Latin America

  • Authorities in Honduras have publicly responded to the recent publication of an InSight Crime investigation on firearms trafficking in the country, outlining some of the steps they are taking to improve their weapons control efforts… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • The planned resignation of the US State Department’s top anti-drug official raises further questions about the future of US counternarcotics efforts in Latin America, against a backdrop of uncertainty surrounding the policy preferences of the administration of President Donald Trump… This piece was co-authored with Tristan Clavel. Read it in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • In our August 24 Facebook Live session, Co-director Steven Dudley and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa spoke about InSight Crime’s new special investigation on firearms trafficking in Honduras… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. You can watch the full live stream below:

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  • In our August 17 Facebook Live session, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa spoke about a trial related to El Salvador‘s controversial gang truce that has spotlighted close ties between gangs and politics in the Central American country… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. You can watch the…

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  • In our August 3 Facebook Live session, Senior Editor Mike LaSusa spoke with Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown about the lessons Latin America has learned in its decades-long fight against drug-related violence, and how those lessons fit into the global context… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. You can watch the…

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