Latin America
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An investigative report by the Texas Observer last month revived longstanding concerns about US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), calling into question whether the nation’s largest law enforcement agency is effectively combating corruption and infiltration by criminal organizations… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Bolivia’s Attorney General’s Office dismissed or sanctioned more than 100 of its employees in 2015 for various transgressions, pointing to the pervasiveness of corruption within the institution, but also to an increasing vigilance when there is official misbehavior… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Panama’s Supreme Court has denied a petition to suspend the immunity of a former president and current Central American Parliament (Parlacen) deputy, illustrating how powerful figures can use membership in political bodies as a judicial shield… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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As the Colombian government and the FARC guerilla group continue negotiations to end Latin America’s longest-running conflict, a coalition of civil society organizations is calling for the inclusion of Afro-Colombian and indigenous voices in the peace talks… Read this piece in its entirety at Foreign Policy in Focus.
Mike LaSusa 