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Season 1 | Episode 23
The combination of a weak state and strong criminal forces has led to a near-doubling of homicides each year in Ecuador since 2020 and the nation's murder rate for 2023 was around 40 per 100,000 people, making it the highest in Ecuador's history and therefore one of the most violent in Latin America.
In this episode of The LatinNews Podcast, we ask Ivan Briscoe, Program Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Crisis Group and Glaeldys Gonzalez Calanche, a Fellow at Crisis Group, are President Noboa's new measures working for Ecuador?
We cover details leading up to the crisis in Ecuador, the main players behind the violence, President Noboa's actions and the issue of forthcoming presidential elections.
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In this episode we discuss:
• Ecuador’s alarming murder rate
• President Daniel Noboa
• Following President Nayib Bukele’s example
• How criminal groups infiltrated Ecuador?
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Ivan Briscoe
Ivan Briscoe joined Crisis Group in June 2016 as Program Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. He has worked on Latin American politics, conflict and crime since 1996. Before joining Crisis Group, Ivan worked as a senior research fellow in the Clingendael Institute of the Netherlands and in the Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue (FRIDE) in Spain, where he specialised in the study of illicit networks in Latin America, new forms of armed violence and the effects of inequality.
As Crisis Group’s Giustra Fellow for the Latin America and Caribbean Program, Glaeldys conducts field research, formulates policy recommendations and assists in the Program’s advocacy activities related to conflict prevention and mitigation in the region.
Glaeldys Gonzalez Calanche
Glaeldys studied at the Central University of Venezuela where she obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Political and Administrative Sciences with an emphasis on International Relations. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Salamanca.
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The LatinNews Podcast is hosted by Richard McColl, a foreign correspondent in Colombia. Having first travelled to Colombia in the late 90s, McColl made the move to Bogotá in 2007. He holds a Diploma in Conflict resolution and a PhD in Social and Human Sciences both at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. He has worked as a journalist across Latin America.
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