This week's GLA Podcast goes beyond Latin America's "Troika of Tyranny," Venezuela, Cuba, & Nicaragua, to explore the role of tyranny in transnational crime and U.S. national security interests throughout Latin America. Guest Dr. Ryan Berg is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on transnational organized crime, narco-trafficking, and illicit networks. He also studies Latin American foreign policy and development issues. Before joining AEI, Dr. Berg served as a research consultant at the World Bank, as a Fulbright Scholar in Brazil, and a visiting doctoral fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He has also worked in Peru and São Paulo, Brazil.
In this episode, you'll hear about the Cuba link to Nicaraguan troubles, Brazil, and transnational crime, how Mexican cartels continue to engage in cross-border criminal activities, including right here in Virginia. You'll hear how sanctions are a tool, not a policy, and how recent events in Venezuela could result in further destabilization of the Andean region. You can read more about Ryan and his work on the AEI website.
Further Reading
"Restoring Democracy in Nicaragua, Escalating efforts against the Ortega-Murillo regime," Berg, AEI (July 28, 2020).
"Checkmating Chavismo: An evaluation of US sanctions against Venezuela," Berg, AEI (August 19, 2020).
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"The Triangle of Tyranny in Latin America," with American Enterprise Institute Fellow, Dr. Ryan Berg