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20 Jun 2024
[El Salvador's president] Bukele has been able to effectively reduce [non-state] violence through authoritarian measures because he has full control of the main state ins... Vox

Renata Segura

Program Director, Latin America and Caribbean
17 May 2024
Criminal violence [in Mexico] has become much more difficult to resolve today than six years ago. ... You can't expect a quick fix to the situation, it's too deeply ingra... AP

Falko Ernst

Senior Analyst, Mexico
13 Nov 2023
Most [Central American] governments have recognized that what is of clear interest to the US is migration … They will either become partners or adversaries on this issue. AP

Pamela Ruiz

Former Analyst, Central America
14 Feb 2023
[Nicaraguan President Ortega] would prefer to revert to a steady, low-level authoritarian government in which there are perhaps none of the more visible forms of abuses b... Los Angeles Times

Ivan Briscoe

Senior Director for Policy

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