Security & Strategic Review - March 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)

The Mexican human rights lobby Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y Justicia Penal (CCSPJP) has launched another edition of what can be described as its dark best-seller – the annual ranking of the world’s 50 most murderous cities.... Read More

An optimist might conclude that food security must be a relatively low priority issue for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) right now, compared, for example, with other major problems such as crime and corruption.... Read More

On 13 March Rex Tillerson was unceremoniously dismissed as US secretary of state, with President Donald Trump appointing CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him.... Read More

Millions of Latin Americans marched for International Women’s Day on 8 March.... Read More

Latest military intrigue suggests that President Nicolás Maduro is using all the resources at his disposal as president to finally settle the long and messy power battle inside the Bolivarian Revolution... Read More

The assassination of Marielle Franco, a left-wing councilwoman from the Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) in Rio de Janeiro, has increased tension and highlighted security issues in Brazil ahead of this year’s presidential election campaign.... Read More

The Argentine government is preparing to table new anti-terrorism legislation, which it believes it is necessary to protect the country from international threats.... Read More

One of the fundamental problems of the Mexican criminal justice system has frequently been identified as the persistence of high impunity rates – the fact that only a small proportion of crimes actually come to trial, and that only a small proportion of those lead to convictions.... Read More

Costa Rica closed 2017 with a record 603 homicides (12 per 100,000 inhabitants), up from 579 in 2016, according to figures released by the judicial investigation police (OIJ).... Read More

Mexico has been trying to do it for years, but hasn’t managed.... Read More

On 18 March, Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that a second district was to be subject to special security measures, the St Catherine North Police Division.... Read More

A new Anti-Gang Bill, already passed by the House of Representatives, reached the Senate in the third week of march.... Read More