gang warfare

International

Is Ecuador on the brink of civil war?

The country’s most-wanted prisoner escaped from a maximum-security detention center

Juan P. Villasmil

The futile gang wars of New York

I’ve interviewed a lot of rappers over the years and always feel a little grimy when I find myself nudging them to repackage a horrendous experience as a juicy anecdote with which to promote an album. Some natural raconteurs are happy to play that game — 50 Cent can now tell the story of the … Read more

Dorian Lynskey

The horror of Honduras

The Spanish journalist Alberto Arce worked for Associated Press in Honduras in 2012 and 2013. After a year, he says: ‘My wife and daughter left me. It was the right choice.’ Arce stayed on in the capital, Tegucigalpa, ‘fighting against addictions, sadness and depression’. He believes he ‘won’ that fight, ‘but only because each morning … Read more

William Leith

No Stories Available.
No Stories Available.