How Cocaine Blew Through the Island of Peace
An episode of the The Final Service podcast, hosted by Mateo Schimpf, titled "How Cocaine Blew Through the Island of Peace" was published on August 15, 2024 and runs 28 minutes.
August 15, 2024 ·28m · The Final Service
Episode Description
Ecuadorian journalist Jorge Imbaquingo says that his country used to be, “an island of peace.” But now it’s caught in the middle of Latin America’s bloodiest drug war.
In our last episode, we heard about Ecuador’s historic vote to stop oil extraction in the Amazon. Today, we’ll hear about why its President, Daniel Noboa, nixed those plans to fund his war against the country’s drug cartels.
First, producer Mateo Schimpf and El Diario del Comercio reporter Jorge Imbaquingo share why Ecuador has become a target for Lat...
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