By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² Preface: As someone who has spent decades observing and working on the frontlines of Latin American security, I have learned that the most dangerous threats are often not sudden — they are slow-moving collapses hidden beneath the surface. In...
By, Octavio Pérez, Senior Fellow, MSI² They always give you a hint of what is to come. China went from dragging anchors to a state-of-the-art cable-cutting system. Not only have they done this, but they have proudly announced it to the world. Recent articles, as fresh as March...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² Executive Summary The Latin American socialist experiment is unraveling under the weight of economic failure, criminal capture, and failed external alliances. What remains is a network of regimes that sustain themselves not on ideological purity or productivity, but on cocaine...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² & William Acosta, SME Executive Summary Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s recent diplomatic overtures to China and his proposal to host the next summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in the United States reflect a bold,...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² & Dr. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, SME Over the past three years, the European Union (EU) has been Ukraine's main international ally in the face of Russian aggression. It has allocated more than €85 billion in military, humanitarian, and economic...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² & William Acosta, SME On May 6, 2025, a meticulously planned operation, dubbed “Operación Guacamaya,” successfully extracted five senior aides to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado from the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, where they had been sheltering...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² & William Acosta, SME A synthetic narcotic reshaping the global drug landscape through aesthetics, cartel strategy, and lethal unpredictability Tusi, widely known as “pink cocaine,” is a synthetic drug cocktail that has rapidly expanded from Latin America to Europe...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² & William Acosta, SME Introduction Nepotism serves as a cornerstone of Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian governance model, enabling the consolidation of political power through familial loyalty rather than professional merit. Daniella Cabello—daughter of Diosdado Cabello, one of Chavismo’s most powerful...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² & William Acosta, SME Summary In a bold display of maritime deception, the Maduro regime has ramped up its use of so-called “zombie tankers” to export oil in violation of U.S. sanctions. These ghost ships—operating under stolen identities, falsified...
By, Jose Adan Gutierrez, Senior Fellow, MSI² Executive Summary Panama and the United States have maintained a strategic alliance centered on the Panama Canal since the signing of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties in 1977, which enshrined a Neutrality Clause guaranteeing open and non‑discriminatory access for all nations in peace...