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The 30 years since the kingpin’s death have shown that the business remains one of the world’s most dynamic criminal economies.

While there is some cause for concern, medical fentanyl is significantly different from the illicit fentanyl that has caused a health crisis in the US and Mexico.

Pablo Escobar's former hitman, Henry Holguín, explains how he exchanged killing for peacebuilding ahead of Colombia's Total Peace talks.

Venezuela produces industrial quantities of urea, tons of which are stolen and smuggled into Colombia to feed cocaine labs.

The Colombian peso moved towards 3,900 to the US dollar — and there appears little to suggest it will move it back towards the 4,200 level given current oil prices.

Remember, everything starts with situational awareness. Know your surroundings and be alert at all times.

The count includes 3 suicides, 2 homicides, 2 drug overdoses, 2 botched surgeries & 9 indeterminate deaths.

Colombian guards reportedly charged $64 USD for a hamburger, $255 for booze, $385 for marijuana, and $515 for a SIM card.

Procaps reported double digit revenue growth in 4 of 5 business units driven by market share gains & new product launches.

What can observers take from events in Peru? And what takeaways are relevant for Colombia’s upcoming 2022 elections, and for economic and civil liberty more broadly in the Americas? Daniel Raisbeck has some prescient observations.