The Venezuelan Connection to El Salvador’s Pandemic Food Aid Swindle
In the chaotic first week of the Covid pandemic, El Salvador paid an offshore company US$27 million to provide milk powder...
Latin America
Maduro Opponents in Venezuela Find their Houses Marked with an X
Residents of a Caracas neighbourhood who found their homes marked with a black "X" last week believe that regime...
US Sanctions Paraguayan Tobacco Firm Linked to Cartes
The U.S. government announced new sanctions against Paraguayan tobacco company Tabacalera del Este S.A. (Tabesa) for...
NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order
Fishing Boats and Cargo Ships: How Colombian Cocaine Travels the World
Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are...
Ignoring Warning Signs, US Retirement Manager TIAA Bought Farms from Alleged Land Grabbers with Brazilian Sugar Giant
TIAA has always insisted that its joint ventures with Brazilian sugar company Cosan invest responsibly. But leaked documents...
The Case of the Missing $1.4 Billion: How Hugo Chávez’s Handshake Deals With Belarus Left Venezuela A Legacy of Wasted Public Funds
Leaked documents show how Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chávez, struck...
Operation Dó-Ré-Mi: The Brazilian Bow Makers Under Investigation For Dealing in Endangered Wood
Prosecutors, police, and government officials are investigating dozens of the country’s top makers of high-end musical bows,...
How a Crew of Romanian Criminals Conquered the World of ATM Skimming
Mexican Prosecutor Who Led Investigations Into Violent Crimes of Romanian Gang is Accused of Being on Their Payroll
A former member of the Riviera Maya gang was stabbed in Mexico by his onetime comrades. The Mexican prosecutor who led the...
Guatemala Detains U.S. Citizens Accused of Trafficking of Maya Relics
Guatemalan police have arrested two U.S. citizens who were accused of jeopardizing the nation's natural and cultural...
El Salvador Registers 4,060 Disappeared People under President Nayib Bukele
Of the last three presidents of El Salvador, the administration of Nayib Bukele has seen the highest average rate of...
Peru’s Congress Accepts Corruption Charges against President Pedro Castillo
Peru’s Congress voted on Wednesday to accept charges filed by the country’s top prosecutor against President Pedro Castillo...
Report: Social Media Used for Selling Wild Animals in Mexico
A significant amount of Mexican wildlife trade happens on social media and “has a direct and irreversible impact on...