Can Ecuador Subdue Organized Crime?
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Wed, 03/12/2025 – 15:44
17
March 2025
In-Person Event
Can Ecuador Subdue Organized Crime?
MONDAY 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.
Can Ecuador Subdue Organized Crime?
In-Person Event
Hudson Institute
March 17, 2025
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A soldier stands guard outside Canela Radio on January 10, 2024, in Quito, Ecuador. (Photo by Franklin Jacome/Getty Images)
17
March 2025
MONDAY 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
In-Person Event
Event will also air live on this page.
Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.
Speakers:
Amb. Mike Fitzpatrick
Former US Ambassador to Ecuador
John Polga-Hecimovich
Associate Professor, US Naval Academy
Isabel Chiriboga
Assistant Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council
Moderator:
Adjunct Fellow
Daniel Batlle is an adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute. His work focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Ecuador, once among the most peaceful countries in Latin America, faces an existential threat from an array of criminal groups. These organizations have committed unprecedented violence, infiltrated political structures, and challenged the government’s authority. Meanwhile, the country is going through an economic contraction and an energy crisis triggered by severe drought.
In a repeat of snap presidential elections held in 2023, Ecuadorians will vote on April 13 in a runoff pitting incumbent Daniel Noboa against Luisa Gonzalez, a protégé of former leftist president Rafael Correa.
Former United States Ambassador to Ecuador Mike Fitzpatrick, Atlantic Council scholar Isabel Chiriboga, and US Naval Academy Professor John Polga-Hecimovich will join Hudson’s Daniel Batlle to examine Ecuador’s fight against organized crime and how the election results will shape the country’s security strategy.
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