Duque’s house of cards is shaking
The death of Javier Ordóñez in Colombia has sparked social unrest that reveals frustrations that go far beyond police brutality.
The struggle against organized crime in Guatemala
The fight against narcotics trafficking and violence in Guatemala is daunting. But a number of changes to the country’s security forces have started to produce some real gains.
Guns and gangs and the sad role U.S. lax gun laws play
There are multiple causes for the escalating crime and violence that is sweeping the region and making Latin America the region with the highest murder rates in the world. Narcotics trafficking, weak states, misguided anti-narcotics policies are all partly to blame. But given the numbers of U.S.-purchased weapons turning up in crime scenes in Central America, the U.S.’s lax gun control laws are another.