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Security & Strategic Review - July 2012 (ISSN 1741-4202)
GUATEMALA: Putting success against crime in perspective
The government of President Otto Pérez Molina is boasting continuing success in its effort to bring down Guatemala’s homicide rate, through a combination of ‘mano dura’, better intelligence and coordination between the law enforcement effort and the judiciary. However, unofficial data suggest that the improvement is not as substantial as the government claims, and even official sources report that crimes other than homicide are on the rise.
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- VENEZUELA: Trying to play down the issue of violent crime
- REGION: ‘Cocaine market stable’ — with caveats
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- PARAGUAY: EPP resurfaces with call to ‘struggle’ against Franco
- BRAZIL: Drug gangs & police in wave of killings
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- MEXICO: The strategies of Peña Nieto’s top adviser
- MEXICO: What has been going on behind the scenes?
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- GUATEMALA: Putting success against crime in perspective
- HONDURAS: Scope of Washington’s role emerges slowly
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