Time Magazine
Investigative journalist and author of Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America and El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency; former Mexico correspondent for Time magazine
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Ioan Grillo
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FROM Ioan Grillo
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The Men behind the Most Dangerous Cartels Gangster warlords are now dominant players in Mexico and other countries south of the border. "The collapse of military dictatorships and guerrilla armies left stockpiles of weapons and soldiers searching for new payrolls." That's according to Ioan Grillo, investigative reporter and author of the new book Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America . Grillo discusses how crime goes together with politics and culture.
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Mexico: the Partnership and the Problems Mexico's new President wants to shift attention away from severed heads, mass graves and bodies hanging from bridges to a growing economy. So does President Obama on today's visit to the "Aztec Tiger," which is booming enough to attract foreign investors after years of paralysis. But the drug wars are not over. Four thousand people have died since Enrique Peña Nieto took office, and now vigilantes are taking the law into their own hands. Will stepped-up US enforcement aid still be welcome? Will security be the elephant in the room?
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Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.