Security & Strategic Review - October 2018

In recent years, crime rates have been rising in a number of key countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).... Read More

President Iván Duque’s hard line on the implementation of the peace agreement with the former Farc guerrillas, on relations with Venezuela, and on drug eradication, seem to be prolonging the stand-off over negotiations with the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN).... Read More

In the first half of October Peru experienced a sequence of major political developments – blows and counter-blows – in a boxing match pitting the government of President Martín Vizcarra against the main opposition party, Fuerza Popular (FP).... Read More

Over two million Venezuelans have now abandoned their country, on latest estimates by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).... Read More

Brazil’s security forces were deployed on the weekend of 7 October, the date of the first round of the country’s presidential election, to guarantee a smooth and democratic electoral process.... Read More

The Paraguayan authorities successfully thwarted two prison break plans in the first week of October alone, through effective collaboration with Brazil’s security and intelligence forces.... Read More

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Unodc) has just awarded Argentina’s crime statistics the highest quality rating.... Read More

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) takes office on 1 December as Mexico’s new president, bringing with him a wide-ranging reformist agenda, particularly in relation to policies on crime and security.... Read More

Arresting the criminal represents at best half the job: he or she also needs to be put on trial, proven guilty, and convicted.... Read More

Earlier this month El Salvador’s national police (PNC) director Howard Cotto announced a 57% drop in homicides in September 2018 compared with the same month in 2017 (from 442 to 192).... Read More

On 10 October, forces from the Regional Security System (RSS) began to arrive in St Kitts & Nevis at the invitation of Prime Minister Timothy Harris.... Read More

TRINIDAD | Fretting over Venezuelan incursions.... Read More