By Stephen Blank, Eurasia Daily Monitor: "It has only recently become clear to analysts in the United States that Russia is playing a big role in Latin America to destabilize Washington’s alliance system and threaten U.S. interests"
How the Sinaloa Cartel Clobbered Mexico's Army
By Ted Galen Carpenter, The American Conservative: "While American media outlets have been trashing the Trump administration over its abandonment of America's “noble Kurdish allies” in Syria, they have paid little attention to an extraordinary and alarming development in Mexico. This week, criminals actually declared open season on the Mexican government—and won."