Ecuador’s president declared a war on gangs. Can it succeed?

17/01/2024 17 min Episodio 757
Ecuador’s president declared a war on gangs. Can it succeed?

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Ecuador is experiencing unprecedented levels of violence. The most visible attack was on a TV station during a live broadcast last week. President Daniel Noboa says the country is in a state of war with gangs. But is it one that he can win? In this episode:  Alessandro Rampietti (@rampietti), Al Jazeera English Andes Correspondent Marcel Mettelsiefen (@marcelmettelsiefen), Director, Ecuador: A Narco State Episode credits: This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, David Enders and Sonia Bhagat with our host Malika Bilal. Sarí el-Khalili and Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

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