Over the past five years, Ecuador has slowly gone from a comparatively prosperous and safe Latin American country into one that fits the definition of narco-state in the region. In recent years ...

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A majority of its population told a Gallup poll they felt safe walking alone at night. By 2022, Ecuador's homicide rate had more than quadrupled and Ecuadoreans' perception of safety had plummeted ...

One student who was studying in Ecuador for the spring semester also chose to return to the U.S. on Saturday. Samuel Gras, associate director of global safety and security within the Office of Global ...

President Guillermo Lasso said organised crime was behind the killing. Ecuador has historically been a relatively safe and stable country in Latin America, but crime has shot up in recent years ...

topography of FONAG just outside Quito, Ecuador. Similar three-dimensional ... streams and lakes) to ensure that safe drinking water flows out of users’ faucets every time they turn on the ...