VRIC MONITOR No. 23 | Mexico moves closer to Cuba and Venezuela
OVERVIEW The VRIC is consolidating in Mexico. In the past month, Mexico City hosted the ongoing negotiations between the Venezuelan opposition and the regime and welcomed Cuba’s dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel
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VRIC MONITOR No. 22 | All eyes on Peru and Colombia
OVERVIEW Whether it’s the flared tensions between Israel and Hamas, or the current crisis and social unrest in Colombia, it is increasingly clear that democracies worldwide are under assault by brutal disi
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VRIC MONITOR No. 21 | Another border crisis, Colombia-Venezuela
OVERVIEW In the last few weeks, multiple congressional delegations have gone down to the U.S. southern border to assess the humanitarian crisis. The horrifying scene has captured the media’s attention with
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VRIC MONITOR No. 20 | Latin American Lawfare
OVERVIEW On Monday, March 8th, Bolivia’s former president and leader of the coca federations, Evo Morales, took a surprise trip to Buenos Aires. Less than a week later, former President Jeanine Añez was a
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VRIC MONITOR No. 19 | New COVID-19 vaccine “cold war” in Latin America
OVERVIEW In late 2019, Russia, Iran, and China carried out, for the first time-ever, a joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman as tensions heated up between Tehran and Washington. This month, the three are
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VRIC MONITOR No. 18 | Trump to Biden: America First policies aimed at weakening foreign adversaries
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VRIC MONITOR No. 17 | The Bolivarian Network is resurging in South America
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VRIC MONITOR No. 16 | Changes to Latin American Security Landscape post-October 18
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