End of preview - This article contains approximately 651 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Security & Strategic Review - January 2021
PANAMA/REGION: DEA administrator pays unprecedented visit
On 7 December the acting administrator of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Timothy Shea, arrived in Panama on an official visit, marking the first time a DEA administrator had visited the country. Shea’s visit comes as Panama, as elsewhere in the sub-region, continues to report high drug hauls. This in turn reflects ongoing concerns about the continued flow of drugs through Panama. In its latest (March 2020) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), the US State Department noted that Panama is not a major producer or consumer of illicit drugs, but that its location and geography make it a prime sea and land transit route for drugs, primarily cocaine, flowing from South America to North America and Europe.
- No pacification in sight in Mexico
- VENEZUELA: Migrant deaths highlight growing danger
- BOLIVIA: Coca eradication still a point of contention
- REGION: Andean Community takes environmental action
- BRAZIL: The continuing threat of cybercrime
- BRAZIL: Backlash against deadly security policies
- ARGENTINA: A step forward for women’s rights
- MEXICO: Port security becomes new area of controversy
- MEXICO: Mexsat system at risk of collapse
- COSTA RICA: Claiming success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- EL SALVADOR: Police independence under scrutiny
- HONDURAS: New contenders, familiar problems
- PANAMA/REGION: DEA administrator pays unprecedented visit
- THE BAHAMAS: Desperate times for The Bahamas government