Why the U.S. Can't Afford to Ignore Latin America by Christopher Sabatini and Ryan Berger, CNN.
El Centro
SWJ El Centro, or "downtown" in Spanish, is our town square for analysis and discussion of Latin America's guerilla wars and criminal insurgencies. More about El Centro here.
Recent El Centro Journal Articles and SWJ Blog Posts:
by Adam Geibel | Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:05am | 0 comments
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #12A: Lanzagranadas y Lanzacohetes - Tracking The Sources of Mexican Cartels’ RPG7s.
by John P. Sullivan | Tue, 06/05/2012 - 10:18pm | 2 comments
Small Wars Journal and El Centro is saddened to announce the death of Graham H. Turbiville Jr.
by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 06/04/2012 - 4:26pm | 0 comments
Now available at Amazon.com: Mexico's Criminal Insurgency: A Small Wars Journal-El Centro Anthology by John P. Sullivan and Robert J Bunker.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 06/02/2012 - 5:52pm | 1 comment
Western Banks 'Reaping Billions from Colombian Cocaine Trade' by Ed Vulliamy of The Guardian.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 06/01/2012 - 5:22am | 0 comments
A New Front Line in the U.S. Drug War by Damien Cave, Charlie Savage, and Thom Shanker of the New York Times.
by Robert Bunker | Thu, 05/31/2012 - 8:57pm | 5 comments
Mexico Cartel Drops Aerial Leaflets Against Gov't - AP via The Seattle Times. BLUF:
by David Kuhn, by Robert Bunker | Thu, 05/31/2012 - 5:22pm | 0 comments
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #12: Forensics of Recovered Weapons from Piedras Negras Tactical Engagement Between Los Zetas and GATE (Grupo de Armas y Tácticas Especiales).
by Adam Geibel | Wed, 05/30/2012 - 6:42am | 5 comments
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #11A - MG 34 Machine Guns in Mexico : The Guatemalan Connection.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 05/25/2012 - 12:34am | 9 comments
Mexico’s Two Major Crime Cartels Now at War by William Booth, Washington Post.
by Robert Bunker, by David Kuhn | Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:07am | 4 comments
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #11: MG 34 Machine Guns Recovered in Nayarit— Hezbollah Arms Transfer Concerns
by Robert Bunker, by David Kuhn | Mon, 05/14/2012 - 5:37am | 1 comment
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #10: Claymore Anti-Personnel Mine (and Other Military Hardware) Recovered in Zacatecas.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:56am | 1 comment
Should U.S. Troops Fight the War on Drugs? New York Times debate on whether the U.S. military should be involved in the war on drugs.
by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 05/06/2012 - 5:45am | 3 comments
Lessons of Iraq Help U.S. Fight a Drug War in Honduras by Thom Shanker, New York Times.
by Robert Bunker | Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:50am | 0 comments
Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Instability by Dr. Phil Williams and Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown, U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.
by Robert Bunker | Tue, 04/17/2012 - 5:59pm | 0 comments
There are 10,000 saints in the Catholic Church. But there is one that’s not even real that many people are praying to.
by Robert Bunker | Mon, 04/16/2012 - 2:28pm | 0 comments
H.R. 4303: A bill to direct the Secretary of State to designate as foreign terrorist organizations certain Mexican drug cartels and submit a report on the activities the Department of State is taking to assist Mexico with drug cartel violence, and for other purposes.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 04/11/2012 - 5:08am | 0 comments
In advance of a hemispheric summit in Colombia this weekend the Washington Post reports that Latin American countries are pursuing alternatives to the US drug war strategy.
by Peter J. Munson | Fri, 04/06/2012 - 3:27pm | 0 comments
A new book from two SWJ El Centro fellows on Los Zetas.
by SWJ Editors | Sat, 03/31/2012 - 8:34pm | 2 comments
Latin American governments are bringing militaries on the streets to combat gangs and cartels, but at what price?