Vanishing Trees and Lakes: Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon
Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. The main driver of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy –…
Bolivian Amazon Faces Threats From All Sides
In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes…
Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua: A Phantom or a Reality?
In early April, police officers in Oruro, eastern Bolivia, received a tip that a group of men were going to…
Flood of Cocaine Spreads Beyond Europe’s Cities, Wastewater Shows
A wastewater analysis has indicated that in Europe, cocaine from South America is now being consumed in smaller towns, as…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up
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Record Seizures in Bolivia Suggest Growing Role in Cocaine Exports
Bolivia seized a record amount of cocaine in 2023, suggesting that its role as both a cocaine producer and exporter…
GameChangers 2023: The Cocaine Flash-to-Bang in 2024
Coca prices have collapsed in parts of Colombia amid record hectares of cultivation. Could oversupply do what years of eradication…
Organized Crime Blamed for Half of Latin America’s Homicides
Organized crime is responsible for at least half of the homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean, home to the…
30 Years After Escobar, How the Cocaine Trade Has Changed
Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel transformed the cocaine trade during their heyday in the 1980s. But the 30 years…