In-depth reports and analysis from our extensive network of correspondents throughout the region on the most important developments in Latin America. Wealthy Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot launched his political career in the 1980s, using death squads and torture against the country’s revolutionary guerrillas. He now wields the power of Ecuador’s oligarchy against President Rafael Correa and his redistributive proposals, which could put Nebot’s own interests and those of the country’s upper 2% at risk. teleSUR
