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Buenaventura’s Everlasting Cycle of Violence Continues in Colombia
Residents of Buenaventura, a port city in western Colombia, have bveen caught in a crossfire between two warring criminal structures. But doubts remain as to whether this wave of violence…
Illegal loggers and land grabbers in Colombia have begun clearing small, isolated patches of forest to avoid being spotted from…
Latin America’s forests are being cut down at an accelerating rate. Asian markets are driving a trade in wildlife products,…
Colombia is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, home to some 1,800 species of birds, 600 species of amphibians,…
With higher profits and lower risks than the United States, Europe has emerged recently as arguably the most important cocaine…
An increase in the number of reports of illegal invasions of homes and commercial establishments in Venezuela during the pandemic…
Illegal fishing off the coast of French Guiana surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as French maritime patrols struggled to mobilize…
An investigation into a criminal group, led by Romanians based in Mexico and specialized in ATM skimming and credit card…
A recent drug plane interception in Belize has unveiled the role corrupt officials have been playing in facilitating the nation's…
A new investigation has identified Mexico as a major contributor to a global seahorse trafficking network centered around China but…
While the seizure of 23 tons of cocaine by German, Belgian and Dutch police, the largest-ever haul of the drug…
Paraguay has long been a key link in South America's drug trafficking chain, but has grown in importance with the…
Venezuelan officials may have finally met a PDVSA corruption scandal they cannot allow to go unpunished, hinting at just how…
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