Link to Article: https://latinamericanpost.com/americas/politics/argentina-and-el-salvador-unite-in-historic-anti-crime-pact/ Argentina and El Salvador signed an anti-crime pact, the “New Doctrine Against Organized Crime,” that outlines a shared commitment to combating crime and maintaining state sovereignty. In the agreement, Argentina and El Salvador pledged to share intelligence in order to effectively combat larger criminal organizations and trafficking. The pact emphasizes a clear, no tolerance approach to… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-us-peace-corps-return-violence-crackdown-19da0bd2033789da73cbd9172901b181 U.S. Peace Corps volunteers are back in El Salvador for the first time in 8 years. Previously, El Salvador had a dangerously high homicide rate that caused the Peace Corps to pull out of the country. Now, because of El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, and his no tolerance approach to crime, El Salvador is becoming one… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/un-haiti-gangs-kenya-multinational-force-peacekeeping-bab6d3c545c6f2558fd5c45d00b07f55 In a unanimous vote, the U.N. has extended the mandate of the Kenya-led mission to send military personnel and police officers to Haiti to combat the prevalent gang violence in the area. Although Haiti has requested a peacekeeping mission, the U.N. has decided not to send any peacekeepers at this time. Instead, they have elected to… Read more »
Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jamaica-send-two-dozen-security-personnel-haiti-bolster-mission-2024-09-10/ In order to address the humanitarian crisis in Haiti in the wake of the assassination of their president in 2021, Jovenel Moïse, the U.N. has backed a Kenya-led mission to send military and police personnel to Haiti to fight gang control and facilitate the organization of a democratic election. This international assistance was requested in 2022. Kenya pledged… Read more »
Article: https://latinamericanpost.com/americas/venezuelas-tren-de-aragua-expands-its-deadly-grip-to-the-u-s/ A gang birthed from Venezuela’s Tocorón prison, the Tren de Aragua have gone beyond expanding throughout Latin America and now have begun to infiltrate the U.S. Gang members, empowered by the mismanagement of the prisons and general unrest throughout Venezuela, were able to follow migration routes to Colombia, Peru, Chile and Ecuador — causing a demonstrable rise in… Read more »
Article: https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-us-economic-sanctions-oil-licenses-3c7f4ec239d86ecf255d9ec4b4ac6ad9 Opponents to the rule of the authoritarian president of Venezuela, Nicolàs Maduro, are calling for the U.S. to cancel licenses for U.S. oil companies (particularly Chevron) to do business with state-owned oil company, PDVSA, in order to sanction Maduro’s regime. In 2019, as a response to Maduro’s corrupt practices, the U.S. made it illegal for U.S. companies to… Read more »
