Ecuador: how this ‘island of peace’ in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

Ecuador sits between Colombia and Peru, two of the world’s biggest producers of cocaine

Veronica Sarauz, widow of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, speaks during a press conference after his assassination on August 9. AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa

[This article was initially published in The Conversation, on 16/08/2023. A follow up to the story can be found in this post]