Simeon Tegel
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After the assassination of a candidate who took on drug cartels, Ecuador is in shock
Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a fierce critic of cartels and corruption, was shot on Wednesday. "There is no precedent for this in our country's recent history," one analyst says.
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Peru's president dissolves Congress and imposes a curfew
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist Simeon Tegel about how Peru's president dissolved Congress, and imposed a curfew, while congress reacted by approving the destitution of the mandatary.
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Half of Peru's population is food insecure
No country in South America has been hit harder by the global cost of living crisis than Peru, where half the population is now suffering from food insecurity as a result of rising prices.