Crime & Criminal Justice

Already the [Mexican] government is taking flak for letting less violent and ostentatious criminal groups off the hook. It will be an even more sensitive issue for Pena Nieto because he has all the PRI baggage of negotiated deals.

There have been many, often credible allegations of the complicity of Venezuelan officials in the drug trade. Areas bordering Colombia are a major springboard for the cocaine trade onward, and the Venezuelan military is widely believed to be taking a cut on the trade, with complicity reaching high levels of the government.

Africans must focus on building strong institutions to deal with human rights violations ourselves, else we should not claim to be independent and instead should let others define and enforce the rules.