war’ with drug gangs
https://www.ft.com/content/be768a0f-4509-4966-b436-35a7975e2a2c
What happened to turn a relatively peaceful tourist destination into one of the bloodiest countries in the region?

How Ecuador became Latin America’s deadliest country
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/01/10/how-ecuador-became-latin-americas-deadliest-country

How Ecuador’s 36-year-old leather jacket-wearing president took on the drug cartels – and lost
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/10/ecuador-president-daniel-noboa-drug-cartel-war-tv-station/

Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/10/ecuador-tv-studio-gang-attack-prison-break
 
Ecuador Plunges into Crisis Amid Prison Riots and Gang Leader’s Disappearance
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/world/americas/ecuador-gang-prison-emergency.html