UC San Diego’s Dr. Cecilia Farfán Méndez and Trend Micro’s Juan Pablo Castro cover the 10-terabyte hack on militaries of five Latin American countries.
Security & Defense
LatAm in Focus: What the Guacamaya Hacks Reveal about Latin American Militaries
AMLO’s Expansion of the Military Undermines Mexico’s Civilian Tradition
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Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Kathleen Bruhn, Tesalia Rizzo
As Mexico’s president gives the military more and more roles, public opinion seems worryingly supportive.
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