Category: Latin America

Argentina’s Evolving Role in the Global Arms Trade
The seizure of hundreds of high-powered weapons in Argentina and the subsequent investigation have revealed fresh clues about criminal dynamics in its infamous border region with Paraguay, but the…

Chile Militarizes Drug War, Ignoring Dangerous Regional Precedent
The government of Chile has sent the army to its northern border in an effort to stop the influx of drugs feeding the country’s growing domestic market — a…

Bolivia Coca Growers Fight for Control of Legal Production
Violent tensions are flaring in Bolivia’s capital between hostile factions of one of the country’s coca growers’ unions, escalating a long-simmering conflict for control of legal coca production…