Mexico & Central America
Mexico & Central America
Rationale
In the past 20 years, and in parallel to rising homicide rates in the region, we have witnessed an explosion in writing on violence in Mexico & Central America. Yet, a large proportion of this academic, journalistic and ‘expert’ work, as well as national and regional security policies, are characterized by the distance – both physical and analytical – that they maintain from the local realities that affect the region.
Because of this distance, as well as a strong normative stance on ‘criminal violence’, one can observe a lack of understanding around the local dynamics of security, governance and (dis)order.
PROJECTS

Podcast series
Conversations on Gender, Geography, and Violence against Women in Mexico & Central America


WRITE FOR US
The Mexico & Central America Program publishes original material on our website, as well as on a dedicated Blog Space on Animal Político.
Noria’s initiative aims to support qualitative research that enables a better understanding of the dynamics of violence in Mexico and Central America.
This effort is coordinated by a independent Editorial Board:
Dr. Cecilia Farfán-Mendez (Program Chief Editor)
Dr. María Martinez Trujillo (Animal Político Blog Editor)
Dr. Carlos Pérez Ricart
Dr. Nathaniel Morris
Our Editorial Board continuously receives proposals, written in English or Spanish, for publication on our website or our blog.

OUR ARTICLES
Extortion and Forced Displacement in Guatemala
9 December 2022Introduction Inésused to work in a special unit of the…
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9 December 2022The repression with which the government of Daniel Ortega dismantled…
Read MoreNo translation
8 November 2022The translated version of this article is not yet available…
Read MoreForced Migration and the Politics of Violence in El Salvador
29 October 2022In June 2022 more than fifty migrants from Mexico and…
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