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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
Defense and Security
Transnational Crime
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Haiti Mission Lacks Interlocutor Plus Peruvian Congress Purges Top JudgesNo interlocutor for Haiti mission’s international troops and Peru’s “pact of the corrupt” is succeeding where Guatemala’s failed without international pressure.
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Can Ecuador Avoid Becoming a Narco-StateCriminal groups have captured parts of the state. A broad political coalition must fight corruption and root them out.
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The Organized Crime Threat to Latin American DemocraciesGovernments have learned to manage many threats, but they are failing to curb the growing power of organized crime.
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Ecuador’s 2023 Election: What Noboa’s Victory MeansDaniel Noboa Azín is the youngest president in Ecuador’s history and faces immediate challenges in tackling the country’s grave economic and security crises.
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Latin America’s Crime Surge, With Will FreemanWill Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss spiking crime rates across Latin America and their consequences for the region and the United States.
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Central America’s Turbulent Northern TriangleThe United States continues to seek strategies for responding to the growing number of migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and other challenges in the Central American region.
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Latin America This Week: May 30, 2023Debt-for-nature swaps gain traction in Latin America; To fix U.S. migration woes, the government needs to go big; Venezuelan organized crime now stretches across the continent.
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Cyber Week in Review: March 10, 2023TSA announces new airport cyber standards; EPA outlines cyber review process for water systems; Germany may ban Huawei and ZTE; Police arrest ransomware gang members; China to establish National Data Administration.
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Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the CartelsViolence continues to rage more than a decade after the Mexican government launched a war against drug cartels.
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Why Has Gang Violence Spiked in El Salvador?El Salvador’s homicide rate plummeted in recent years, but a spate of killings has drawn attention to President Nayib Bukele’s controversial approach to tackling gang violence.
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MexicoExperts argue that Mexico affects daily life in the United States more than any other country. For years, U.S. and Mexican officials have attempted to tackle immigration, trade, and security challenges, and their success has depended on cooperation. With so much at stake, Why It Matters investigates the complex relationship and the factors that threaten it.
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The Case for Perpetrator Accountability to Combat Human TraffickingCorporations have a responsibility to purge slavery from their supply chains, but only governments have the power to prosecute. Keeping criminals accountable is necessary to eliminate slavery and human trafficking.
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Lava Jato: See How Far Brazil’s Corruption Probe ReachedCorruption investigations that started in Brazil ultimately triggered political upheaval across the continent. But the Brazilian taskforce’s methods have been questioned, including over alleged bias.
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Multiple Jihadi Insurgencies, Cooperating With Bandits, Appear to be Converging in the SahelOn March 17, around one hundred assailants, traveling on motorcycles and pickup trucks, killed thirty-three soldiers and wounded an additional fourteen in an attack near Tessit in central Mali. Peace…
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Ransom Payment in the Gulf of GuineaAccording to the Nigerian army, a ransom of $300,000 was paid to pirates in the Gulf of Guinea to secure the release of the crew of a Chinese fishing boat. The party that paid the ransom is not repor…