America Just Entered Ecuador's Drug War.
Simon Whistler · March 28, 2026 · 15 min video · Americas
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Given everything that is happening in Iran, you would be absolutely forgiven for momentarily forgetting that other conflicts involving the USA are still raging. But they are. And perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in Ecuador, where American Ecuadorian forces have started launching joint strikes against drug traffickers.
Since President Daniel Naboa came to power in 2023, riding a wave of public anger over record-breaking violence, the country has been locked in a grinding war against drug-trafficking gangs that have turned Ecuador's Pacific ports into one of the world's most important cocaine-transit points, all while turning Ecuador itself into one of the most dangerous
Nations on the planet.
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US-backed strikes in Ecuador escalate war on cartels, spark Colombia tensions, and raise civilian fears. Inside the violence, geopolitics, and consequences shaping Latin America's newest conflict in this episode today. Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@politicalfronts
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