Los Choneros is tied to the Mexican drug Sinaloa Cartel and Los Lobos to Jalisco. Ecuador itself, together with Bolivia and Colombia, is part of the so-called cocaine triangle, which is the world’s largest producer of the drug. From Ecuador, it travels overland to Brazil and Peru and by sea to Mexico, European countries, and the African market.
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Finally, and thirdly, another version of the reason for the current conflict outbreak is the activation of the CIA and their agents who want to destabilize the entire Andean region (after all, the situation in Peru and Chile is also complicated). Although it sounds like a conspiracy, given the skills of US intelligence agencies and their networks in Latin America, it should not be dismissed, but more attention should be paid to the activities of State Department agents who do not want to lose the region.
Interestingly, when I highlight and look up, ‘cocaine triangle’, Apple brings up the Wikipedia page for ‘CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking’. 🤔
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Fact Check: Is Biden Administration Funding Drag Shows in Ecuador?
According to the State Department’s grant list, a grant in the amount reported by Fox was awarded to the Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano (CEN) on September 23 as part a public diplomacy program.
The grant listing on the USAspending.gov website says that the funds, which began September 30 and will run through to August 31, 2023, will allow the recipient, CEN, to “host 3 workshops, 12 drag theater performances, and produce a 2 minute documentary.”
USASpending: Grants from 2020-2023
USASpending: Grants to CEN from 2016-2023
Asociación Mujeres por la Equidad de Género y la Autonomía – MEGA
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Centro de Apoyo Ecuatoriano-CAJE
Corporación Participación Ciudadana Ecuador
Fundación Libre Razón – LIRA
Fundación Pachamama
Fundacion Periodistas Sin Cadenas
Fundación Redes con Rostros, Investigación Participativa y Comunidades Sostenibles
Fundación TANDEM
International Republican Institute (IRI)
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
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