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DOJ Settles With Two U.K. Reinsurance Brokers Over Ecuador Bribes
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DOJ Settles With Two U.K. Reinsurance Brokers Over Ecuador Bribes

The Justice Department has settled with two U.K.-based reinsurance brokers that admitted to participating in a scheme to bribe Ecuadorean government officials.Tysers Insurance Brokers and H.W. Wood have agreed to enter into three-year deferred prosecution agreements filed in the Southern District of Florida. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
A Latin Win for U.S. Security Interests
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A Latin Win for U.S. Security Interests

Mary Anastasia O'Grady writes "The Americas," a weekly column on politics, economics and business in Latin America and Canada that appears every Monday in the Journal. Ms. O'Grady joined the paper in August 1995 and became a senior editorial page writer in December 1999. She was appointed an editorial board member in November 2005. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis­-based Liberty Fund. In 2012 Ms. O’Grady won the Walter Judd Freedom Award from The Fund for American Studies. In 2009 Ms. O'Grady received the Thomas Jefferson Award from The Association of Private Enterprise Education. In 2005 Ms. O'Grady won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism awarded by the International Policy Network for her articles on the World Bank, the underground economy in Brazil and th...
Ecuador Elects Heir to Banana Fortune Amid Skyrocketing Drug-Fueled Violence
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Ecuador Elects Heir to Banana Fortune Amid Skyrocketing Drug-Fueled Violence

Updated Oct. 15, 2023 9:53 pm ETEcuadoreans elected Daniel Noboa, scion of a banana magnate, as president over a left-leaning lawmaker in the hope he will jump-start a slow-growing economy and reduce drug-fueled violence that has buffeted the small South American country. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Assassination in Ecuador – WSJ
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Assassination in Ecuador – WSJ

Political upheaval in Latin America may seem distant from U.S. shores, but Wednesday’s assassination of Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is a sign of growing world disorder and may be fallout from American demand for drugs.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8