Cocaine production has surged to unprecedented levels across Latin America, fueled by a simultaneous expansion of illicit crops in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. This phenomenon is further exacerbated ...

En el sur de Venezuela, los minerales estratégicos, conocidos como “arenas negras” –que incluyen coltán, niobio y estaño– ...

According to a late 2022 study by the U.S.-based national security and defense think tank Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS), the number of Chinese-owned or operated ports worldwide has increased ...

Narcotrafficking in Brazil is increasingly intertwined with environmental crimes in the Amazon, researchers warn. Drug trafficking groups are relying more and more on loads of timber and manganese to ...

In the last decade, China has significantly strengthened its penetration in the Caribbean, driven by a strategic combination of economic investments, diplomatic initiatives, and infrastructure ...

While China has been trying to expand its influence in Panama for years, as part of its broader ambition to increase its footprint in Latin America, the Asian country recently faced a major setback as ...

Jamaica empezó el 2026 a la vanguardia de la seguridad en el Caribe, tras haber logrado una profunda reducción de los delitos violentos, marcando el período más estable de la isla en décadas.

República Dominicana sigue aumentando el éxito de sus operaciones antinarcóticos, desempeñando un papel fundamental como ...

Nearly 6 percent of global trade and 57.5 percent of the cargo transported in container that ships from Asia to the East Coast of the United States passes through the Panama Canal. Today, this ...

In October 2023, Chilean President Gabriel Boric traveled to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to participate in a forum commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, and for ...

This work was first published in March 2023 by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, part of Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School for International and Public Affairs.

Mexico, despite its integration with the economy of the United States, as well as its historic distrust for and structural competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is pursuing policies ...