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Soldiers enter the prison in Cotopaxi, Ecuador, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Soldiers and police intervened in several prisons in Ecuador in search of weapons, ammunition and explosives and to restore order.

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Prosecutor in the TV studio attack is shot dead in Ecuador's most dangerous city

7:59pm January 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

César Suárez was also in charge of the Metastasis case involving an Ecuadorian drug lord who allegedly received favorable treatment from judges, prosecutors, police officers and high officials.

Guatemala finally swears in reformist Bernardo Arevalo as president

5:58pm January 15, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, the political outsider who surprised all by winning the presidential election is finally sworn in, despite last minutes efforts to derail his inauguration by some in the political elite.

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Guatemala's president is sworn in despite opponents' efforts to stop it

5:10am January 15, 2024

Bernardo Arevalo was sworn in minutes after midnight on Monday — despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.

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5:10am January 15, 2024

Iowa Republicans hold first nominating contest in party's presidential race. It's been 100 days since Israel-Hamas war began. Guatemala's president is sworn in despite opponents' efforts to stop it.

Incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony in Guatemala City, early Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

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Arévalo sworn in as Guatemala's president despite efforts to derail his inauguration

2:49am January 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala's president on Monday minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.

Rolando Alvarez, bishop of Matagalpa, gives a news conference regarding the Roman Catholic Church's agreeing to act as "mediator and witness" in a national dialogue between members of civil society and the government in Managua, Nicaragua, May 3, 2018.

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Nicaragua frees a jailed Catholic bishop and 18 priests, hands them to the Vatican

1:13am January 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Bishop Rolando Álvarez and the other clergy were jailed more than a year ago, in most cases, as part of a crackdown on the opposition and Catholic Church by President Daniel Ortega.

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Guatemala's presidential inauguration brings an air of hope

8:41am January 14, 2024

There are celebrations and cautious optimism in Guatemala as Bernardo Arevalo Jr. wins the presidency, renewing the country's democratic aspirations and its revolutionary past.

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Why recent violence in Ecuador is out of the norm

8:05am January 13, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to political risk analyst Sebastian Hurtado about recent events in Ecuador, risks to citizens there, and the country's political stability.

A country's shift toward violence has been on full display this week in Ecuador

5:10am January 12, 2024

Ecuador used to be seen as one of the safest countries in Latin America. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ecuadorian political analyst Domenica Avila-Luna about way it has become so violent.

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Ecuadorian president declares a state of emergency amid gang violence outbreak

5:44pm January 10, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Will Freeman, fellow at Council on Foreign Relations, about the violence outbreak across Ecuador following a high profile prison break.