By Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro, the country's first left-wing president in the 200 years of its independence, took office as president of Colombia on 7 August 2022. "This is the government of life, of peace, and it will be remembered...
by Maurizio Sacchi
At least two clichés about the relationship between Colombian criminal organisations and politics are demystified in the memoirs of former narco Carlos Lehder. His book, Life and Death of the Medellín Cartel (below is the cover of...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Haiti sinks deeper and deeper into violence and chaos. It has been without a prime minister since 12 March, when Ariel Henry resigned after armed gangs prevented him from returning from Kenya, where he had signed an...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Visiting Port-au-Prince on 3 July, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a "robust international force" to help the Haitian police fight criminal gangs. It was Guterres' first visit to Haiti as UN chief. "We must put Haiti...
by Marco Grisenti* - Unimondo
De-dollarisation is not a new phenomenon, but a process that has been underway for at least 25 years, as evidenced by the composition of the world’s central bank reserves, where the dollar has steadily declined...
By Gianni Beretta
On the streets of the rural town of Matagalpa (in northern Nicaragua), the day of August 4th must have looked like a TV series in the making: Bishop Rolando Alvarez appeared, raising the monstrance and blessing on...
By Lasse Bruun and Milena Bernal Rubio (*) – Newsweek
The aspiration of inter-regionalism is to ease access for companies to regulated markets by giving them more legal protection, better geographical access and lower investment costs. However, integration projects and...
By Gianni Beretta
At least 1,400 young pandilleros were arrested in El Salvador in some 50 public order operations throughout the country. This happened in the first three days of the 'state of exception' adopted by the President of the...
by Raffaele Crocco
It was 1 January. If the first day of the year marks the beginning of something, or at least that’s how it’s perceived, then the 1st of January 1994 really marked the beginning of an adventure. On...
