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‘We are at war’: Ecuador’s president vows to crack down on gangs behind week of violence
After criminals storm TV station and take prison guards hostage, Daniel Noboa pledges to stop his...
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Quaker Oats expands recall of granola bars and cereals for salmonella risk
At least 24 reports of adverse events related to products recalled in December but no illnesses...
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Former Suriname dictator missing after failing to turn himself in to prison
Wife of Dési Bouterse, sentenced last month to 20 years for 1982 killings of opponents, says...
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‘This used to be a calm place’: killing continues in Ecuador’s week of chaos
As cartels and crime syndicates flock to Ecuador for cocaine trade profits, its murder rate has...
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Italy refuses to extradite priest accused of murder and torture to Argentina
Rev Franco Reverberi is accused of crimes against humanity during country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s...
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Ecuador’s biggest city ‘a desert’ as state tries to restore order after gang violence
Guayaquil eerily quiet as armed forces patrol in wake of stunning wave of arson, bombings and...
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Visitors to Colombia warned over dating apps after eight US deaths in two months
US embassy issues warning after US citizens died in Medellín following suspected drugging and robbing on...
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Ecuador ‘at war’ with drug gangs, says president as violence continues
Daniel Noboa designates nearly two dozen gangs as terrorist groups after wave of violence across countryEcuador’s...
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Armed gangs and prison breaks: how Ecuador was plunged into chaos and bloodshed
President declares state of ‘internal armed conflict’ as gang leader escapes from jail and gunmen invade...
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Wednesday briefing: Why masked gang members stormed an Ecuadorian TV station
Ecuador’s president has declared a state of “internal armed conflict”. How did the country find itself...
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‘Many thought they’d get away with it’: Argentine colonel to stand trial in Italy
Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto fled Argentina in 2011 and will be tried in Rome for...
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Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared
Gangsters unleashed wave of terror following move by President Daniel Noboa in response to gang leader’s...
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Canada reverses course after blocking Russian anti-war activist’s citizenship
Maria Kartasheva’s in-absentia conviction over blogposts about Ukraine war threatened application for Canadian citizenshipCanada has reversed...
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Lula vows to win ‘war’ against illegal miners invading Indigenous lands
Brazil president hosts summit amid criticism that easing of crackdown had allowed outsiders to return to...
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Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE
Arctic Ice argues its rare, pure product can be part of Greenland’s green transition and greater...
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Ecuador declares emergency as drug-gang kingpin vanishes from prison
Huge manhunt under way after Adolfo Macías of Los Choneros disappears from cell and guards taken...
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Lula hails ‘victory of democracy’ on anniversary of pro-Bolsonaro uprising
Brazilian leaders mark first anniversary of insurrection in Brasília that saw Bolsonaristas attempt to topple new...
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‘All feminists are under attack’: ultra-right threat in Milei’s Argentina forces writer into exile
The new president’s rightwing supporters are targeting journalists and women’s rights activists – but the fight...
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Weather tracker: Western Canada and parts of US brace for cold snap
Temperatures could be 10-15C below seasonal average in some areas, with Calgary and Edmonton experiencing low...
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Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation
Liz Oliva Fernández says the sanctions, imposed 60 years ago and upheld through Biden, have led...