As Mexico’s president gives the military more and more roles, public opinion seems worryingly supportive.
Security & Defense
AMLO’s Expansion of the Military Undermines Mexico’s Civilian Tradition
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Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Kathleen Bruhn, Tesalia Rizzo
Gabriel Boric Once Criticized Her. Now, She Must Turn Around His Administration.
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Nick Burns
Veteran politician Carolina Tohá, Chile’s new interior minister, faces rising crime and a government in some distress.
Is Mexico’s Security Policy Backfiring?
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Sonja Wolf
Criminal groups seem emboldened despite the militarization of security.
When Chile’s Indigenous Made the Spanish Back Down
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Jacob Sauer
Behind today’s conflict in southern Chile is a long history of resistance to outsiders, a historian writes.
LatAm in Focus: Cyber Attacks in Costa Rica Expose a Regional Threat
A series of hacks pummeled Costa Rica. Cybersecurity expert Belisario Contreras covers what it showed about the region’s digital vulnerabilities.
#2022WCA: John K. Tien on Security, Competitiveness, and Migration
The U.S. deputy secretary of Homeland Security talked about how to achieve a sustainable, resilient, and equitable future for all in the Western Hemisphere
A Major Roadblock in Future U.S.-Venezuela Talks: the ELN
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Charles Larratt-Smith, Andrés Aponte González
The guerrilla group’s growing power is an obstacle to democratic and economic stabilization in Venezuela.