Birds of Passage: A new film sheds light on how narcotics have affected indigenous communities in Latin America
There is a common thread across the experiences of indigenous people in Latin America with extractive industries. As Birds of Passage highlights through the story of a Wayuu family, the drug trade is also an extractive industry, with all its abuses and pitfalls.
Gangs, Guns, Drugs and Islamic Foreign Fighters: Security Challenges in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago is, on paper, one of the Caribbean’s success stories. But the inter-related problems of gangs, corruption, and radical Islam plague the island nation.
Colombia: It’s just starting
Colombia and the U.S. have been partners for more than 17 years. Now with a peace accord and rising coca cultivation, what happens if the U.S. cuts its aid by more than 21% as proposed?
The evolution of transnational organized crime in Peru
The Kuczynski government is struggling with growing organized crime, involved in everything from coca cultivation, narcotics trafficking and illegal mining. Here’s how the U.S. can help.
Venezuela: the transition from an electoral authoritarianism to a narco-state
The debate should no longer be about how democratic or authoritarian the government of Nicolas Maduro has become. It should be how criminal it’s become—a question that opens up a whole new set of policy challenges.