With power in Venezuela shifting, the future of the ELN's relationship with the Venezuelan government remains in question.

This week: violent gang reprisals in Guatemala, a symbolic push for justice in Colombia, and mounting pressure on Mexico from ...

This week, we analyze the ripples of recent US operations in the Caribbean and Venezuela across the region. That includes ...

How will Maduro's removal impact Venezuela's criminal landscape and groups, and the criminality embedded in its current ...

The murder of renowned Indigenous activist and environmental defender Berta Cáceres in Honduras in 2016 was an organized criminal operation.

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Álex Nain Saab Moran is a Colombian businessman accused of being one of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s main frontmen. International authorities accuse Saab of taking part in a ...

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Tareck El Aissami is a high-profile Venezuelan politician who was arrested on corruption charges. Over the course of his political career, he held senior posts in the administrations of Hugo Chávez ...

Samark López Bello is a Venezuelan businessman identified as an alleged frontman for Tareck El Aissami, who was detained in Venezuela for his alleged role in the corruption scheme known as ...

There is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes a “mafia state.” Here are seven arguments as to why we think Venezuela qualifies and what the implications are of this troubled Andean ...

The US government’s new sanctions against Venezuela’s so-called “Cartel of the Suns” incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical, ideologically driven drug trafficking organization rather than a ...