Venezuela’s Airstrike on the ELN Tests 2 Decades of Chavista Tolerance
Colombia’s largest rebel group could be pushed from its longtime sanctuary, Venezuela, following the first major attack against the rebels…
Has Venezuela Declared War on Colombia’s ELN Guerrillas? | The InSight Take
The Venezuelan government launched strikes against the Colombian criminal group the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN)…
The InSight Take: US Drug Certification: Law Enforcement or Politics?
Why did the United States remove Venezuela from its drug blacklist while Colombia and Bolivia remain on it? In this…
On The Radar | US Drops Venezuela From Its Drugs Blacklist. Colombia Could Be Next
Is Venezuela no longer a major drug transit point? What does the US win from Alex Saab’s cooperation—and what does…
How a Food Program Fueled Venezuela’s Organized Crime
Delcy Rodríguez’s silent dismantling of a subsidized food program, the CLAP (Comités Locales de Abastecimiento y Producción), shutters a scheme…
The US Anti-Drug Missile Strikes Are Back. But Are They Working?
The United States launched new strikes on vessels suspected of transporting drugs in late August—the first attacks after a two-month…
Why Organized Crime in Venezuela Won’t Die Without Maduro
Fentanyl today is not the same market it was a few years ago. Help us continue investigating how synthetic drug…
Mapping Latin America’s Megaprisons
In the three years since President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele opened his famous Terrorism Confinement Center (Centro de Confinamiento…
Brazil Crackdown Reveals New Tren de Aragua Playbook
A recent police operation in northern Brazil has revealed how the Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has established a presence…
Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro
The arrest of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on January 3 was an unprecedented aggression by the United…