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Julian Assange Fights Extradition To U.S. This Week—What To Know About The WikiLeaks Founder And His Espionage Charges

Julian Assange’s wife has said extradition would mean his death as his physical and mental health continues to deteriorate.

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Shadow of COVID-19 hovers over elections in Ecuador, Peru

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Peruvians will select from a fragmented field of more than a dozen presidential aspirants who span the ideological spectrum, from far left to hard right. No candidate in Peru is expected to win a majority, probably forcing a June runoff between the two highest vote-getters.
Peru’s current president, Francisco Sagasti, is not on the ballot. He took office in November as a caretaker leader after a political crisis saw the country go through three presidents in a week.
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In Ecuador, recent polls have shown a narrowing lead for Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa, a leftist sentenced to prison for corruption who fled to Belgium. Correa, who remains a divisive figure here, has denied the allegations and called them politically motivated.

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Shadow of COVID-19 and economic downturn hovers over elections in Ecuador and Peru

Shadow of COVID-19 and economic downturn hovers over elections in Ecuador and Peru
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Andrés Arauz, left, and Guillermo Lasso will face off in Sunday's presidential election in Ecuador. (Facebook)
Voters go to the polls Sunday to elect new presidents in two neighboring South American nations — Ecuador and Peru — that have been battered by the pandemic, economic contractions and political turmoil.
In both Andean countries, polls have shown widespread dissatisfaction with leadership failures to stem rising unemployment and poverty, much of it fallout from the COVID-19 crisis — which has hit Latin America especially hard, causing social and economic devastation across the region.

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Ecuador names new health minister after vaccine program criticism

Ecuador names new health minister after vaccine program criticism
The country last year faced one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the region when hospitals and morgues in the city of Guayaquil were overwhelmed, forcing the government to collect dead bodies from homes. The country has officially reported some 286,000 cases and 11,078 deaths.Reuters | Quito | Updated: 02-03-2021 02:32 IST | Created: 02-03-2021 02:32 IST
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Monday named an experienced surgeon as the Andean country's health minister, following the previous minister's resignation following accusations of irregularities in a pilot program for coronavirus vaccinations. Rodolfo Farfan, 63, will replace Juan Carlos Zevallos, who is under investigation by state prosecutors for mishandling the vaccine rollout after he participated in an inoculation effort at a nursing home where his mother lives. Zevallos resigned on Friday.

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At Least 62 Killed in Prison Riots in Ecuador

At Least 62 Killed in Prison Riots in Ecuador
News of the violence comes as Ecuador struggles to deal with prison overcrowding and frequent violence between gangs.
Representative image: Riot police officers remove a fence used by demonstrators during protests after Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's government ended four-decade-old fuel subsidies, in Quito, Ecuador October 3, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Tapia
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Ecuadorian police on Tuesday said at least 62 people had been killed in prison mutinies in three separate facilities.
News of the violence comes as Ecuador struggles to deal with prison overcrowding and frequent violence between gangs.
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The unrest happened at facilities in the port city of Guayaquil in the southwest, and at Cuenca and Latacunga in the Andes.

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