Earlier this week I started, but didn't finish, writing a post with the following: Mexico ends its year with a major success in its war, the killing of Arturo Beltran Leyva. The killing of drug bosses disrupts the system, but won't likely lower the...

There are weeks when it feels like the Colombian conflict has hit a turning point and is on its way into the history books. And then there are weeks like this one, when it feels like little has changed. Luis Francisco Cuellar, the governor of Caqueta,...

I'm drafting a post for the end of the year based on something I wrote last January about the stability of certain Latin American governments. Looking back at 2009, my analysis in January about which countries could face serious instability was fairly...

WSJ: The chaos in Ciudad Juárez has snared Mexico's army, the country's most respected institution, in what may be a no-win situation. Even as the violence rises, so do allegations of human-rights abuses by the army. The failure to pacify Ciudad...

Another weekend, another back and forth between the Colombian and Venezuelan governments. Colombian Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva gave a lengthy interview to El Tiempo in which he said the Colombian military must prepare to counter or avoid an...