Ecuadorean port operator ramps up security

Once considered one of the safest countries in South America, Ecuador has descended into drug gang violence in the past few years. And unfortunately for the banana sector, exporters of the fruit find themselves at the frontline of the country’s battle with the narcos.

Gangs – operating both outside and inside the country’s weak and overcrowded prison system – have been

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