Latin American Security & Strategic Review
Security & Strategic Review - April 2020
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- Migrants pay the price for security shortcomings
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: Danger escalates for social leaders
- PERU: New challenges in the fight against illegal mining
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: Fernández declares war on ‘lawfare’
- BRAZIL: Prisons in times of a pandemic
- BRAZIL: Behind the femicide figures
MEXICO
- MEXICO: CJNG in a vulnerable position
- MEXICO: Rising death toll of environmental defenders
- MEXICO: Falling opium poppy production
CENTRAL AMERICA
- EL SALVADOR: Executive-legislative tensions escalate
- NICARAGUA: Press freedom concerns intensify
- REGION: New reports highlight migrants’ plight
CARIBBEAN
- REGION: Covid-19 could overwhelm Caribbean’s health services
- GUYANA: Pressure mounts for resolution
As governments across the Andean region have increasingly demonstrated a willingness to scapegoat Venezuelan migrants for problems of crime and insecurity, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic threatens to add to this rising tide of xenophobia.
Security & Strategic Review - March 2020
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- Power, police and politics in Brazil’s paramilitaries
Andean Countries
- BOLIVIA: Interim government faces indigenous challenge
- ECUADOR: IACHR considers landmark sexual violence case
- PERU: Vizcarra seeks anti-corruption coalition
Brazil & Southern Cone
- PARAGUAY: Authorities under pressure to protect the press
- CHILE: The social dimension of the ‘mega-drought’
- ARGENTINA: Pushing for change in the public security sphere
Mexico
- MEXICO: Extraditions to the US continue
- MEXICO: Russian minister’s visit bothers US
- MEXICO: Guanajuato, where life has become worthless
Central America
- GUATEMALA: Giammattei’s initial moves
- NORTHERN TRIANGLE: Measuring the direct and indirect costs of crime
- HONDURAS: Hernández ends speculation over Maccih
Caribbean
- REGION: Mitigating Caribbean disaster vulnerability key to progress
The intersection of politics and crime at local level is nothing new in Brazil, but looks set to come under increased scrutiny as the country prepares to elect mayors and municipal councillors in October.
Security & Strategic Review - February 2020
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- Paramilitary resurgence going under the radar
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- PERU: Transnational turn for war on drug trafficking
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- CHILE: Seeking ‘social peace’ through tougher security
- ARGENTINA: Wrestling with organised crime in Santa Fe
- PARAGUAY-BRAZIL: The PCC strikes again
- BRAZIL: The revised anti-crime package
- BRAZIL: Police brutality in São Paulo
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Turning the tide on corruption?
- MEXICO: Questions about FGR’s independence emerge
CENTRAL AMERICA
- COSTA RICA: Alvarado claims further security progress
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele hails further fall in homicides
CARIBBEAN
- HAITI: Ten years on since the earthquake
- REGION: US accused of ‘divide and rule’
As violence in Colombia has surged to the highest levels since the country’s 2016 peace agreement, President Iván Duque’s government has been unequivocal in attributing responsibility to the remnants of the country’s guerrilla forces.
Security & Strategic Review - January 2020
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- A big year for elections in Caricom
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- NORTHERN TRIANGLE: Migration accords continue to attract concern
- PANAMA: Seeking to address a major priority
- REGION: The ongoing struggle against femicide in Central America
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- REGION: China shifts approach to infrastructure investment in the Andean region
- VENEZUELA: Gold rush driving violent crime
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: Where to on security?
- BRAZIL: Indigenous violence on the rise
- PARAGUAY: Under pressure over corruption
- URUGUAY: A year of record cocaine seizures
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Homicide data underlines failure of security strategy
- MEXICO: Seeking more international cooperation on arms trafficking control
Six of the Caribbean Community (Caricom)’s 15 member states are scheduled to hold elections in 2020.