Latin American Security & Strategic Review
Security & Strategic Review - April 2025
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- Mexico’s gov’t tested by tragic discovery
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- VENEZUELA/EL SALVADOR: Tren de Aragua becomes focus of Trump’s deportation drive
- PERU: Congress sends warning to Boluarte about insecurity
- ECUADOR: Landslides and oil spills – a recurrent problem
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- URUGUAY: New gov’t raises urgency on insecurity
- ARGENTINA: Flash flood devastates city in Buenos Aires province
- ARGENTINA: Milei forces through judicial picks
- BRAZIL: Local authorities ramp up hardline security stance
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: School violence in the spotlight
- MEXICO: Mass extradition seeks to appease US
CENTRAL AMERICA
- HONDURAS: Concerns over campaign finance
- PANAMA/COSTA RICA: Dramatic plunge in migration through the Darién
- NICARAGUA: Withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council
CARIBBEAN
- BELIZE: PUP holds onto power
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/HAITI: Dominican Republic clamps down on Haitian migrants
- JAMAICA: Homicide rate trending down
- GUYANA/VENEZUELA: New coastal incursion
President Claudia Sheinbaum is facing a critical moment.
Security & Strategic Review - March 2025
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- Argentine government bolsters border security
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: New defence minister faces daunting challenges
- ECUADOR: Noboa and González face off in security-focused election
- BOLIVIA: Coca production ticks up
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: Patagonia reels from forest fire outbreaks
- CHILE-REGION: Gov’t seeks regional allies on anti-gang policies
- BRAZIL: Violent death rate continues to drop
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Trump goes after drug cartels
- MEXICO: Violence rises in Tabasco
- MEXICO: Corruption credentials under scrutiny
CENTRAL AMERICA
- EL SALVADOR/REGION: Accommodating Trump’s migration-related demands
- HONDURAS: Flare-up of Bajo Aguán violence
- EL SALVADOR: Public financing of political parties scrapped
- NICARAGUA: Voluntary police force gains constitutional recognition
CARIBBEAN
- REGION: Caricom facing “wave after wave” of crises
Security Minister Patricia Bullrich has been ramping up her rhetoric calling for greater efforts to tackle transnational crime around Argentina’s borders, highlighting government plans to shore up border security.
Security & Strategic Review - February 2025
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- Beyond Trump’s Panama Canal claims
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: ELN offensive puts conflict at ‘dangerous inflection point’
- PERU: Bomb attacks in two cities
- REGION: Tren de Aragua under the spotlight
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: NGOs alarmed over government’s security policies
- ARGENTINA: Setbacks for indigenous land rights
- BRAZIL: Crime wave flares up in Amazonian border state
- CHILE: Boric reaffirms Chilean claim in Antarctica
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum targets firearms
- MEXICO: Concerns persist over journalists’ safety
- MEXICO: Air pollution causes alarm
CENTRAL AMERICA
- GUATEMALA: Arévalo marks one year in office, struggles with key pledge
- EL SALVADOR: Mixed movement on transitional justice
CARIBBEAN
- SURINAME: Suriname’s moment
Donald Trump’s threat upon his 20 January inauguration as US president to take back the Panama Canal, based on claims of Chinese involvement in the waterway, and complaints of high fees, was among the most headline-grabbing of his announcements.
Security & Strategic Review - January 2025
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- Another low point for Bolivia’s counter-narcotics agency
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: Mancuso sentenced for war crimes
- PERU: Expanding the prison network
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- BRAZIL: Spectre of putschist legacy looms over military
- BRAZIL: Authorities call for measures against police brutality
- CHILE: Congress passes key security legislation
- PARAGUAY: Doubts over commitment to DEA cooperation
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Clamping down on fentanyl
- MEXICO: Scope of mandatory pretrial detention extended
- MEXICO: More states decriminalise abortion
CENTRAL AMERICA
- NICARAGUA: Consolidating absolute power
- HONDURAS: More doubts over the state of exception
- REGION: Claims of progress in combatting gender violence ring hollow
CARIBBEAN
- HAITI: Daunting obstacles to economic recovery
The 12 December extradition to the US of Maximiliano Dávila, who headed Bolivia’s counter-narcotics agency (FELCN) in 2019, dealt yet another hammer blow to the organisation’s reputation.