Tag Latin America

Sixteen Wars in the Shadow of the Headlines

While Ukraine, Gaza and Iran dominate the headlines, at least sixteen other wars and armed conflicts are escalating beyond the focus of global public attention. From Sudan, Myanmar and the Congo to Mexico, Pakistan and the Red Sea, this global situation report reveals how resources, trade routes, state collapse and the retreat of Western power are reshaping the world’s map of violence. What appears to be a collection of isolated regional crises is, in fact, the visible pattern of a historic transition from a unipolar to a multipolar world order.

Mexico – Operation Controlled Chaos

The killing of cartel leader El Mencho has been celebrated as a major victory for Mexico. Yet behind the dramatic operation may lie something else entirely: the first public test of a new U.S. doctrine for Latin America. Intelligence from Washington, a newly created anti-cartel task force, and the legal reclassification of cartels as terrorist organizations could signal the beginning of a new era of American intervention. Was El Mencho’s death truly a victory against organized crime – or the opening move in a strategy of controlled chaos in Mexico?