The fatal destiny of Landy Párraga, the beauty queen from Ecuador
The country is shocked by the death of the popular 23-year-old entrepreneur, whose murder was captured by security cameras. Her name came up in messages found on a drug dealer’s phone
The country is shocked by the death of the popular 23-year-old entrepreneur, whose murder was captured by security cameras. Her name came up in messages found on a drug dealer’s phone
The drug lord recounts his life as a key member of the Medellín Cartel after leaving a US prison, where he served 33 years
The former Ecuadorian vice-president, arrested after the police raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito, has pursued his career in parallel with the ex-president in foreign exile
The former vice president has been transferred to a prison in Guayaquil reserved for the most dangerous criminals
Ecuadorian police forces burst into the site with armored cars and arrested former vice president Jorge Glas, who is convicted in two cases of corruption and had been granted political asylum by Mexico. President López Obrador has described the assault as a ‘flagrant violation of international law and sovereignty’
President accuses senators of torpedoing healthcare reform after having received foreign money
The president responded to the rejection of his health reform in Congress with an energetic speech and intervention in the public-private EPS system
Venezuela’s surprise presidential candidate tells EL PAÍS that he’s willing to facilitate the incumbent’s peaceful departure from power
The president, whose leadership cast many doubts after Chávez named him successor, has a clear path to cling onto power for another six years thanks to a Chavista-controlled framework
Three sources told EL PAÍS that officials are taking samples from prisoners, claiming it helps with identification in case of violent death
With the presidential elections coming up on July 28, opinion is divided on what is the best way to take on Nicolás Maduro at the polls
The primary opposition leader isn’t standing down, despite officials having tossed out the possibility of her facing off with Nicolás Maduro in July
A shadowy group of Venezuelans with anti-Chavismo roots is deeply embedded in the Salvadoran government and oversaw the president’s successful electoral campaign
EL PAÍS visits the Terrorism Confinement Center, the maximum-security mega-prison that El Salvador’s president inaugurated a year ago amid the country’s war on gangs
The president has achieved results in terms of security, but now faces structural problems
The president pulverized the opposition in the elections and has all the necessary support to implement his policies
The president says he has achieved a landslide victory in the elections after having put an end to the country’s violent gangs
The president of El Salvador began his political career as a small-town mayor, realizing his destiny for power.
The president is set to be re-elected next Sunday thanks to his great popularity in the country, where he is esteemed for taking down the gangs despite the high cost to human rights
The former left-wing statesman criticizes incumbent right-wing President Daniel Noboa for failing to address the country’s security crisis and demands an immediate purge of the security forces, which have been infiltrated by organized crime
Police operations against gangs have been marred by the killing of one of the country’s most important anti-corruption investigators in broad daylight
The army entered the penitentiaries heavily armed Thursday and freed more than 150 people, including guards and administrative personnel, who were being held hostage
A night on patrol with Ecuadorian soldiers shows a glimpse of the war unleashed in the country between the authorities and the gangs
The country’s crime rate has rocketed, but the problems of drug trafficking and gang violence have been brewing since the 1980s
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared that the nation is at war after the two main criminal gangs in the country, Los Choneros and Los Lobos, took control of the prisons and took to the streets to sow chaos
The president is hoping to relaunch his flagging projects this year, but first he will have to contend with high-profile trials involving his son, his brother and his former chief of staff. Nicolás Petro is to be arraigned on Thursday
Daniel Noboa, who has been in office for only 50 days, is facing an unprecedented wave of violence with murders of police and prison officers and assaults on hospitals and police stations