Latin America
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…[A] growing body of research indicates that Mexico’s strategy of deploying federal troops and police to crack down on areas where criminals are suspected of operating has not led to any lasting improvements in citizen security in Mexico. Rather than becoming safer, Mexico’s annual murder rate more than doubled from roughly nine homicides per 100,000 citizens in 2006 to nearly 20 per 100,000 in 2013. Over the same…
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Co-host and co-producer Angelika Albaladejo and I worked really hard to put together the latest episode of Periphery. We talked to my former professor, Dr. Philip Brenner of American University, about the history of the relationship between Cuba and the United States as well as the recent announcement that both countries will begin normalizing relations for…
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…Given the deluge of credible reports about the involvement of Mexican forces in numerous massacres and mass disappearances in recent months and years – and even more disturbing, the efforts of government officials to impede proper investigations and critical, investigative journalism – the United States should keep its international obligations in mind, and perhaps more…
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Cross-posted with Public Diplomacy Musings The mysterious death of an Argentine prosecutor named Alberto Nisman has roiled the South American nation since January. Initial reports indicated Nisman had committed suicide, but in the past several months, a panoply of theories about the “real” story behind Nisman’s death have been explored by various segments of Argentine society. Less than a week before Nisman died in…
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Cross-posted with Public Diplomacy Musings For more than two years, the Colombian rebel group known as the FARC has been engaged in negotiations aimed at securing a peace deal with the government. In December 2014, the FARC announced a unilateral ceasefire that it said “should be transformed into an armistice.” The Colombian government appeared to agree. In January, President Juan Manuel…
Mike LaSusa 