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

Leader
US President Donald Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy, which led to the forcible separation of Central American families, was widely criticised both in the US itself and across Latin America.... Read More
Andean Countries
When Iván Duque is sworn in as Colombia’s new president on 7 August, the country’s security policies are going to shift in a somewhat more right-wing direction.... Read More
Following yet another pay rise for the armed forces, the latest round of military promotions – numbering almost 17,000 and including 183 new generals and admirals – is testament to President Nicolás Maduro’s determination to keep the armed forces onside.... Read More
Southern Cone
Reports from Paraguay that Brazil’s Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) has a new local leader operating out of the border town of Pedro Juan Caballero have focused attention on the international growth of the organisation, and on claims that it is now the largest criminal group operating in South America.... Read More
After months of work, the argentine government led by President Mauricio Macri unveiled its new national security strategy aimed at combating drug trafficking in mid-June.... Read More
Uruguay’s prisons are proving easy to escape from.... Read More
Mexico & Nafta
Potentially the single most important initiative proposed by President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador – an amnesty for those who have taken part in a 12-year drug war that has killed over 200,000 people – is beginning to take shape.... Read More
Central America & Caribbean
You’d think they should both be on the same side.... Read More
The presence of paramilitaries on the streets of Nicaragua and their role in the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters which began mid-April and has so far left over 350 people dead  is fast attracting concerns (see our sister publication Latin American Weekly Report for more discussion of the crisis).... Read More
The Costa Rican NGO Fundación Neotrópica recently revealed the latest results of research which show that drug trafficking is a major driving factor in the deforestation of protected areas.... Read More
On 30 January this year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres referred the territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).... Read More
JAMAICA | St James state of emergency extended.... Read More

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