El Centro
SWJ El Centro, or "downtown" in Spanish, is our town square for analysis and discussion of Latin America's guerilla wars and criminal insurgencies. More about El Centro here.
Recent El Centro Journal Articles and SWJ Blog Posts:
by Voice of America | Thu, 03/26/2020 - 7:41pm | 0 comments
"The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced narcoterrorism charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials, accusing them of collaborating with a leftist Colombian guerrilla group to traffic cocaine to the United States."
by Voice of America | Thu, 03/12/2020 - 12:05am | 1 comment
"U.S. Southern Command plans to increase U.S. military presence in the Western Hemisphere while taking on funding cuts to partner security programs that help Latin American partners counter drug cartels."
by The Wall Street Journal | Thu, 02/13/2020 - 12:01am | 0 comments
"AYAHUALTEMPA, Mexico - At age 13, Luis Gustavo Morales barely knows how to do basic math, but he already knows how to handle a shotgun nearly as tall as he is."
by SWJ Editors | Tue, 02/04/2020 - 3:54pm | 0 comments
Analysis by SWJ El Centro Fellow Paul Rexton Kan at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague.
by CNN News | Sat, 11/09/2019 - 6:31pm | 0 comments
"Mexico's latest tragedy in the long fight against cartel violence is viewed by some as a sign its "hugs, not bullets" security strategy -- focused on combating social problems -- has done little to wrest large chunks of the country from the grip of criminal organizations."