Latin American Security & Strategic Review
Security & Strategic Review - January 2026
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- US aims to steer Venezuela after capturing Maduro
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- ECUADOR: Plan for return of foreign military bases hits the buffers
- BOLIVIA: Paz administration signals coca crackdown
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- CHILE: Kast seeks unity in quest for security reform
- BRAZIL: Lula faces challenges in projecting climate leadership
- ARGENTINA: Military leader assumes civilian government post
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Challenges ahead for new attorney general
- MEXICO: Highway crime in the spotlight
- MEXICO: Another guilty plea from son of El Chapo
CENTRAL AMERICA
- HONDURAS: Libre to leave office with mixed record on security
- PANAMA: Mulino floats new anti-mafia law after record drug seizure
- NICARAGUA: Changes at CSJ as Murillo seeks to consolidate position
- GUATEMALA: OAS mission signals concern over judicial selection processes
CARIBBEAN
- ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES: The end of Comrade Ralph
- ST LUCIA: Pierre and the SLP face a more challenging second term
The 13-year presidency of Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026) came to a dramatic end on 3 January when US special forces seized the Venezuelan leader and his wife against a backdrop of airstrikes in Caracas and whisked them away to face drugs and weapons charges in a New York courtroom.