Ecuador’s leader, Daniel Noboa, has renewed the emergency state for 30 more days to tackle the surge in violence and criminal acts. The Presidency announced this through a decree, aiming to calm the severe unrest and conflicts within the country, including its prisons. First set on January 8 for a two-month period after violence spiked […]
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