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AQ Podcast | How Organized Crime Is Evolving in Latin America: 2025 Edition

While homicide rates are stable, criminals are getting an influx of cash from cocaine, gold mining and human trafficking.

Instead of seeking influence over presidents and legislatures, the region’s criminal groups are increasingly focusing on governors and mayors.

The Colombian leader will push for three key reforms in 2025, facing tensions with the Congress.

AQ tracks political and economic trends to watch and key indicators in 2025.

Organizers call the five-day Petronio Álvarez Festival in Cali “the largest African diaspora cultural event in Latin America.”

Rappi’s rise to a multi-billion-dollar company preparing for an IPO shows the potential for disruption in Latin America’s economies and job markets.

The chief economist for the region at Citigroup on the good numbers expected for 2025 and risks ahead

A reform proposal has reopened a critical issue for the country, but Congress should be cautious not to derail the nation’s delicate fiscal balance.

A broad overview of the likely consequences of the U.S. election for Latin America’s economies, trading relationships and domestic politics.

La Trocha’s brews are a hit, but Colombia’s peace process still lags behind implementation, leaving an aftertaste of fear for the future.

Food banks are working with Indigenous communities to fight malnutrition in one of the country’s most remote regions.

The old Plan Colombia formula no longer works. Policymakers should embrace a more holistic approach, writes a former U.S. diplomat.

Cartels are increasingly moving into legitimate businesses and everyday politics, highlighting the need for a new strategy of confronting them.

An analysis of opposition strategies, the solidity of Maduro’s regime and international efforts for a negotiated way forward