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Ecuador president declares war on armed gangs after TV station attack

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Ecuadorean security forces patrol the area around the main square and presidential palace after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared the country in a state of “internal armed conflict” and ordered the army to carry out military operations against the country’s powerful drug gangs, in downtown Quito on January 9, 2024. Rodrigo Buendia | Afp | … Read more

Brazil touts climate credentials — but criticized over oil bet

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Burnt trees are seen after illegal fires were lit by farmers in Manaquiri, Amazonas state, on September 6, 2023. Michael Dantas | Afp | Getty Images Brazil’s first-ever minister for indigenous peoples says South America’s largest country is seeking to swiftly restore its climate credibility and prevent the Amazon from hitting a calamitous tipping point. … Read more