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Ecuador dipicted a month after declaring internal armed conflict

Published on: February 9, 2024
08:42

Quito, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) It has been one month since President Daniel Noboa took the decision to declare internal armed conflict, which prompted a series of operations that have left 6,626 detained so far.

Paraguayan criminals killed 17 drivers of Bolt transport service

Published on: February 6, 2024
10:24

Asunción, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan criminals murdered 17 drivers of the Bolt platform, a private transport mobile application through free calls that connects clients and drivers to travel from anywhere, a source from that institution revealed today.

UN calls on Ecuador to respect international law ahead of violence

Published on: February 5, 2024
16:49

United Nations, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations on Monday called on the Ecuadorean government to respect international law in confronting the wave of violence and organized crime the South American nation is presently experiencing.

Chilean President to summon Security Council due to violence

Published on: February 1, 2024
13:24

Santiago de Chile, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Thursday announced his decision to summon the National Security Council (Cosena) amid the growing wave of violence, a call observed with caution by the Human Rights Institute.

Ecuadorian movement denounces minors’ abuse in raids

Published on: January 29, 2024
18:01

Quito, Jan 29 (Prensa Latina) National Coordinator of “Pacto por la Niñez” (Convenant on Childhood) in Ecuador Manuel Martinez rejected on Monday the treatment that the Forces of Law and Order are allegedly giving to children and adolescents during military operations.

El Salvador reports 20 homicide-free days in January

Published on: January 26, 2024
13:46

San Salvador, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador has reported 20 days without gang-related murders, according to the National Civil Police (PNC).

Mexico warns of alarming figures of violence on the highways

Published on: January 19, 2024
16:39

Mexico City, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) The National Chamber of Freight Trucking warned Friday that violence on the highways has already exceeded the limits, by registering an upsurge in the theft of trucks transporting goods in Mexico.

Return to classrooms will be progressive in Ecuador

Published on: January 19, 2024
10:24

Quito, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Education of Ecuador announced today that the return to classrooms will be progressive, after almost two weeks of suspension of on-site academic activities due to the wave of violence here.

Ecuador’s education system to resume in-person classes

Published on: January 17, 2024
14:23

Quito, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Education announced that virtual classes are held until Wednesday and Thursday, so students should return to school.

Quito remains on alert given attacks and violence

Published on: January 16, 2024
16:12

Quito, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador´s capital, Quito, remains on alert as a result of fresh violence waves amid internal armed conflict.

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