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Report for Thursday, September 18, 2025

6:15 America/Chicago Thursday, September 18 [...] More

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Challenges in Transitioning From Violence to Politics

Bottom Line Up FrontShortly after being released from prison, Seuxis Pausias Hernandez, a former commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of [...] More

Violence in Mexico and the Battle for Control Over Smuggling Routes

Bottom Line Up FrontMurder rates in Mexico are again on the rise due to shifting dynamics between the cartels and a struggle for control of lucrative [...] More

Blast from the Past: The Challenge of Splinter Groups and Generational Terror

Bottom Line Up FrontOn January 19, a car bomb exploded in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, believed to be the work of the New IRA.On January 17, the [...] More

Witnessing Venezuela’s Exodus

Witnessing Venezuela’s Exodus

CUCUTA, Colombia – Latin America analysts are bracing for a Syria-sized exodus in the Western Hemisphere, as beleaguered Venezuelans flee a [...] More

State of Play: The Real Story Behind Netflix’s Narcos

The brutal battle against the Cali Cartel enters a new chapter in the war on drugs, with the Season 3 premiere of the Netflix series Narcos on [...] More

Brazil’s Democracy Suffers from Corruption

Brazil is increasingly becoming a less stable country and has been ranked one of the most worsened countries over the past year by the 2017 Fragile [...] More

Colombia Struggles to Fill Power Vacuum

The stability of Colombia has improved significantly over the past year, according to the Fund for Peace’s 2017 Fragile States Index, which measures [...] More

South America Faces Fears of Fragility

South America Faces Fears of Fragility

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has called for military exercises on August 26 and 27, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would [...] More

No Resolution on Venezuelan Crisis As Asylum Seekers Flee to U.S.

No Resolution on Venezuelan Crisis As Asylum Seekers Flee to U.S.

As Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos, the Organization of American States (OAS) has failed for a second time in just one month to [...] More

Tracking Down Escobar: The Real Story

“Narcos” is the Netflix fictionalized series that traces the rise and fall of one of the world’s most notorious narcotic traffickers, Colombian drug [...] More

What is the Future of U.S. Policy in Latin America?

What is the Future of U.S. Policy in Latin America?

Aside from a “big, beautiful wall” and so-called “bad hombres,” references to the southern border and illegal immigration, the U.S. campaign season [...] More

There Will Never Be a Perfect Peace in Colombia

After the surprising results of the Colombian peace referendum on Sunday night, both the government of Colombia and the FARC must try again to reach [...] More