Climate Change

  • A series of high-impact hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico have caused serious devastation, serving as a stark reminder of the impacts that climate change and sudden natural disasters can have on organized crime and security… This piece was co-authored with Angelika Albaladejo. Read it in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from a global agreement to fight climate change hinders efforts to tackle environmental challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean, which have compounded longstanding problems related to organized crime… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • I originally wrote the piece below for a college class, so the date of this post matches the day the assignment was due. South Miami has a strong environmentalist community that I found really interesting and weird and sort of inspiring. In light of the city council’s vote to secede from the state of Florida, citing

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