Peruvian Armed Forces Increase Their Presence in MINUSCA

By Julieta Pelcastre/Diálogo

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Beyond Drugs: How Brazilian Criminal Groups Build Territorial Power

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The transformation of Brazilian organized crime — from a phenomenon primarily associated with illegal activities into a network capable of exercising territorial and coercive […]

Special Report

For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]