>"First responders, government officials, and hospitals are on standby to render aid to any survivors."

"Over 900 law enforcement officers spent most of the day trying to quell the violence -- which lasted for around 8 hours -- at the Litoral Penitentiary."

CNN: Ecuador identifies bodies after prison violence leaves dozens dead. >"Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso has called a "crisis cabinet" after yet _...Read More_

>"Rival inmates attack each other as guns and explosives are discovered at the facility in Guayaquil."

"The former president, who was in office from 2007 to 2017, was sentenced to eight years in prison by an Ecuadorian judge in 2020 but has lived in Belgium since leaving office four years ago, evading justice in his home country."

Retailers accused of ignoring soaring production costs to keep prices low, with Aldi singled out as leading way.

"Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a battle among gang members in a coastal lockup that killed at least 116 people and injured 80."

“Don’t abandon my child. Bring her to my mom in Queens,” were Lema’s last words, according to an account Anthony shared with 1-800 Migrante, a New York-based group that offers legal services to Ecuadorian migrants and asylum seekers.

"Authorities cite unpaid fees and problems in naturalisation papers relating to WikiLeaks founder. ”

>"Five inmates die at a jail in Guayaquil, the latest incident in Ecuador's overcrowded prisons."

>"Patricio Pazmino says resignation is a personal decision adding he has also been diagnosed with COVID for a second time."

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"If the IMF wants to help us with that Ecuadorian plan, they are welcome — but as the agreement with the IMF is now, we are not going to comply with it."

>"Growing up undocumented, I learned that the price of my innocence was the guilt of my parents."

U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of leaked military and diplomatic documents. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in _...Read More_