There’s a reason we don’t want drug warriors playing judge, jury, and executioner.
Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War
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Latin America & Caribbean
America’s Disappeared
Barack Obama wanted to create an administration that looked like America. Donald Trump wants to create an America that looks like his administration.
Ecuador: Terror and Violence Threatens Positive Ecosocial Legacy
The Noboa government is crushing dissent and rolling back environmental victories.
Is American Carnage About to Spread to Venezuela?
Trump needs an enemy to justify his power grabs, and Venezuela fits the bill.
Court Philosophers in the Age of Multipolarism
Olavo de Carvalho and Aleksandr Dugin attack liberalism from opposite corners.
Bitcoin Diplomacy
Pakistan and El Salvador are teaming up to use cryptocurrency to circumvent the usual multilateral controls on financial transactions.
The Return of Drug War Imperialism
Trump’s priority isn’t drugs. It’s Latin American resources.
Security as Latin America’s New Political Currency
Street violence has superseded ideology in much of the region.
How Democracies Fade and Why America Should Pay Attention
Nayib Bukele is using populism to bury democracy in El Salvador. He’s not the only leader to do so.
Torture Redux
The Trump administration revives institutionalized torture.