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Narco-Culture Is a Weapon

Narco-Culture Is a Weapon

Narcoterrorism is not new. The delivery system is. The term dates to Peru in the early 1980s, and Pablo Escobar was bombing airliners decades ago. What has changed is the convergence of the crime-terror playbook with a digital cultural apparatus of narcocorridos, TikTok aesthetics, and influencer-style propaganda that industrializes recruitment and legitimization.

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Nearshoring Is Hemispheric Defense: The Americas’ Strategic Trade Realignment

Nearshoring Is Hemispheric Defense: The Americas’ Strategic Trade Realignment

Nearshoring is more than a trade trend. It is hemispheric defense. SFS’ new report explains how Latin America can become a trusted partner in U.S. supply-chain resilience.

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The Fall of Niño Guerrero

The Fall of Niño Guerrero

Regime Sponsorship, the Collapse of the Sanctuary, and the Window to Dismantle Venezuela's Criminal-State Apparatus.

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When Organized Crime Becomes Terror: The PCC and Comando Vermelho

When Organized Crime Becomes Terror: The PCC and Comando Vermelho

The U.S. designation of the Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho as foreign terrorist organizations reflects a strategic reality Brazil has long resisted confronting: its two most powerful criminal structures now use fear not merely to profit, but to govern.

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Invisible Contamination: Cocaine and Chemical inputs associated with Its production in Colombia’s drinking water

Invisible Contamination: Cocaine and Chemical inputs associated with Its production in Colombia’s drinking water

A new SFS report finds traces of cocaine and chemicals associated with its production in Colombian drinking water even after treatment, raising concerns over diffuse contamination, chronic exposure, food security and transnational chemical supply chains.

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Contaminación Invisible: cocaína e insumos químicos asociados a su producción en el agua potable de Colombia

Contaminación Invisible: cocaína e insumos químicos asociados a su producción en el agua potable de Colombia

Nuevo estudio de SFS revela la presencia de cocaína en muestras de agua potable en Colombia. El dato no es solo sanitario: expone cómo la economía ilícita de la cocaína contamina ríos, atraviesa sistemas urbanos y conecta el crimen local con cadenas globales de insumos químicos. Colombia enfrenta una arquitectura criminal que ya deja huellas en el agua que consumen sus ciudadanos.

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Caracas Delivers Saab: What Conditional Cooperation Reveals About Venezuela’s Stabilization

Caracas Delivers Saab: What Conditional Cooperation Reveals About Venezuela’s Stabilization

The handover reflects an emerging pattern of legal and diplomatic coordination as Caracas navigates post-Maduro stabilization, external pressure, and the conditions for a future transition.

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Three Decades Since the Panama Bombing: The Hezbollah Connection and Ali Zaki’s Extradition

Three Decades Since the Panama Bombing: The Hezbollah Connection and Ali Zaki’s Extradition

On April 20, 2026, Ali Zaki Hage Jalil arrived in Panama to face charges in the 1994 bombing of Alas Chiricanas Flight 901, a Hezbollah-linked attack that killed all 21 on board, one day after the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. For 30 years, he lived openly in Venezuela. His extradition marks the most significant breakthrough in the case since 1994, and a potential test of post-Maduro cooperation on counterterrorism.

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