Drugs, crime and protests: Ecuador stares into the abyss
Issued on: 25/10/2021 - 09:02
Modified: 25/10/2021 - 09:01
Crime, mostly linked to drugs, has claimed almost 1,900 lives this year, just this Friday taking the life of Alex Quinonez, one of the country's most promising athletes.
His death sparked an outpouring of grief in the Andean nation of 17.7 million people, wracked by political instability and which this year saw one of the worst prison massacres in Latin America's history.
After just five months in power, conservative President Guillermo Lasso is facing an investigation in Congress over "Pandora Papers" revelations that he allegedly hid millions in assets overseas -- and he claims his opponents are planning impeachment.
And with demonstrations planned this week against increasing fuel prices and other economic ills worsened by the pandemic, tensions are unlikely to abate anytime soon.
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211025-drugs-crime-and-protests-ecuador-stares-into-the-abyss
