Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Ecuador’s president declared a war on gangs. Can it succeed? | The Take” – below is their description.
Ecuador is experiencing unprecedented levels of violence. The most visible attack was on a TV station during a live broadcast last week. President Daniel Noboa says the country is in a state of war with gangs. But is it one that he can win?
In this episode:
– Alessandro Rampietti, Al Jazeera English Andes Correspondent
– Marcel Mettelsiefen, Director, Ecuador: A Narco State
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, David Enders and Sonia Bhagat with our host Malika Bilal. Sarí el-Khalili and Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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