March 13, 2019 - Report published by Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at NDU
This Strategic Perspective centers on the PRC’s recent successful push into Latin America, and particularly in Central America—historically a primary area of influence for the United States. Topics include Central America, China, Financial Aid, Investment, and Strategic Threats.
February 26, 2019 - Report published by PRISM Journal, Center for Complex Operations, NDU
An assessment of the strategic gains of three critical extra-regional actors in Latin America: China, who focuses on economic partnerships, and Russia and Iran who focus on anti-US projects via Hezbollah-linked networks and state-protected organized crime groups. Topics include BJCE, China, criminalized states, Iran, money laundering, organized crime, and Russia.
January 30, 2019 - Journal Article published by Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at NDU
A Strategic Perspective exploring the critical challenge posed by regional TOC groups in Latin America. Topics include ALBA, Bolivia, criminalized states, FARC, Illegal Gold, money laundering, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru.
January 27, 2019 - Video published by EfectoNaim
Las caravanas de migrantes son financiadas por Venezuela
March 23, 2018 - Report published by Perry Center Occasional Paper, NDU
This study focuses on the MS 13 in Honduras and El Salvador, where it represents an existential threat to the viability of the state. The gang has achieved new levels of power and sophistication via increased revenues from the cocaine supply chain. Topics include drug trafficking, El Salvador, gangs, Honduras, and MS-13.
February 15, 2018 - Report published by IBI Consultants
Following decades of hardship, the Castro regime now carries more influence in Latin America than during the Cold War. The fusion of its revolutionary ideology with Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolution has created a political/criminal enterprise that has reshaped Latin America. Topics include ALBA, BJCE, criminalized states, Cuba, drug trafficking, FARC, Hezbollah, money laundering, and Venezuela.
September 14, 2017 - Journal Article published by Perry Center Occasional Paper, NDU
A report on MS-13's rapid evolution into a criminal/economic/military/political power that poses an existential threat to the states of El Salvador and Honduras through growing ties to Mexican drug cartels and an ever-greater role in cocaine transportation networks. Topics include drug trafficking, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and MS-13.
September 12, 2017 - Testimony before the U.S. Senate
Testimony before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, discussing the ongoing peace process between the Colombian government and FARC, and its impact on transnational organized crime and regional security threats. Topics include ALBA, BJCE, Colombia, criminalized states, drug trafficking, FARC, money laundering, and Venezuela.
