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The Evolution Of Threat Networks In Latin America, Dr. Phil Williams, Dr. Sandra Quincoses
The Evolution Of Threat Networks In Latin America, Dr. Phil Williams, Dr. Sandra Quincoses
Research Publications
The economic and political environments in Latin America have been advantageous for local, regional, and transnational threat networks. Specifically, technology, increased international trade and economic interdependence, heightened interest in natural resources for profit, synthetic drug production, economic disparities, corruption, impunity, and unstable political conditions have led to a complex web of opportunities that requires new, progressive ways to address criminal activities. The creativity of threat networks along with their entrepreneurial strategies have resulted in increasing power and influence. Despite efforts by the United States and some governments in Latin America to combat these networks, the everchanging global environment has worked …
Back In Power? Brazil's Military Under Bolsonaro, Roberto Simon, Brian Winter
Back In Power? Brazil's Military Under Bolsonaro, Roberto Simon, Brian Winter
Research Publications
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the 2018 election of Jair Bolsonaro represented the biggest shock to civil-military relations in Brazil in the last 40 years. Bolsonaro, a former Army captain who campaigned on a platform of dictatorship nostalgia amid the country’s worst-ever economic crisis, vowed to bring the generals back to the center of Brazilian politics. Indeed, the military today is exercising power not seen since Brazil concluded its decade-long “gradual transition” from dictatorship to democracy during the late 1970s and 1980s. Retired (and sometimes active-duty) senior military officers are now occupying several critical positions in …
The Future Of Us-Colombia Relations, Christopher Sabatini, Sofia Mateu-Gelabert, Brian Fonseca
The Future Of Us-Colombia Relations, Christopher Sabatini, Sofia Mateu-Gelabert, Brian Fonseca
Research Publications
Colombia has been one of the United States’ closest allies in the region, stretching back to the 1950s. Colombia was the only Latin American country to join the Korean War in a direct military role. In 1951, the first 1,000 Colombian soldiers disembarked in South Korea where they maintained a military presence until the end of the war. During the 1960s and 1970s, Colombia became one of the largest recipients of United States assistance in Latin America. The assistance was designed to enable Colombia to develop economically through industrialization, agrarian, and social reforms and helped solidify Colombian-U.S. military relations.1 Colombia’s …