Ecuador’s Iron Fist Is Failing. U.S. Troops Won’t Help.
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Sun, 11/16/2025 – 16:06
Ecuador’s Iron Fist Is Failing. U.S. Troops Won’t Help.
Originally published in The New York Times
When the military and police conduct raids in Flor de Bastión, a poor neighborhood in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s commercial capital, the streets empty, public transportation comes to a halt and proprietors shutter their shops.
What residents fear is not so much the soldiers, but what happens after they leave.
The full article can be read on The New York Times website.
