By: Insight Crime February 27, 2024 A recent case, together with several past investigations, shows how the music and events industry is being used by organized crime groups to launder…
Category: CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS AND POLITICS
Back-to-Back Scandals Lift Lid on Venezuela’s Judicial Corruption
By: Insight Crime February 27, 2024 In an unusual start to the year, Venezuelan authorities have charged, dismissed, and even arrested a series of judicial officials accused of corruption across…
Former Honduran president faces US court for drug trafficking.
By: Staff Writer February 23, 2024 Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges began Tuesday with the former Donald Trump anti-drug ally on the other…
ELN, Ex-FARC Mafia Drive Rising Cocaine Production in Zulia, Venezuela
By: Insight Crime February 20, 2024 A series of large-scale drug seizures at clandestine laboratories in a Venezuelan border state suggest the ELN and ex-FARC mafia are expanding cocaine processing…
Venezuela readies military while Guyana signs new oil contracts
By: Staff Writer February 16, 2024 Venezuela has been building up military personnel at the border with Guyana amid the ongoing dispute over the Essequibo region. The Venezuelan government also…
Bukele officially confirmed President in El Salvador
By: Staff Writer February 13, 2024 Nayib Bukele has officially been confirmed as President of El Salvador for his second consecutive term riding off of his popular gang crackdown. Some…
Ricardo Méndez Ruiz and the Art of Lawfare in Guatemala
By: Insight Crime February 9, 2024 It was less than 12 hours after the new president of Guatemala had been sworn in that Ricardo Méndez Ruiz fired off his first challenge to the incoming…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Political Situation in Colombia
February 9, 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) demands that attempts by different political actors to damage the democratic process in Colombia be abandoned and…
Bukele returned as president of El Salvador
By: Staff Writer February 5, 2024 President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele handily won re-election despite not all of the votes being counted as yet. The self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator”,…
Can Guatemala’s New President Reignite Fight Against Corruption and Crime?
By: Insight Crime February 6, 2024 Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as president of Guatemala on January 15, but it was no ordinary inauguration. Arévalo, a rank outsider who shocked…
US hit Venezuela with more sanctions!
By: Staff Writer January 31, 2024 The United States reimposed sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector ealier this week after the South American country’s top court this past Friday upheld a…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on Recent Events in Venezuela
January 30, 2024 The recent actions of the Venezuelan dictatorship of prosecution and political imprisonment of opponents, especially those linked to the majority opposition leadership, have made it clear that…