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Very popular in ecuador. and there is, as you say, a major security problem, too, isn't there? yeah, there is many factors behind this situation. in 2022, more than 4,000 people died because of violence. and just to put this in context, let's remember that in the last decade, for example, ecuador was one of the safest countries in latin america. it was lovely when i was there not very long ago — 14,15 years ago. absolutely delightful. it's extraordinary to me to see what's happened to it. the business of drugs is booming and colombia, our neighbour, which is in the north of ecuador, is produ...

Where you cannot tell if it is an economic issue, if it is a political issue, it is a social confrontation, no. it's a systemic crisis. the latest chapter of this crisis is the episode and the tension between the executive power and the congress. the president guillermo lasso decided in the middle of an impeachment process, where he was accused of abuse of public funds, which he denies, he decided to trigger article 148 of the constitution of ecuador. this article allows the president to dissolve the congress and this triggers a new election process. and this is happening in a moment where the...

So this is only contributing to all the systemic crisis that we have now. i was reading about a town called, is it esmeraldas, i think, near the colombian border? i mean, a really, really dangerous place for the inhabitants. it's the poorest province in ecuador, very neglected by all governments. and now they have this huge security problem because they use the ports of this province to transport the cocaine. and of course, cartels are working there. many people are really scared. they say sometimes after 5:00pm, for example, it looks like a ghost city or town. do you have some hopes for ecuad...

Cleaning up their sources of energy. she joins a course world leaders including justin trudeau of canada in praising china. secretary of interior deb former representative from new mexico. she's the first native american to hold a cabinet level position in government. >> we know administration loves first that's the important qualification for someone to hold a job and a a congresswoman a district there also the chair of the new mexico democrat party so a partisan political person inside the rewarded with secretary of interior. environmentalism, conservation tribal sovereignty through the lens...

His -- in his power and in his media structure to ensure that that continues lest they lose some of the more energetic parts of the republican base. >> jennifer, i want to revisit something that trump's lawyer said on sunday warning that there would be mayhem if trump is indicted. >> yeah, that's really an outrageous thing to say because that's what they're trying to do is to stir up this mayhem. i mean, trump's posts on social media protests, protests, protests in all caps calling for protests not warning about possible protests so i think it's irresponsible. i think they're trying to bring o...