Presseschau
Primäre Reiter
The Gaitanistas, Colombia’s largest and richest armed and criminal group, remain outside the government’s initiative for dialogue with all the country’s armed organisations. |
How Criminal Groups Weaponise Social Media in Mexico (English/Español) |
Spiking violence in Ecuador has led recently-inaugurated President Daniel Noboa to declare an “internal armed conflict” with criminal groups. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Glaeldys González explains how the South American country arrived at this point |
More and more women are joining the criminal outfits battling for turf in Mexico, heightening the dangers these groups pose. To arrest this trend, and to help offenders leave these groups, authorities should cooperate with civil society to provide alterna |
Venezuela’s government and opposition have reached an agreement laying the groundwork for a free and fair presidential election in 2024. It could be a breakthrough in efforts to resolve the country’s political and socio-economic crisis. |
A pesar de las conversaciones entre el gobierno y los grupos armados, los niveles de violencia en Colombia siguen siendo altos. En este extracto de la actualización de otoño del Watch List 2023, Crisis Group explica cómo la UE y sus Estados miembros ... |
On 8 and 9 August, the presidents of eight countries will meet in Brazil to discuss means of countering the threats facing the Amazon rainforest. Crisis Group expert Bram Ebus explains that inter-governmental cooperation and a regional securiy strategy |
Xiomara Castro prometió un nuevo comienzo en la lucha contra la corrupción y la violenta delincuencia que ha atormentado a Honduras durante tanto tiempo. Sin embargo, últimamente ha regresado a los métodos de mano dura de antaño. |
The power vacuum that followed the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 has spawned the most extreme bout of violence in Haiti’s living memory. |
Organised crime in Mexico has gone local, as cartels break up into sub-groups battling over smaller patches of turf. At the same time, the federal government has wrested policing away from town halls. A reset is needed ... (auch auf Spanisch) |
On 25 June, Guatemalans will elect a new president, completing a campaign riddled with controversy. (auch auf Spanisch) |
As crime rises in Mexico, women are in particular danger – of “disappearance”, kidnapping, sexual assault and murder. The state has taken some steps to address this crisis, but it can do much more. Auch auf Spanisch |
Mass protest has rocked Peru for two months, leading to 60 deaths. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Glaeldys González Calanche explains the root causes of the crisis and sketches some possible ways forward. |
The assault on Brazilian state institutions purposely evoked the 2021 incursion into the U.S. Capitol. As in the aftermath of that event, the job of law enforcement overlaps with the more delicate task of identifying the political and financial circles th |
Gangs and the Prospect of Foreign Intervention |
Bogotá y Caracas están otra vez en buenos términos después de un período de disputas. Sus intereses pueden no estar siempre alineados en los años que vengan, pero con diplomacia hábil y ayuda de los vecinos, los dos países pueden reparar sus vínculos para |
Ecuador’s proximity to major cocaine producers, dollarised economy and corruptible state institutions, as well as COVID-19’s devastating impact, have turned the country into Latin America’s latest hotbed of drug trafficking and other violent crime. |
El aislamiento internacional de Venezuela está disminuyendo aunque su crisis política sigue sin resolver. En este extracto del Watch List 2022 - Actualización de Otoño, Crisis Group explica lo que la UE y sus Estados miembros pueden hacer para facilitar.. |
Las mujeres rara vez aparecen y, las que lo hacen, a menudo ocultan su rostro o se esconden detrás de los hombres que se han sido detenidos. |
Yet the “wars” that are being fought in countries across the region are not ones that are easily recognisable to anyone outside Latin America. |
¿Hora de descongelar las relaciones entre Venezuela y EE. UU.? (Auch in englischer Fassung) |
Armed conflict in Colombia is escalating in rural areas, with some communities reporting higher levels of violence or coercion than before the peace agreement. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2022, Crisis Group urges the EU and its member states to .. |