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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...

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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...