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Conflict Watchlist 2025: Mexico
12 December 2024
President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office in October 2024, faces a reshuffling gang landscape and potentially heightened violence in the coming year.
Read MoreConflict Watchlist 2025: Colombia
12 December 2024
Regional peace talks could be an important but insufficient step in solving Colombia’s conflict under President Gustavo Petro.
Read More‘Total Peace’ paradox in Colombia: Petro’s policy reduced violence, but armed groups grew stronger
28 November 2024
EnglishEspañolEnglish Since he took office in August 2022, Gustavo Petro — the first left-wing and former guerrilla president in Colombia’s history — has invested much of his political capital into…
Read MoreGang violence in the Caribbean reaches farther than Haiti
23 October 2024
In recent years, Haiti has made headlines for unprecedented levels of gang violence, with gangs increasingly challenging state authorities and expanding their grip over the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and beyond,…
Read MoreViv Ansanm: Living together, fighting united – the alliance reshaping Haiti’s gangland
16 October 2024
EnglishFrançaisEnglish Read in French On 22 September 2023, amid escalating gang violence and intense rivalries, several gang leaders unexpectedly announced the formation of a new alliance called Viv Ansanm.1Rezo Nòdwès,…
Read MoreFive key takeaways from the 2024 elections in Mexico
2 July 2024
Attacks related to political competition and attempts to put pressure on authorities at the local level — primarily perpetrated by organized crime groups — characterized the violence around the 2024 election cycle in Mexico, according to ACLED data.
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