A new report from a US researcher examines the performance of Guatemala's national police force, finding that despite a years-long boost in budgetary resources, the body is underperforming amid an enduring wave of violence.

Weekly InSight | 28 March 2014

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Gangs Reassert Themselves in Rio's 'Pacified' Favelas InSight Crime accompanied Rio's elite military police squad as it occupied one of the city's biggest and most violent favelas, the latest operation in the "pacification" scheme as Vila Kennedy's Police Pacification Unit (UPP) becomes the 38th installed since 2008. However as promised social investment fails to materialize, critics are pointing to recent outbreaks of violence in other pacified favelas as evidence that a one-dimensional security approach cannot have long-term success. Report Puts Guatemala National Police Under the Microscope A new report from a US researcher examines the performance of Guatemala's national police force, finding that despite a years-long boost in budgetary resources, the body is underperforming amid an enduring wave of violence. Broadening Conceptions of Citizen Security in Latin America Tales From Mexico's Embattled Media: Part 1 Tales From Mexico's Embattled Media: Part 2

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Human Rights Watch video on the crisis lived by Buenaventura as drug groups battle for control of the area. Graph showing rising homicides in Guatemala despite a simultaneous increase in the national police budget.

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