By: Insight Crime June 25, 2024 Gangs allied to Venezuela’s mega-gang, Tren de Aragua, remain operational despite multiple security operations against it, calling into question the Venezuelan government’s declaration that…
Category: CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS AND POLITICS
The Central American Gyre killed 12 already- nasty weather
By: Staff Writer June 21, 2024 As the Hurricane Season, 2024 kicks into gear, the Central American Gyre (CAG) has brought on days of torrential downpours in that region and…
Venezuela elections set for July, opposition candidate stands a chance
By: Staff Writer June 18, 2024 Venezuelan Presidential elections are set for July 28, but in previous elections it would have been easy to call incumbent president, Nicholas Maduro, the…
Philip Goldson Highway and Remate Bypass Upgrades Improve Lives and Safety in Belize
June 14, 2024 The transformative power of a safe and reliable road network for travel and commerce is evident with the completion of upgrades to the Philip Goldson Highway and…
Gangs, Corruption to Test Panama’s New President
By: Insight Crime May 14, 2024 Panama’s new President-elect José Raúl Mulino has won election by promising to return Panama to its economic boom years. But tackling drug trafficking and…
From Total to Partial Peace: Colombia’s Talks With Crime Groups Fragment
By: Insight Crime May 14, 2024 Colombian President Gustavo Petro is being forced to confront the possibility that his flagship security policy, Total Peace (Paz Total), may only have partial…
Panama’s new right wing president will close down the Darien Gap
By: Staff Writer May 10, 2024 Panama has a new president, José Raúl Mulino, a rightwing former public security minister, who was declared the “unofficial” winner of Panama’s presidential election…
Three more Caribbean countries eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission
May 10, 2024 In 2015, Cuba made history by becoming the first country in the world to achieve the dual elimination of HIV and syphilis. THREE MORE countries in the…
The Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides
By: Insight Crime April 24, 2024 A banging on the door echoed throughout the house. It was a Sunday morning in January 2021, in Tibú, a municipality in the Colombian…
In Zulia, Venezuela, Not Even Schools Escape Extortion
April 23, 2024 By: Insight Crime April 23, 2024 A threatening pamphlet sent to residents of a fishing village in the state of Zulia, Venezuela, marked a turning point for…
Dengue outbreak in Central America on record trend
By: Staff Writer April 9, 2024 Dengue fever is sweeping Central America in what is being reported as a record-breaking year for the disease, places worse hit are Guatemala and…
El Salvador offers 5,000 passports to skilled foreign workers
By: Staff Writer April 9, 2024 Nayib Bukele’s administration is offering 5,000 passports to highly skilled foreign workers in an effort to boost the El Salvadorian economy with foreign investment.…