Foreign Policy and National Security
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As the United States gears up for the drug trafficking trial of Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, prosecutors face the diplomatic paradox of presenting evidence showing their government stayed friendly with a leader that it knew was corrupt… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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I made a YouTube short for InSight Crime talking about why gang violence is exploding in Ecuador as the government declares a state of internal armed conflict. You can watch here.
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The leading candidate in Guatemala’s presidential elections has been eliminated on an administrative technicality in the latest sign of how the country’s deeply entrenched corruption networks leverage the judicial system to crush opponents. Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The Biden administration in the coming months will be looking to finalize two high-profile immigration regulations, while a Texas-run border security operation tests the limits of states’ ability to carry out independent immigration enforcement policies. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at three of the most important immigration policy developments to watch for in the…
Mike LaSusa 