Sofia is a researcher in the Central America team at ACLED and has been with the organization since August 2024. She has previously worked in the field of international migration and asylum at the European Union Asylum Agency, the Agency for Fundamental Rights and at the Council of Europe. She holds a MSc in International Migration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BSc in International Relations from Oxford Brookes University.
US-Venezuela relations thaw after the capture of Maduro, clashes between cartels led to a spike in criminal violence in Mexico, and Guatemala imposed a state of emergency.
Violence intensified in northern Veracruz state in Mexico, Venezuela mobilized forces as the US deployed warships and personnel to the Caribbean, and new security measures in prisons in Guatemala triggered coordinated riots.
In July, the Los Choneros leader’s arrest in Manabí, Ecuador, triggered a deadly dispute, the government in Trinidad and Tobago imposed a new state of emergency, and artisanal miners in Peru mobilized to demand formalization.