Geopolitics, Militarization and Humanitarian Crisis in Central America

The article contains an analysis of the principal factors that cause insecurity within the countries of Central America, and its geopolitical and humanitarian effects, principally to Mexico and the US. This phenomenon adds a though challenge to the governments, due to the resources that have crimina...

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Autor: Benítez Manaut, Raúl
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:Ecuador
Recursos:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Comentario Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/481
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/481
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:América Central
seguridad
geopolítica
EUA
violencia
organizaciones criminales.
Central America
security
geopolitics
United States
violence
criminal organizations
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Resumo:The article contains an analysis of the principal factors that cause insecurity within the countries of Central America, and its geopolitical and humanitarian effects, principally to Mexico and the US. This phenomenon adds a though challenge to the governments, due to the resources that have criminal organizations. Therefore, public insecurity and drug trafficking turn into the principal security issues to the government and to the citizens. For ends and purposes, within this article, the region of Central America has been divided into two: Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador), and Southern Triangle Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama).