Ten years ago, Ecuador was one of the safest countries in Latin America. Now it is afflicted by high levels of organised crime, bringing with it horrific violence, weakening the reach of day-to-day government in major cities, and putting everyday citizens under immense social and economic pressure. In conversation with Jorge Núñez, cofounder of Kaleidos at the University of Cuenca and co-director of the Ecuadorian Prison Observatory, TAG looks into the issues behind this decline in security and the rule of law. We ask what has changed and why, and what Latin American governments and their international partners can do to help countries afflicted by organised criminality and weakened governance return to normality.

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