In Venezuela, security forces recently seized one of the country’s most-notorious prisons, with the mission of dismantling a transnational criminal gang that was ruled from inside. But the head of the gang was able to escape, and now, countries across South America are searching for him.
Pilar Lizana talks with The World about the situation of the prisons in Venezuela.
In this webinar hosted by the Shifting Latin American Security Programme at RUSI, which included the participation of Juan Pablo Toro, Executive Director of AthenaLab, it was discussed the pressing challenges faced by the administration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro as he seeks to bring peace and reconciliation to the country. Tuesday May 23, 2023Source: […]
March 8, 2023 Hosted by Columbia Global Centers | Santiago,Columbia’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and AthenaLab VIDEOS Watch the full workshop below: OPENING REMARKS AND SESSION ONE: Scientific and political dialogue on climate change in Latin America Opening Remarks9:05 – 9:30Climate change and securityJack Snyder, Professor of International Relations, Columbia University Session One9:30 – 10:40Scientific and political […]
A successful participation had the executive director of AthenaLab, Juan Pablo Toro, and the head of studies, John Griffiths, in the first regional security conference organized by the Royal United Services Institute of London, Watch the sessions below: SESIÓN 1: Latin America and great power competition: What is the Americas’ place in a changing global […]
More than 7 million Venezuelans have left their homeland since 2015 amid ongoing economic and political crises in their country. And with ineffective border security, criminal gangs are increasing their efforts to take advantage of the migrants
Pilar Lizana talks with The World Radio about transnational criminal organizations and migration
The seminar “Weapons in Latin America: Conflict, Crime and (In)Security”, organized by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), included the participation of the AthenaLab researcher, Pilar Lizana. Watch the full seminar below:
July 13, 2022. About Russia and Ukraine war.
On May 11 at 6:30 p.m. (May 12 at 08:30 a.m. in Australia) Admiral (r) Julio Leiva, president of the AthenaLab Advisory Board, presented a vision of the Chilean perspective on the Indo-Pacific at The Indo Pacific Sea Power Conference 2022 ( IP22) organized by the Royal Australian Navy. In this version, the conference dealt […]
