‘Clear signs of authoritarianism’: Ecuador’s ‘iron fist’ chief seeks re-election

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Voters go to polls on Sunday to offer verdict on Daniel Noboa, whose crime crackdown has eroded human rights

Carlos Javier Vega, 19, requested to modify shifts at his father’s bakery in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest metropolis, so he might assist his cousin promote a pet.

Just a few blocks from the client’s location, nonetheless, their automobile was stopped at a checkpoint manned by navy troopers deployed on the streets after President Daniel Noboa decreed an “internal armed conflict” in opposition to organised crime.

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