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Possible Violent Actors in Post-Maduro Venezuela

Groups that can generate violence and insecurity in post-Maduro Venezuela include elements of the armed forces and intelligence services, colectivos and militias, and Colombian and Venezuelan armed and criminal groups. Has the Trump administration thought this through?

#Featured #OrganizedCrime #PoliticsAndSecurity #PossibleConflictWithVenezuela #PublicSecurity #USPolicy #Venezuela

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At WOLA’s site: The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Military Deployment in Los Angeles Echoes the Overreach We’ve Long Opposed in Latin America

A new piece published at WOLA’s website sounds alarms about what’s happening in Los Angeles, urges everybody to pay attention, and urges political and national-security leaders to speak up and speak out now.

#CivilMilitaryRelations #HumanRights #PoliticsAndSecurity #USPolitics

http://admis.me/b/2za

Crossing a Threshold in Los Angeles

I’ve studied civil-military relations in Latin America for 30-plus years, during a time when the region underwent important transitions from military dictatorship to democracy. Now, before our very eyes, the United States is crossing a critical threshold in the other, disastrous direction.

#CivilMilitaryRelations #PoliticsAndSecurity #USPolitics

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Medellín’s Comuna 13, 22 Years After Operación Orión

Some quick notes on a visit to Medellín’s now-peaceful Comuna 13 neighborhood, site of a brutal military-paramilitary offensive in 2002. I reported from there in 2006.

#Colombia #Photos #PoliticsAndSecurity #Travel

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