“ The police came in minutes, surrounded the TV station and the tactical units intervened.” TC, which broadcasts nationally, shares a site with another public broadcaster, Gamavision, and several radio stations.... Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador’s TV station TC during a live broadcast in Guayaquil, Ecuador on January 9.... It was unclear what the incidents entailed. Video footage on social media showed armed men on the streets, traffic at a

Owner Franklin Torres is monitoring all activity on a recent morning to make sure the fruit meets international beauty standards — and ever more important, is packed for shipment free of cocaine.... A worker starts the job of sorting out a fruit cluster shortly after harvest at a packing plant in Los Rios, Ecuador on August 15, 2023.... They have ruined our country.” The country, which is not a major cocaine producer, was especially rattled when a presidential candidate known for his tough sta