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Fragmented Integration in a Multipolar Trade Order: Latin America, Africa and the Search for Convergence
The reconfiguration of global trade is pushing both regions toward divergent external alliances that deepen their dependence and weaken regional cohesion.
Drug trafficking: The defining factor in Mexico’s relationship with the United States
Relations between the United States and Mexico on security matters landed abruptly in the state of Sinaloa when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York formally requested the arrest and extradition of Rubén Rocha Moya, the Morena governor of this northwestern Mexican state, along with nine other officials, for alleged ties to organized crime. This news is especially significant because there is no precedent in the history of bilateral relations for a demand of this kind, although some former governors have been arrested and have served sentences in U.S. prisons. The news was not surprising because U.S. President Donald Trump has maintained throughout his term that Mexico has been captured by organized crime and has asserted that the country has effectively become a kind of narco-state, something that fits with the narrative that several criminal organizations classified as terrorist groups must be fought. Among them, of course, is the Sinaloa Cartel, considered one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the world because of its extensive network of contacts spanning entire continents. However, although there is bilateral interest in combating these groups, as occurred with the arrest and extradition to the United States of figures such as Joaquín El...
‘Hondurasgate’ and the tragedy of automatic alignment in Latin America
A transnational disinformation network involving actors from Honduras, Argentina, Israel, and the United States reveals how automatic alignment continues to undermine Latin American autonomy and deepen external interference in the region’s political disputes.