Latin American Security & Strategic Review
Security & Strategic Review - November 2018
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- Bolsonaro’s tough stance on public security
Regional Focus
- Region: The impact of the US mid-terms
- Region: Democracy eroded?
Andean Countries
- Colombia: Student unrest adds to Duque’s problems
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Snipers in Rio’s favelas
- Uruguay: Military deployed to borders
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Marijuana legalisation on the way
- Mexico: El Chapo on trial in New York
- Mexico: AMLO’s challenge - reducing the homicide numbers
Central America & Caribbean
- Guatemala: Cat and mouse with Cicig
- Nicaragua: IACHR warns of increase in repression
- Honduras: IMF sees stable growth, but corruption is still costing the country
- Trinidad & Tobago: Focus shifts to white collar crime
- POINTERS
In October, Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain, as their next president.
Security & Strategic Review - October 2018
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- Being fiscally smart against crime
Andean Countries
- Colombia: Stand-off with ELN continues
- Peru: Security implications of political roller coaster
- Venezuela: Migrant crisis is growing exponentially
Southern Cone
- Brazil: The challenge of the ‘fake news’ phenomenon
- Brazilian gangs’ escape plans foiled
- Argentina: Crime statistics back up to scratch
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: The coming security transition
- Mexico: From catching to convicting
Central America & Caribbean
- El Salvador: Police chief hails drop in homicides
- St Kitts & Nevis: St Kitts calls for help from Regional Security System
- POINTERS
In recent years, crime rates have been rising in a number of key countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Security & Strategic Review - September 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- It all starts with campaign finance
Andean Countries
- Colombia: Little movement on the ELN
- Venezuela: Fear and paranoia
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Elections call for reinforced security
- Brazil: Public security concerns persist in Rio de Janeiro
- Chile: Catholic Church abuse cases triple
- Paraguay: Arms trafficking problem exposed
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Glossing over the cracks
- Mexico: Violence continues
Central America & Caribbean
- Region: A Central American China syndrome?
- Costa Rica: Alvarado unveils new security strategy
- Jamaica: State of emergency for Kingston
- POINTERS
Corruption is sometimes envisaged as a static pyramid: a wide base of operators – bribe takers and payers – at the bottom, with a group of ringleaders siphoning off profits and controlling the entire process at the top.
Security & Strategic Review - August 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- Environmental activists in the firing line
Andean Countries
- Venezuela: Migrant crisis continues to unfold
- Colombia: Seven to four on corruption
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Essential reading for presidential candidates
- Chile: Piñera unveils new security strategy
- Paraguay: PCC kingpin arrested in Paraguay
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Trouble in Jalisco
- Mexico: AMLO’s complicated security challenge
Central America & Caribbean
- El Salvador: Renewed concerns about gang links to top politicians
- Honduras: Stalling amid political stasis
- Caribbean: Unanimity for reform
- POINTERS
Latin America is one of the most dangerous places in the world to campaign on environmental and land issues, according to a report by Global Witness, a lobby group.
Security & Strategic Review - July 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- Immigration struggle set to continue
Andean Countries
- Colombia: Security priorities to shift under Duque
- Venezuela: Keeping the military onside – but for how long?
Southern Cone
- Brazil: PCC – the number one criminals in South America?
- Argentina: Gov’t fleshes out anti-drug trafficking security strategy
- Uruguay: Porous prisons
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Amnesty plans begin to take shape
Central America & Caribbean
- Guatemala: Morales fights the UN
- Nicaragua: Concerns rise over paramilitaries
- Region: Drug trafficking devastates protected areas in Central America
- Guyana: ICJ looking at question of jurisdiction
- POINTERS
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.
Security & Strategic Review - June 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- Latin Americans scared of the dark, says Gallup
Andean Countries
- Venezuela: Reading the tea-leaves of Maduro’s latest reshuffle
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Security -– the view from the extreme right
- Uruguay: Not so peaceful after all?
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Where is the security strategy?
- Mexico to share 2026 World Cup
- Mexico: Assassinations and dirty tricks
Central America & Caribbean
- Guatemala: UN hails ‘milestone judgement’
- Jamaica: Mixed feelings on state of emergency
- CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN POINTERS
One way of judging the safety of a place is to ask the local residents how comfortable they feel about going out for a walk at night on their own.
Security & Strategic Review - May 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- Crime in numbers
Andean Countries
- Venezuela: Maduro – the beginning of the end?
- Colombia: Talks with ELN resume but uncertainty remains
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Trouble in Paradise
- Brazil: Safeguarding the need for secrecy
- Paraguay: Major operation against money launderers
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: What are the chances of fair play on 1 July?
Central America & Caribbean
- El Salvador: Extending contentious security measures
- Guatemala: Fresh tensions between Morales and Cicig
- Region: Big increase in piracy, but still small beer
At the end of April Brazil-based Igarapé Institute, a think tank, published a report on citizen security, Citizen Security in Latin America: Facts and Figures.
Security & Strategic Review - April 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- It’s the corruption, stupid!
Andean Countries
- Venezuela: A most difficult neighbour
- Colombia-Ecuador: On Colombia’s other border, Ecuador and the US rebuild security ties
Brazil & Southern Cone
- Brazil: Heightened risk of electoral violence following Lula’s arrest
- Brazil: Prison breaks by Brazil’s border
- Uruguay-Brazil: Chuy-Chuí border becomes new violence hotspot
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Caravan of discord
- Mexico: Yarrington extradited from Italy
Central America & Caribbean
- Haiti: Minujusth renewed for another year
- Trinidad & Tobago: Still waiting for anti-terror legislation
- POINTERS
Famously, the 1992 Bill Clinton election campaign headquarters had a sign up on the wall proclaiming “it’s the economy, stupid” – an exhortation to focus on what was seen as the top issue of the time.
Security & Strategic Review - March 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- The bad city ranking
Special Focus
- Region: Food security not a simple issue
- Region: Tougher security line from Pompeo?
- Region: Latin American Women stand up for their rights – and security
Andean Countries
- Venezuela: Military ructions
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Marielle Franco assassination raises tension
- Argentina: Concentrating on international terrorism
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: New report highlights growing impunity
Central America & Caribbean
- Costa Rica: Presidential candidates’ security offerings
- Guatemala: Eat your heart out, Mexico
- Jamaica: Another district under special measures
- Trinidad & Tobago: ‘Garrison’ behaviour on the increase
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.
Security & Strategic Review - February 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- How to cope with the growing wave of Venezuelan migrants
Special Focus
- Region: Mixed picture on homicide rates
Andean Countries
- Peru: Security alert over mining-related conflict
- Peru: International court assesses Fujimori’s pardon
- Peru: Of art and terrorism
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Temer orders army takeover in Rio
- Uruguay: Targeted by foreign criminal gangs
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Small win in struggle against money laundering
- Mexico: What will they do about corruption?
Central America & Caribbean
- Guatemala: Departure of top officials prompts transparency concerns
- Honduras: Maccih in crisis
- Guyana-Venezuela: Tension on the border
- POINTERS
People are leaving Venezuela in their tens and hundreds of thousands.
Security & Strategic Review - January 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)
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- Questions over Trump’s national security strategy
Andean Countries
- Peru: Peruvians protest against Fujimori’s release
- Colombia: ELN peace talks interrupted
Southern Cone
- Brazil: Arms trafficking remains a major issue in Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil: Army commander worried over politicisation
- Brazil: Fake news cure worse than the disease?
Mexico & Nafta
- Mexico: Internal security law faces legal challenges
- Mexico: Crime and corruption in the electoral limelight
Central America & Caribbean
- El Salvador: Gov’t claims security progress; doubts persist
- Honduras: Hernández takes office in a maelstrom
- Region: Not all bad
- POINTERS
On 8 January Donald Trump completed his first year in office as President of the United States.