Can the Northern Triangle Contain a Prison Pandemic?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ takes on the coronavirus outbreaks in Northern Triangle prisons.
Central America & the Caribbean
The Inter-American Dialogue’s work in Central America and the Caribbean examines opportunities and challenges facing the 28 countries and islands in the region. Issues include security, migration, drug policy, remittances, education, integration, and trade.
Analysis See all
The Pandemic is Disrupting Organized Crime, But Not Necessarily for the Better
Covid-19 is transforming organized crime. In addition to heightening the risk of violence, the pandemic is also indirectly strengthening the social, economic, and political clout of several criminal organizations in the same way that the Italian mafia and Japanese Yakuza emerged stronger after the great dislocations of the Second World War. Crime kingpins know full well that law enforcement and criminal justice systems are overstretched, and that prisons are bursting at the seams. They also know that an economic depression is coming, which may increase the risk of violence. It is not entirely clear if governments are similarly alert.
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La crisis política en Nicaragua: una etapa crítica para la oposición
Manuel Orozco, director del programa de Migración, Remesas y Desarrollo del Diálogo Interamericano conversa con Luis Galeano de Café Con Voz Nicaragua acerca del rol de la OEA en la crisis política de Nicaragua, de la oposición de Nicaragua, y de la posibilidad de un cambio político en el país.
Press Mentions See all
Han habido más muertos en esta crisis [de Covid-19] que durante la crisis [de represión violenta] de 2018, y esto es básicamente la responsabilidad del gobierno de Nicaragua.
El impacto del Covid-19 ha descarrilado y complicado gran parte de la agenda positiva de Cortizo, a pesar de que el presidente adoptó rápidamente medidas duras en respuesta al brote.