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Research explores the security challenges and impact of organised crime in Latin America.

Latin America

Latin America

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China and Brazil
In a hypothetical scenario, a move like that would face scrutiny and resistance locally and internationally."
Dr Carlos Solar
Senior Research Fellow, Latin American Security
18 May 2025
UK Defence
The fact that the UK is prepared to sell off useful amphibious capability - which could be used in evacuation operations or other cases where air transport is difficult - shows just how tight finances are even with the promised budget increase."
Matthew Savill
Director of Military Sciences
4 April 2025
RUSI's Latin American Security Conference 2025
Freshly-installed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the highest-ranking Hispanic American official in U.S. history, picked Central America and the Caribbean for his first tour in his new post and has pushed Latin America towards the front of the new administration's foreign policy agenda. "Our allies in the U.S. are considering their approach," said Baroness Jennifer Chapman, the U.K. government's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean during a speech at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank in London on Thursday.
31 January 2025

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Dr Carlos Solar

Senior Research Fellow, Latin American Security

International Security

Louise Marie Hurel

Research Fellow

Cyber and Tech

Jennifer Scotland

Research Analyst

Organised Crime and Policing

Fellows

Dr Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho

Associate Fellow; Reader in Brazilian and Latin American Studies, KCL

Dr Alexander Chance

Associate Fellow - specialising in transnational organised crime and corruption

Fiona Clouder

Distinguished Fellow - Expertise in Latin America

David Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow, Former Chilean Ambassador to the UK

John Griffiths-Spielman

Distinguished Fellow; Head of Security and Defence Studies, AthenaLab, Chile

Dr Ashley Hess

Associate Fellow

Nicholas Hopton

RUSI Distinguished Fellow

Genevieve Kotarska

RUSI Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher

Richard Kouyoumdjian Inglis

Senior Associate Fellow; Vice Chairman of AthenaLab, Chile

Vice Admiral Ignacio Mardones

Distinguished Fellow; Director of Institutional Relations at AthenaLab, Chile

Dr Felipe Medeiros

Associate Fellow

Dr Alexandra Phelan

Associate Fellow

Professor Peter Roberts

Senior Associate Fellow

Juan Pablo Toro

Senior Associate Fellow; Executive Director of AthenaLab, Chile

Martin Verrier

Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Practitioner / Researcher

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