Brazil: A banana republic in the making?
The growing depreciation of federally-funded research and education has reached Brazil, with implications for the region as a whole.
Dawisson Belém Lopes
December 15, 2017
The U.S.-Mexico war on narcotics: One step forward, two steps back
Despite the rhetoric of the Trump administration, the goals of the U.S. and Mexican governments are more aligned than one might think. Now both countries have to get their acts together.
Luca Loggia
August 2, 2017
Brazil’s stateless prisons
The problem often exists far from the public eye, but the severe overcrowding of prisons in Brazil is another example of state weakness.
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May 31, 2017
The evolution of transnational organized crime in Peru
The Kuczynski government is struggling with growing organized crime, involved in everything from coca cultivation, narcotics trafficking and illegal mining. Here’s how the U.S. can help.
Evan Ellis
May 4, 2017
The impact of Venezuela’s collapse on Colombia
Added to the very real risk of the flow of returning Colombians and Venezuelans fleeing across the border creating a massive refugee crisis, security experts are also concerned about a possible military conflict ginned up by a wounded Maduro government.
Evan Ellis
April 24, 2017
Do undocumented immigrants pose a threat to our safety?
Despite the attention the Trump administration has placed on crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, the data—though spotty—show that the threat is exaggerated.
Karen Mustiga
April 13, 2017
Bolivia at the UNSC: to Russia with love
At the UNSC on Wednesday one of the region’s non-permanent members, Bolivia, voted with Russia against condemning Syria for its chemical weapons attack.
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April 12, 2017
Seizing land, seeding chaos in Venezuela: Biography of Hunger 2
In the name of food sovereignty, the Venezuelan government launched a massive program to redistribute land for cultivation. It didn’t work. Here’s why.
admin
April 11, 2017
Two years later, what do we know about the Iguala/Ayotzinapa massacre in Mexico? Not much.
The unresolved Ayotzinapa disappearances have led to three different investigations. Here is a comparison of their conclusions and the implications of Mexico’s problematic treatment of the case.
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April 10, 2017
Draconian police laws in India
India’s entry for the Oscars, Visaaranai, didn’t win. But it helped direct attention to a real and all-too-often overlooked problem: police abuse and impunity.
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March 29, 2017