November 15, 2022 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) activated an emergency response for Central American countries that have been battered in recent months by hurricanes Julia, Fiona and Lisa, as…
Category: CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS AND POLITICS
El Salvador’s Attorney General Worked for Top MS13 Ally
By: Insight Crime November 8, 2022 Over a 22-year career in El Salvador’s Attorney General’s Office, Rodolfo Delgado held some of the most critical positions in the country’s judiciary, including…
Category 1 Hurricane Lisa hits Belize now on to Mexico
By: Staff Writer November 4, 2022 The tropical Atlantic remains unusually busy for November, with forecasters monitoring multiple systems at a time when activity is usually tamping down. Hurricane Lisa…
Iván Mordisco’s Reappearance Brings New Challenges to ‘Total Peace’ in Colombia
By: Insight Crime October 25, 2022 For the last three months, Colombia believed that Iván Mordisco, one of the foremost leaders of the ex-FARC mafia, had been killed in a…
‘Viejo Santos’: The Decline of an MS13 Leader Wanted in the US
By: Insight Crime October 18, 2022 Ask US and Guatemalan authorities about Moises Humberto Rivera Luna, alias “Viejo Santos,” and they will tell you the Salvadoran national is a top…
OECS Commission expresses Condolences to Government and People of Venezuela in the aftermath of Fatal Flooding
October 14, 2022 The OECS Commission conveys with sadness, its deepest condolensces to the Government and People of Venezuela on the tragic loss of life, numerous casualties, and many who are…
Julia turns deadly, unleashes flooding rain in Central America
October 11, 2022 Officials in Central America blamed more than two dozen deaths on the storm’s hazardous impacts, which included devastating flooding and mudslides. The death toll from Hurricane Julia…
Venezuela, Colombia, and the ELN at the Crossroads of Peace
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 President Gustavo Petro has offered Colombia a tantalizing vision of “Total Peace:” a negotiated end to all the armed conflicts that have plagued the…
Venezuela and the ELN’s Love-Hate Relationship with Drug Trafficking
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 In the border area where northeast Colombia’s Catatumbo region meets the northwestern Venezuelan state of Zulia is one of the world’s most seamless cocaine…
Pablito’s Plan: Rise of the ELN in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the morning of October 7, 2009, prison guards in the west Colombian state of Arauca were tasked with a simple but terrifying task:…
Rebels and Paramilitaries: Colombia’s Guerrillas in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 For the last two years, Venezuelan states along the Colombian border have experienced firsthand the death and destruction of a war they had spent…
How Venezuela Became a Cemetery for the ex-FARC Mafia Leadership
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the night of May 4, 2022, an explosion cut through a guerrilla camp in the Venezuelan border state of Zulia. The bomb, placed…