Latin American Security & Strategic Review
Security & Strategic Review - April 2024
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- Security as focus of Mexico’s presidential campaigns
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: Petro apologises for femicides in name of the state
- PERU: Can the return of a senate restore stability?
- ECUADOR: Emergency security measures yield mixed results
- VENEZUELA: Disaster renews focus on illegal mining
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: Authorities ramp up security presence in Rosario
- BRAZIL: Structural inequalities worsen dengue outbreak
- BRAZIL: Electoral court sets rules on artificial intelligence
- PARAGUAY: Calls for action against insecurity in Ciudad del Este
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Local police under threat
- MEXICO: Lawlessness hits the highways
CENTRAL AMERICA
- HONDURAS: A long-awaited verdict
- NICARAGUA: FSLN further cements control
- PANAMA: Order to halt migrant aid raises eyebrows
- GUATEMALA: Addressing indigenous demands
CARIBBEAN
- JAMAICA: Opposition PNP makes progress
- GUYANA: UN Human Rights Committee has a look at Guyana
The official campaigning period for Mexico’s 2 June presidential elections began on 1 March.
Security & Strategic Review - March 2024
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- Brazil’s intelligence agency shaken by spying scandal
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- PERU/ECUADOR: Bukele’s first disciples
- ECUADOR: Tensions flare with Russia
- VENEZUELA/GUYANA: Troop deployments spark Guyanese concern
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: Milei deepens Israel ties, cools tensions with Pope
- CHILE: Land management practices fuel wildfires, experts warn
- PARAGUAY: Outrage over expulsion of opposition senator
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: López Obrador accused of DTO links
- MEXICO: Church joins fight against crime in Guerrero
- MEXICO: Progress in lawsuits against US arms industry
CENTRAL AMERICA
- GUATEMALA: Arévalo’s initial security moves
- EL SALVADOR: Election day marred by irregularities
- NICARAGUA: The right to asylum and citizenship?
CARIBBEAN
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Plaudits for anti-corruption efforts
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Ghost ship dumps oil
- REGION: Bahamas, Belize and Turks & Caicos removed from EU tax list
- HAITI: Political progress at last, but security still dire
The deputy director of Brazil’s national intelligence agency (Abin), Alessandro Moretti, was dismissed on 30 January for allegedly having maintained contact with the agency’s former director Alexandre Ramagem (2019-2022), whose properties were raided five days earlier.
Security & Strategic Review - February 2024
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- A new era in Guatemala as Arévalo takes over the reins
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- ECUADOR: Sweeping security reforms proposed following gang uprising
- PERU: Judicial independence under threat
- COLOMBIA: Petro requests international support to tackle wildfires
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- BRAZIL: Capital riots anniversary highlights threats to democracy
- ARGENTINA: New leadership of the armed forces
- ARGENTINA: NGOs warn environmental protection under threat
- CHILE: Global optimism, local concern over marine wildlife
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Searching for Mexico’s disappeared
- MEXICO: Notimex allegations touch Sheinbaum
- MEXICO: Opposition denounces political violence
- MEXICO: Migrant kidnapping on the rise
CENTRAL AMERICA
- HONDURAS: Foot-dragging on CICIH draws concern
- NICARAGUA: Weakening the judiciary
CARIBBEAN
- JAMAICA/THE BAHAMAS: US raises travel warnings amid crime concerns
- REGION: EU presses for changes to CBI programmes
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
Against all odds, anti-corruption reformer Bernardo Arévalo, who won a resounding victory in Guatemala’s 20 August election on the pledge to tackle the ‘pacto de corruptos’ network of institutional corruption [SSR-23-08], was finally sworn in as president last month.
Security & Strategic Review - January 2024
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- Risk of Venezuela-Guyana war decreases after emergency summit
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: Progress on kidnappings as peace plan moves forwards
- PERU: Government hardens stance on migration
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- CHILE: Voters reject conservative constitution proposal
- PARAGUAY-BRAZIL: Cross-border efforts against arms trafficking
- BRAZIL: Gender violence on the rise
- URUGUAY: Corruption allegations force cabinet reshuffle
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Another well-timed arrest
- MEXICO: Avocados driving deforestation and crime
- MEXICO: Journalists under threat
- MEXICO: Educational performance slips
CENTRAL AMERICA
- COSTA RICA: Another record year of homicides
- HONDURAS: Questioning the impact of Castro’s state of exception
- PANAMA: Environmentalists hail ruling against key mine
- GUATEMALA: New supreme court elected after long delay
CARIBBEAN
- HAITI: A country seemingly without hope
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
There were initial fears that an historic dispute between Venezuela and Guyana could escalate into military conflict following a 3 December Venezuelan referendum in which voters expressed support for the annexation of the oil-rich Essequibo region, which is claimed by Venezuela but lies within Guyana’s internationally recognised borders.