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Expert Q&A: The U.S. Takes On the Mexican Cartels

EXPERT INTERVIEW — The Trump administration is prioritizing going after Mexican drug cartels as a key national security objective. It has designated [...] More

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Expert Q&A: A Look at Biden's Last-Minute Cuba Deal

EXPERT INTERVIEW — In one of several eleventh-hour moves, President Joe Biden on Tuesday notified Congress of his intent to remove Cuba from a list [...] More

A Dangerous Moment for Venezuela – and the Region 

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Nicolas Maduro is set to be inaugurated for his third term as president of Venezuela on Friday. He will be sworn in after a [...] More

Memo to the 47th President: Latin America is About More Than Migrants

MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT — Since Donald Trump's victory in the November 5 election, The Cipher Brief has covered the potential implications a second [...] More

Can High-Profile Cartel Arrests Halt the Fentanyl Traffic? 

DEEP DIVE — Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a co-founder and leader of Mexico's notorious Sinaloa Cartel, has entered a not guilty plea to 17 drug [...] More

High Stakes for Venezuela – and U.S. – in Crucial Vote

High Stakes for Venezuela – and U.S. – in Crucial Vote

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — On July 28, Venezuela’s authoritarian President, Nicolás Maduro, will face his most formidable electoral challenge [...] More

A Thousand Kenyan Police are Headed to Haiti Where "Gangs Rule"

A Thousand Kenyan Police are Headed to Haiti Where "Gangs Rule"

SUBSCRIBER+REPORTING — After a long wait and amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation, Haiti may soon be getting an international security [...] More

Who's Really Winning the Global 5G and Cloud Computing Infrastructure Race?

Who's Really Winning the Global 5G and Cloud Computing Infrastructure Race?

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — As the new era of fifth generation (5G) mobile communications advances, China remains steadfast on dominating the [...] More

With China's Help, Mexico Is On The Verge of Becoming a 'Narco State'

With China's Help, Mexico Is On The Verge of Becoming a 'Narco State'

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Deep inside a ravine on the outskirts of a western Mexican city overseen by among the world's most powerful drug [...] More

A Post-Mortem on the Summit of the Americas

OPINION — U.S. - Latin American relations face rocky times. Events during and surrounding the just concluded Summit of the Americas (SOA), a meeting [...] More

Venezuela's Converging Crisis

ACADEMIC INCUBATOR — A stronger, safer Latin America is in the U.S. best security interests; however, many countries within the region are deeply [...] More

What Protests Tell Us About Democracy in Latin America

OPINION — Instability in Latin America fuels refugee flows, inflation and criminal activity, all of which affect U.S. interests. The Biden [...] More

U.S. Engagement in the Western Hemisphere Needs Attention

Patrick Duddy, a retired American diplomat, is the director of Duke University’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. From 2007 to 2010 [...] More