By: Henry Shuldiner- Insight Crime May 2, 2023 Drugs gangs battling over control of Costa Rica’s cocaine trafficking infrastructure and the domestic marijuana market are fueling an increase in violence…
Category: CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS AND POLITICS
In Lara, Venezuela, Criminal ‘Colectivos’ Control Public Services
By: VENEZUELA INVESTIGATIVE UNIT- Insight Crime May 2, 2023 “They keep an eye on the transportation and the water. When something is damaged, they work with officials and fix it.…
OAS Signs Agreement to Observe June 25 Elections in Guatemala
April 21, 2023 Secretary General Almagro thanked the Government of Guatemala for its invitation to observe the elections and emphasized that sending the mission reaffirms the hemispheric institution’s commitment to…
Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela
By: Insight Crime April 18, 2023 The black market for gasoline is quickly disappearing in Venezuela’s oil-rich state of Zulia as changing government policies and supply increases chip away at…
Venezuela Kills Gang Leader Whose Political Connections Were ‘Open Secret’
By: Insight Crime April 4, 2023 Venezuelan security forces have killed one of the country’s most-wanted criminals, “El Conejo” (The Rabbit). Despite El Conejo’s renown, his killing is more likely…
Acacio Medina Front – Ex-FARC Mafia
By: Insight Crime April 4, 2023 The Acacio Medina Front is a dissident group that emerged from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC),…
Venezuela Oil Minister Resigns Amid Political Fight With Criminal Ramifications
By: Insight Crime March 28, 2023 The resignation of Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami, just days after the arrest of one of his most important allies, may be a…
OAS Secretariat for Strengthening Democracy Expresses Concern about Process of Registering Candidacies in Guatemala
March 24, 2023 The Secretariat for Strengthening Democracy of the Organization of American States (OAS) expresses its concern about the development of the candidacy registration process that is being carried…
Coca May Have Permanently Taken Root in Central America
By: Insight Crime March 21, 2023 Honduran and Guatemalan authorities are eradicating record amounts of coca plants, further evidence of the coca’s expansion beyond the traditional coca-growing region of the…
EU LAUNCHES CARIBBEAN DIGITAL ALLIANCE
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan March 14, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Some €145m from Team Europe, including €50m from the EU budget has been put forward to boost digital cooperation between the European Union-Latin…
Panama Achieves 50% Ocean Protection with Newly Expanded Banco Volcán Marine Protected Area
March 10, 2023 On March 2, 2023, during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Our Ocean Conference, Laurentino Cortizo, President of Panama, and Milciades Concepción, Minister of Environment, signed the decree to substantially…
Brutal but Futile: Venezuela’s Anti-Gang ‘Mega-Operations’
By: Insight Crime March 7, 2023 For three days in July 2021, the Caracas neighborhood of Cota 905 became an urban warzone. Just blocks away from Venezuela’s Miraflores presidential palace,…