InSight Crime's review highlights the escalating involvement of organized crime in Latin American politics, posing a significant threat to democracy. Criminal groups are intimidating candidates, murdering public officials, and corrupting electoral processes. Nations like Haiti, Ecuador, and Mexico face...
Image: ALXR on ShutterstockAntonio NavalónAssuming that in the afterlife, there was freedom of expression and that the spirits could manifest themselves, Fidel Castro must surely be, on the one hand, enjoying himself but also suffering. The events in Ecuador...
Photo: Zameel HZ on UnsplashRicardo Pascoe PierceSimplifying what is happening in Latin America in political, economic, and social terms leads to a failure to perceive long-term trends. Instead, analyses tend to start from immediate circumstances to extrapolate long-term trends.Photo:...
Image: on YouTubeRicardo Pascoe PierceMexico's Foreign Minister assured that 12 leaders are coming to the summit convened by AMLO in Palenque on migration, "and with us we are 13". However, the list ends up being a list of friends:...