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Ecuador: South America’s Next Narco-State

By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán —  The evolution of Mexico’s cartels over the last decades has been exponential and incredibly abrupt. Despite much-touted government efforts to dismantle and eradicate these criminal groups since the beginning of the drug war in 2006, these criminal organizations have managed not only to survive, but to thrive, strengthening and strategically expanding beyond the country’s

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Pacific Alliance Suspended over Peruvian President’s Travel Ban

By KELIN DILLON On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 22, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) confirmed that the 17th Pacific Alliance Summit – which was set to be held in Mexico from Wednesday, Nov. 23, to Friday, Nov. 25 – will now be suspended indefinitely as summit participant and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo remains barred from leaving Peru

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New Hi-Tech, Low-Cost Smart Phone Comes to Mexico

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Smooth, a new hi-tech, android-interfaced smartphone company, began operations in Mexico on Friday, Sept. 23, offering innovative mobile telephony devices at affordable prices. Smooth offers a variety of mobile phones with 3G coverage and quick, reliable after-sale service to ensure dependable connectivity both throughout Mexico and internationally. With smartphones starting as low as 2,000 pesos, Smooth provides

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Preventive Detention, a Means of Control and Abuse in Latin America

By MARK LORENZANA In March of this year, the government of El Salvador, headed by President Nayib Bukele, declared a state of emergency after police recorded a total of 62 homicides in a single day. It marked the most violent day in 30 years for the Central American country, which has contended with criminal gangs for decades. El Salvador has

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Yet Another Migrant Caravan Heads North to US

XINHUA A caravan of about 1,000 migrants, the seventh since August, left southeastern Mexico on Tuesday, Aug. 30l for the U.S. border, local media reported. The caravan mainly included men from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, as well as hundreds of women and approximately 150 children, said local news reports. If the group meets up with others

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Ecuador, Mexico Inch Closer to Trade Deal

XINHUA Mexico and Ecuador made “substantial progress” toward a Productive Integration Agreement in the ninth round of negotiations held between Monday, May 23, to Friday, May 27, in Quito, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fishing said Monday, May 30. “The negotiating teams of both countries held high-level technical meetings in which significant progress was made with

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