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:

Attacks on Journalists and "New Media" in Mexico's Drug War

by John P. Sullivan | Sat, 04/09/2011 - 7:18am | 1 comment

Panama: Is Restructuring the Razor to Cut Out Corruption?

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 03/23/2011 - 8:10pm | 0 comments

Optimizing Use of the Armed Forces in Combating Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:46am | 0 comments

COIN in Mexico?

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 03/05/2011 - 10:57am | 6 comments

The Mexican Cartel Debate

by Robert Bunker | Fri, 02/11/2011 - 9:25pm | 24 comments

Strategy for Military Counter Drug Operations

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:40am | 37 comments

Criminal Insurgencies in Mexico: Web and Social Media Resources

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 01/12/2011 - 2:59am | 1 comment

The Merida Initiative: A Flawed Counterdrug Policy?

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 01/06/2011 - 12:19pm | 0 comments

Che Guevara: An Exploration of Revolutionary Theory

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 12/17/2010 - 9:20am | 18 comments

From the TBA to the USA: Barbarians at the Gate

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 11/15/2010 - 8:38am | 2 comments

Cholera in Haiti? Send in the Marines

by Gary Anderson | Fri, 11/05/2010 - 1:30am | 3 comments

The U.S. Strategic Imperative Must Shift

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 10/06/2010 - 10:09pm | 2 comments

Plan Mexico?

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 09/14/2010 - 11:19pm | 4 comments

Hezbollah in South America

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 09/10/2010 - 8:25am | 6 comments

The Ugly Truth: Insurgencies are Brutal

by Robert Bunker | Sun, 08/15/2010 - 8:17am | 72 comments

The Spiritual Significance of ¿Plata O Plomo?

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 05/27/2010 - 7:19am | 1 comment

Lessons From a Military Humanitarian in Port-au-Prince

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 03/28/2010 - 7:34pm | 0 comments

Criminal Insurgency in the Americas

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 02/13/2010 - 11:09am | 15 comments

Cartel v. Cartel: Mexico's Criminal Insurgency

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 02/01/2010 - 8:05pm | 0 comments

Haiti: Boots on the Ground Perspective

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 01/27/2010 - 7:28pm | 2 comments

Crime and Terrorism

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 11/04/2009 - 6:07pm | 2 comments

Third-Generation Gangs and Criminal Insurgency in Latin America

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 6:47pm | 0 comments

Not So Fast, Amigas y Amigos

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 07/02/2009 - 1:40pm | 9 comments

How to Think about Mexico and Beyond

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 06/15/2009 - 5:31pm | 1 comment

Future Conflict: Criminal Insurgencies, Gangs and Intelligence

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 05/31/2009 - 8:09am | 1 comment