Since the financial crisis, a number of political scandals were fueled by allegations of corruption and fraud. Following recent events surrounding South Africa’s Jacob Zuma and Israel’s Prime Minister Jacob know more
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In a rapidly changing and dynamic world information is everywhere, but it’s hard to find a reliable, concrete analysis of political, social, and economic developments. At Interpoint Global Security Solutions, we’ve organized a group of professional researchers to provide our clients with an uncommon strategic perspective. By creating a methodology based on structural and conjunctural analysis, our analysts forge information into intelligence. We look at Latin America from a different perspective so that clients can get a more complete picture of reality as it happens.
Ciao, Lula! Como Vai, Crisis.
Brazil is dangerously exposed. On Wednesday 24, January, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s conviction for corruption and money laundering was upheld following an appeal launched in July. In a highly know more
In Davos, World Economic Forum Hints at Tomorrow’s Problems
The 48th World Economic Forum that took place in Davos last week had big plans – or at least ambitions. It claimed to work on “Creating a Shared Future in know more
Venezuela in 2018: A Look Forward
Óscar Pérez and his band of dissident security officers – known for having launched dud grenades at Venezuela’s Supreme Court last June, an attack that captured the country’s attention – know more
Brazil in 2018: A Look Forward
The year 2018 is election year in Brazil and news keeps on pointing to severe structural problems the country and its government, including basically all its administrative structures, continues to know more
Peña Nieto Brings his Failed Security Concept to a Next Level
Ten years, eleven months, three weeks and five days – this is how long Mexico is at war, as of today. On December 11th, 2006 the Calderón (PAN) government decided know more
No Matter the Party, the Mexican Government is Inept Against Narcos
With Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto’s (EPN) penultimate year in office drawing to a close, there’s little evidence that the Mexican people are faring any better under EPN’s and his know more
The Troubling News of Paradise Papers Require Political Force
It is the second biggest data leak. It spans a cool 13.4 million files extracted from just two offshore “service providers” and the registries of 19 tax havens with dates know more
A Death Foretold: Lawyers Release Their Findings on the Murder of Berta Cáceres
On Tuesday of this week a group of international lawyers (Grupo Asesor Internacional de Personas Expertas – GAIPE) released a report with the quite telling title: “Dam Violence: the Plan know more
Trump Makes a New Deal to Fight Immigration and Crime, in a Different Way Than Expected
For the United States and Mexico, immigration from Central America has gotten out of hand. Just last year, more than 200,000 Central Americans were detained at the US-Mexico Border. For know more