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UPDATE 2-Families of Ecuador hostages demand action as Noboa details plans for new prisons
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 months agoEcuadorean President Daniel Noboa laid out plans for two new high-security prisons on Thursday, part of his pledge to wage war on drug gangs, as the families of nearly 180 prison staff being ...
Ecuador declares ‘internal armed conflict’ as gunmen take over live TV broadcast
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoEcuador’s President Daniel Noboa has declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering...
UPDATE 4-Ecuador president says country is at war with drug gangs
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 months agoEcuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday his country was "at war" with drug gangs who are holding prison guards hostage, amid a dramatic surge in violence that saw gunmen briefly take ...
Gunmen in Ecuador storm TV studio in wave of violence
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoGUAYAQUIL/QUITO (Reuters) -Gunmen with explosives stormed a TV station on-air in Ecuador on Tuesday...
Radio silence grows in Venezuela as government shutters dozens of stations
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoIn July officials from Venezuela's telecommunications regulator entered the Moda 105.1 FM radio...
High-risk Colombians say GPS devices only add to dangers
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoThe bulletproof vehicles that Colombia’s government assigns to hundreds of high-risk individuals are...