Contributions from Elizabeth Gonzalez
How Drug Bosses Learned from Big Business
A review of “Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel.”
Weekly Chart: Drug Production and Eradication in Latin America
The region is home to the top three cocaine-producing countries worldwide, plus one of the largest heroin producers.
Weekly Chart: Poverty Inches Up in Latin America
2015’s estimated poverty rate is the highest since 2011.