US security policy in Latin America and the Caribbean under President Trump has moved towards a militarized and repressive ...

The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will not upend the Venezuelan government’s permissive stance toward ...

Many blame Petro for the extreme levels of violence in Colombia in 2025, due to clashes among criminal groups. But the story dates back years.

A decade ago, Latin America’s criminal groups were starting to experiment with cryptocurrency, but in 2025, they went all in.

In 2025, environmental crimes spread into corners of the Amazon Basin that had previously mostly escaped the rampant plunder of other areas.

In a year where cocaine and fentanyl garnered international attention, marijuana continued to play a key role in Latin America.

Migration flows through Latin America collapsed in 2025, and criminal groups scrambled to fill the multibillion-dollar hole in their profits.

Tren de Aragua has quickly become one of the most infamous crime groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Governments across the region have deemed it a top security priority. The United States has ...

The US government’s new sanctions against Venezuela’s so-called “Cartel of the Suns” incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical, ideologically driven drug trafficking organization rather than a ...

Erik Prince, military entrepreneur and founder of Blackwater USA, is returning to the spotlight – this time in Latin America, where he’s pitching his companies as a solution to insecurity and ...

Cultivation of coca for cocaine production continued to spread to new municipalities in Honduras in 2024, suggesting that what may have started as an experiment is now an established business.

The balance of power in Colombia’s criminal underworld is in flux, as turbulent shakeups see major criminal players competing for control over key territories. At least 29 clashes between armed groups ...