Maduro is less interested in Essequibo than in diverting attention from Venezuela’s economic crisis.
Security & Defense
The Real Impact of Maduro’s Guyana Referendum
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Oliver Stuenkel
Lula’s Security Policy is Rehashing Old Ideas
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Anaís Medeiros Passos
Brazil’s president is turning to the military to fight crime, a strategy that brings its own risks.
2023 Washington Conference: DNI Avril Haines with AS/COA Chairman Emeritus John Negroponte
The director of National Intelligence discussed the priorities and interests of the intelligence community in the Western Hemisphere.
Chiapas Fears Organized Crime, and Military Intervention
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Irma A. Velásquez Nimatuj
Ascendant cartel power on the Mexico-Guatemala border is alarming Indigenous communities, but so is the prospect of militarization.
U.S.-Style Gun Politics Are Spreading in Latin America
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Nick Burns
As crime levels rise, pro-gun positions are gaining strength in conservative movements across the region, worrying security experts.
Caribbean Murder Rates Are Spiraling As Illegal Guns Flood In
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Khalea Robertson, Brian Ellsworth
Will demands for U.S. action help slow gunrunning to a region where the homicide rate is triple the global average?
BRAVO Symposium: General Laura J. Richardson on Hemispheric Prosperity & Security
The head of U.S. Southern Command talked with AS/COA's Susan Segal about the role of the U.S. military in the region.