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Ecuador braces for government crackdown on drug gangs post live TV attack
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2024
Following an armed intrusion on a live TV newscast, Ecuador's major cities faced closures; schools and stores remained shut. Citizens stayed home as soldiers patrolled streets on Wednesday, responding to the president's directive to eliminate drug gangs terrorizing the nation.
Former Peru president Toledo sent to jail after extradition from US
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2023
Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo returned on Sunday to Peru from the United States, becoming the third head of state to be imprisoned as the South American country seeks to shake off years of corruption by its rulers.
Heavy rains in Brazil's northeast kill at least 35
SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022
At least 35 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday, as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, in what is the South American nation's fourth major flooding event in five months.
Thailand among countries targeted in CIA-Crypto espionage
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2020
South American military dictatorships combined forces in the late 1970s on a continent-wide crackdown they called Operation Condor against perceived threats to their rule. It was part of a broader wave of violence in which nuns and priests were imprisoned, dissidents were tossed out of airplanes and thousands of victims were "disappeared." 
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