Mexico: can the war on drugs be won?
Javier Farje from LAB analyses Mexico's failed war on the cartels
Colombia: internationational protest over fumigations
A group of Colombian and foreign academics is protesting against aerial spraying of glyphosate on Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity
Guatemala: Squeezed between Crime and Impunity. A new report by International Crisis Group says that In Guatemala, crime has replaced political violence.
Colombia: Do human rights matter?
Ines PG-Ward from Bogota looks at how much human rights abuses affected the election.
Mexico’s Arizona Moment
Frontera Norte Sur reports on the drug-traffickers' mass murder of international migrants that took place last week in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Gulf coast).
Entire US-Mexico Border to Be Guarded by Predator Drones
Surveillance on the US -Mexico border to be increased by the introduction of new drones. Taylor Barnes discusses security issues.
Mexico 2010: The Spreading Crisis
Fred Rosen discusses the insecurity in Mexico, fueled by powerful drug cartels.
A Plan Colombia for Mexico
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has warned that Mexico and Central America need the equivalent of a Plan Colombia to face "insurgency". Laura Carlsen comments.
Colombia: black communities win victory
Along with international academics, LAB signed an open letter demanding the 'immediate halt' to the aerial spraying with glyphosate of b
Mexico’s modern revolutionaries
As Mexico marks its 1810 and 1910 uprisings, 2010's upheaval is likely to be about drugs, not politics.