... society remains weak after being subjected to “preventive repression” under the dictatorship. Corruption is widespread, with senior political figures linked to organized crime; smuggling and drug trafficking are flourishing. Another Stroessner legacy is neighboring Brazil’s dominant position in Paraguay’s...

... complicity with organized crime. On the other hand, there is a competing narrative disseminated by the state that normalizes the conditions of violence. This contributes to widespread social indifference built on the idea that those who are harmed by these conditions (often portrayed by the state...

... presidents on both left and right. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 Ecuador narco-trafficking state capture organized crime “Let the capos come for me…the time for threats is over,” boomed Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio to a hall packed...

... assumptions that deportees are linked to organized crime. I embarked on this project already familiar with the politics involved in naming street organizations in Haiti. My book Street Sovereigns shows how the term baz , with its appeal to the social basis and popular sovereignty of the group, serves...