Ecuador’s ports, trade and strategic location connect South American cocaine production with consumers in Europe and North America.
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Mexico’s cartel landscape has expanded significantly since 2006, fuelled by arms smuggling and drug consumption north of the border.
Mexico has been following the same rulebook of engagement with the cartels for much of the past two decades, with very limited success.
The killing of the Jalisco New Generation cartel’s leader is likely to spark a wave violence.
The Brazilian president said that ‘it is worrying to equate crime with terrorism,’ in direct reference to Donald Trump’s attempt to equate Latin American organized crime groups with terrorist organizations.
The Trump administration says Colombia is failing to meet anti-narcotics obligations as cocaine production surges and cooperation frays.
The US’s new approach to tackling international drug cartels raises international legal issues.
In the US, political consensus portrays the fentanyl crisis as a border problem but military action is unlikely to solve the issue.
Not even during the darkest days of Pablo Escobar’s infamous empire did Colombia produce as much cocaine as it does today.
Psychedelics are marketed as a way for the general population to extract more work out of their already overworked lives, and to be happy about it in the process.
With former strongman Rodrigo Duterte in prison, the Philippines may become even more divided – with a pivotal election coming soon.
The ‘war on drugs’ in Philippines became an orgy of violence accounting for many thousands of deaths.
After nearly a decade of annual upticks in overdose deaths, the city saw a drop in 2023, the latest data available. Something may finally be working − but what?
Tariffs may sound tough, but America’s fentanyl crisis stems from a decades-long addiction problem that trade policy can’t fix.
The Philippines is recovering from six destructive typhoons in the past month. But its leaders are busily fighting among themselves.
Alleged Sinaloa cartel leader duped into flying to the US, where arrest awaited him.
As Mexico elects its new president, gang violence continues to sprawl.
Decriminalizing drugs is not intended as a solution to drug problems. Rather, it is a critical first step that’s necessary, but not sufficient, for replacing prohibition with a public health approach.
Many young Mexican men that are working in precarious conditions are drawn into the fold of drug cartels.
The raid almost certainly broke international law, but Ecuador’s president is hoping his strongman tactics will resonate with the electorate.
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Research Fellow in the War Studies Department, King's College London
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