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So…ice tried to go into the Ecuadorian Consulate, an act of war, today.
https://apnews.com/article/eeuu-minnesota-redadas-migratorias-ice-trump-5b98291d7dede89494b79daae50f887b
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Based on reports as of March 2026,
the U.S. and Ecuador are collaborating on "Operation Total Extermination"
against, targeting, and destroying "narcotics-related sites" in South America.
While offering further strikes, this strategy faces criticism for failing to reduce urban insecurity and surging homicide rates within Ecuador, despite the military operations
Critics argue this strategy prioritizes
"videos that the Pentagon could shar…

The Holes in Trump’s ‘Shield of the Americas’
Military operations won’t produce real security for Latin America if there is no strategy beyond targeting cartel leaders with lethal force.

US congressman meets five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father at ICE detention center - live (Cecilia Nowell/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/28/ilhan-omar-attack-trump-minneapolis-ecuador-embassy-rubio-venezuela-machado-iran-iraq-latest-news-updates
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p119#a260128p119

Ecuador says ICE agent tried to enter its Minneapolis consulate (Julianna Bragg/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/ice-trump-minnesota-minneapolis-ecuador-consulate
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p154#a260127p154

The U.S. Military Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp in Ecuador. It Was a Dairy Farm. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html

The true cost of Ecuador’s perfect roses: how the global flower trade poisons workers https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/20/true-cost-ecuador-roses-global-flower-trade-poison-water-workers-land

Human trafficking. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2s7e2iusv5jd5gcykzbxms4/post/3mddituuijc2s

🎃 Carbon and charisma: How climate network CC35 tricked its way to the limelight
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/carbon-and-charisma-how-climate-network-cc35-tricked-its-way-to-the-limelight/

The rise of CC35 and the business behind its climate deals
This investigation was produced with support from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Isabel Alarcón contributed reporting from Ecuador. BARCELONA — Covering more than 65 million hectares (160 million acres) across Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Gran Chaco is South America’s second-largest forest after the Amazon Rainforest. Over the last decades, the dry forest […]

The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA.IAXf.JXmzcnExAYLX&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p98#a260324p98

Trump is hosting right-wing leaders from across Latin America in Miami
for a summit discussing his so-called
"Shield of the Americas initiative".
This comes as the U.S. deploys special forces to #Ecuador
and as Trump hints about regime change in #Cuba.
💥“This summit is … an opportun…

“Donroe Doctrine” Summit: Trump Seeks to Build Right-Wing Power Bloc in Latin America
President Trump is hosting right-wing leaders from across Latin America in Miami for a summit discussing his so-called Shield of the Americas initiative. This comes as the U.S. deploys special forces to Ecuador and as Trump hints about regime change in Cuba. “This summit is … an opportunity for Trump to play out a moment of imperial fantasy in front of fans in South Florida,” says Jake Johnston, director of international research at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The leaders…

"U.S. Special Forces soldiers are advising and supporting Ecuadorian commandos on raids across the country against suspected drug shipment facilities and other drug-related sites."
U.S. Takes Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/us-ecuador-trump-military-operations.html

US launches military operations in Ecuador (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/03/us-military-operations-ecuador-00811272
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p111#a260304p111

US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking (Reuters)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/us-military-action-operation-ecuador
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p25#a260304p25

How many fronts can we handle?
#uspol #ecuador #military #SpreadThin

U.S. Takes Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’
U.S. Special Forces soldiers are advising and supporting Ecuadorian commandos on raids across the country against suspected drug shipment facilities and other drug-related sites.

Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military into Ecuador this week to strike drug cartels,
-- and now he’s poised to do the same in more than a dozen other Latin American countries under a new proclamation he signed Saturday.
In remarks before the signing ceremony, flanked by the leaders of many of those countries,
🔥Trump described the proclamationas “a commitment to using lethal military force to destroy the sinister cartels and terrorist networks.”
He touted the U.S. mi…

U.S. Conducts Military Operations in Ecuador (Eric Schmitt/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/us-ecuador-trump-military-operations.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p150#a260303p150

U.S. forces have launched military operations with Ecuador against
“designated terrorist organizations”
inside the South American country,
Southern Command said Tuesday.
The military released no details on the operations
but suggested in a statement that it was an extension of strikes carried out by the Trump administration
against suspected drug trafficking organizations in the region
In January 2024 gangs stormed a TV station,
taking staff ho…

Round and round the wheel of counties goes, where we’ll attack next no one knows, until grandpa shit his pants makes more horror, now we’re attacking in…Ecuador.
#USpol #Ecuador

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father,
who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas,
have been released following a judge’s order.
They have returned to Minnesota, according to Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.
The boy and his dad, Adrian Conejo Arias, who is originally from Ecuador,
were detained in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20.
They were taken to a detention facility in Dilley, Texas.
Katherine Sch…

5-year-old and dad return to Minnesota from Texas detention facility
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad have returned to Minnesota after being released by ICE, Texas lawmaker says. The two were detained in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20. Images of the young boy wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack surrounded by immigration officers caused outrage over the Trump administration immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. A judge on Saturday ordered the father and son's release.

A 5-year-old boy and his father must be released by Tuesday
from the Texas center where they’ve been held after being detained by immigration officers in Minnesota,
a federal judge ordered Saturday in a ruling that harshly criticized the Trump administration’s approach to enforcement.
Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack,
being surrounded by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
sparked even more outcry about the admini…

US ordered to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota
A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Images of the preschooler in a bunny hat and Spiderman backpack being surrounded by federal agents in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20 added to the outcry about the immigration actions of President Donald Trump’s administration. The government says the father and son, originally from Ecuador, entered the U.S. in 2024. They were taken to a detention faci…