The Colombian government and the FARC have recently implemented a plan encouraging farmers to abandon coca production in favour of alternative legal crops. Coca leaves are the raw material for…
(Guest Article by Jason Richards; USS Sports Machine) - It is hard to believe that the 2018 World Cup is little more than a year away? It seems like just…
Earlier today, Interpol updated its list of wanted fugitives with a profile for Javier Duarte de Ochoa. The former Governor of the Mexican State of Veracruz has been on the…
As Trump stood in front of the Washington monument, declaring that “protection will lead to great prosperity and strength”, the first legal trade cargo in 55 years passed from Cuba…
(By Rosario Hernandez; Young Diplomats): A Narco-State, by definition, is an area or government that is involved in drug trafficking directly or indirectly. It varies from having a figure as important…
(By CAF - Latin American Development Bank) - (London, January 4, 2017). In a year marked by surprising changes such as the US presidential election and the UK’s decision to exit…
(Guest Article by Carla Adams) - Industry experts note that Latin America is now one of the hottest areas for sustainable business and ecological investments - and opportunities are only expected…
Two decades ago, Pedro Miguel Gonzalez assaulted an unprovoked US military vehicle during US occupancy of the Panama Canal Zone. The attack critically wounded one US serviceman and murdered another. Now, Gonzalez…
In mid-December, the tenth anniversary of the start of the Mexican War on Drugs passed largely unacknowledged by many news outlets. Indeed, this is unsurprising, given that the Drug War…