Narcotrafficking in Mexico: Neoliberalism and a Militarized State
In an interview with La Jornada Michoacán, Daniela Morales talks to British academic, Peter Watt, who argues that neoliberal policies and the war on Mexican drug cartels are part of the same project; to maintain a weak democracy and a militarized state
Controlling Coca Cultivation Bolivian Style
"Social control" is the way forward for reducing cocaine trafficking, says the Bolivian government. Writer Linda Farthing reports.
Mexico’s drug cartels unleash a weekend of bloody violence
Gang kills 13 at drug rehab clinic in border town of Tijuana. High school students in Ciudad Juárez gunned down at birthday party.
Hitmen kill fifteen in massacre at Mexican carwash
Third massacre in just a few days renews pressure on President Felipe Calderón to stop violence.
Guatemala and the Face of the New Sustainable Narco-State
As Guatemala fails to control the violence within it's borders Edward Fischer discusses the structure of the modern Narco-State.
The Drug War: Towards a ‘Plan Central America’
The increasing intervention of the US in the region in the name of the war on drugs is raising questions over their longer term motives.
MEXICO: Top Mexican drugs lord killed in fierce gunbattle with military
'Storm Tony', high-profile leader of the Gulf cartel, and four of his gunmen die in attacks by navy special forces and helicopters as the fight against Mexico's drug cartels continues.
Colombia: world leader in displaced people
UN says Colombia has more people displaced by violence than any other country.
Honduras: ‘We are burying kids all the time’
Three young people are murdered every day in Honduras. Rory Carroll reports on the rise of the 'maras' youth gangs that form a chain of drugs, extortion and violence stretching from Los Angeles to the country's capital Tegucigalpa.
Mexican Drug Violence Sparks Exodus
About 300 families flee Cuidad Meir following days of gang battles triggered by killing of Tony the Tormenta.