A Golden Opportunity: Maduro and Venezuelan Miners Target Essequibo
Just after 5 p.m. on May 13, 2025, shots rang out along the Cuyuní River, as troops from the Guyana…
No Man’s Land: How Drug Trafficking Took Root in the Disputed Essequibo Territory
When soldiers and anti-drug officials dug up 4.4 tons of cocaine at an illegal airstrip in northwest Guyana on August…
False Promises: How Essequibo’s Mineral Wealth Spurs Human Trafficking
There was a familiar element when police in Guyana’s capital of Georgetown raided the Red Dragon nightclub in the early…
The Women Working the Streets
Paulina has worked as a sex worker on the streets of Lima, the capital of Peru, for 15 years. With…
The Women Enslaved by Fines
When Isabel* accepted a job as a saleswoman in Peru from her cousin, Catalina*, she never imagined that months later,…
How Fentanyl Producers in Mexico Are Adapting to a Challenging Market
When Mario* heard the news in mid-May 2023, he immediately suspended his operations. After five years of booming fentanyl trafficking…
What Happened When Guatemala’s Interior Ministry Tried to Fire 102 Prison Guards It Accused of Corruption?
In June 2024, Guatemala’s Interior Ministry filed a legal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office against 102 prison guards it…
Arévalo’s Budget Increase: Is the Guatemalan Government’s Search for Congressional Support Fueling Local Corruption?
In early May 2024, Guatemalan Finance Minister Jonathan Menkos submitted a proposal to Congress to increase the national budget by…
President Arévalo’s Counterproductive Stand-Off With Guatemala’s Attorney General
The viability of Arévalo’s anti-corruption agenda may rest on whether the president succeeds in removing Attorney General Consuelo Porras, whose…
Cementing Judicial Power: The Case of Néster Vásquez and Guatemala’s High Courts
On April 15, 2024, a seasoned Guatemalan magistrate, Néster Vásquez, became president of the country’s highest legal authority – the…