Ecuador election 2025

Ecuador imposes state of emergency before razor-close election

Death of Liam Payne

Death of Liam Payne: Court dismisses charges against trio

SIZEABLE BLACK ECONOMY

US$30 billion a year – Ecuador reveals size of local cartel trade

DRUG VIOLENCE

Narco violence tops agenda in Ecuador election

Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay

Paraná-Paraguay waterway a focal point for global security policy

At Antonio D'Eramo, Noticias Argentinas

CRIME & SECURITY

‘Narco-terrorists’ make death threats against security minister, governor

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Initial test results confirm presence of cocaine in Liam Payne's body

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

With Biden’s envoy in town, Argentina steps up efforts to tackle against synthetic drugs

At Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

‘Mochileros de la cocaína’ – Rising numbers of drug ‘mule’ backpackers

At Leonardo Nieva

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Cocaine ‘mules’ arrested in Jujuy with capsules hidden in bodies

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

'A mistake': Spanish minister backtracks on Milei 'substances' remark

FEATURE

Poverty, marginalisation, cocaine: Gangs find lucrative combo

At Josefina Salomon

CRIME & SECURITY

Federal troops arrive in Rosario as drug violence, paralyses city

CRIME & SECURITY

Santa Fe governor orders Bukele-style tactics for narcos in Rosario

At Luciano Couso, AFP

WAR ON DRUGS

Petro: US anti-drug policies caused Latin American 'genocide'

ARMED ATTACK

Gunmen burst into Ecuador television studio live on air

CRIME & SECURITY

Organised crime in Argentina: clans, crooked cops and money-laundering

At Sabrina Chemen

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug-lord

CRIME & SECURITY

Rosario surpasses grim threshold of 150 homicides

Drug-trafficking

Uruguay finds cocaine in surfboards bound for Europe