By Amer Mahdi Doko I still remember Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s press conference last April when he announced the US had strong evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against civilians. Looking tired and pale, Hagel chose his words carefully, stating “our intelligence community does assess, with varying degrees of confidence, that the […]
OP-ED: Why Latin America? Complexity in the World’s Most Violent Region
By Jose I Lobo Carrillo Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank, noted in a recent speech, “Latin America has 8% of the population, but contributes 20% of the world’s homicides […] each day, around 350 homicides are committed in this region.” This is not new information. In a recent meeting at the […]