Posted on July 14, 2020. Tags: Colombia, coronavirus, Crime, Drug Trafficking, economy, El Salvador, Gangs, Latin America, Mexico, violence
Stores, restaurants and other businesses are suffering as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Drug Gangs in Latin America are no exception. With many sources of revenue cut off, narco traffickers are forced to adapt in order to survive. Drug markets from Mexico to Honduras are changing and, along with them, so is the structure […]
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Posted in Drugs, Latin America, World
Posted on October 18, 2017. Tags: Africa, Corruption, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, economy, Elections, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Kenya, Liberia, Women's Rights
The international community has been quick to praise Liberia’s presidential elections as marking the country’s first peaceful transition of power in decades, with former football star George Weah taking an early lead in provisional results. This is indeed a remarkable feat for a country that has been ravaged by two civil wars, unexpected slumps in […]
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Posted in Africa, World
Posted on March 28, 2015. Tags: BDS, economy, European Union, Israel, israeli economy, Israeli election, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinian Israeli Conflict, Palestinians, UN
Almost everybody thinks badly of Israel. That’s what a poll published by the BBC World Service in 2014 shows. More precisely, Israel ranks as the fourth most negatively viewed nation, right after North Korea, Pakistan and Iran. What explains the differences between European and American views on Israel, and how does such an overall negative […]
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Posted in Conflict, Economics, Israel, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Political Security, Security Issues, World