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Posts tagged with ‘South America’

  • Oct012026

    Reconceptualising Makarenko’s Continuum in the Digital Age: The Case of Hezbollah

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    This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin America and the implications/risks for…

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  • Sep302026

    Neither Terrorist nor Criminal: How Hybrid Actors Fall Through Platform Moderators

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    This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin America and the implications/risks for…

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  • Jun232026

    From Columbine to Teotihuacán: The Rise of Nihilistic Violence in Latin America

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    On 20 April 2026, a shooting attack took place at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids. The alleged perpetrator, 27-year-old Julio César Jasso…

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  • Feb042026

    Shock and Awe: Geopolitical Disruption and Terrorist Narrative Opportunism Online

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    The US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, generated a short but intense disruption in…

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  • Nov142025

    From TechHaven to Telegram: How Latin American Youth Are Being Drawn into Jihadist Networks

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    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Addressing Youth Radicalization and Mobilization. GIFCT Working Groups bring…

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  • Aug112025

    Introducing BR-ECHO: A Tool to Fight Online Extremism in Brazilian Portuguese

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    This Insight contributes to GNET’s PhD Researcher Series, highlighting emerging academic voices in the field of countering violent extremism and…

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  • Jul282025

    Guerrillas Online: Recruitment, Propaganda, and Control by Colombia’s FARC-EP Dissidents and ELN

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    In 2016, Colombia signed a historic peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP), a…

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  • Jul212025

    Hezbollah’s Latin American Networks: Stablecoins, Smuggling, and Sanctions Evasion

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    In early 2024, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Syria-based hawala operator, Tawfiq Muhammad Said…

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  • Feb102025

    Sonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global Networks

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    Introduction This Insight will discuss the Brazilian National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM) scene and its role in propagating extremist ideologies,…

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  • Nov222024

    Terrorgram and Youth Radicalisation: Understanding Brazil’s Online Extremist Landscape

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    Introduction The emergence of extremist ideologies in Brazil, particularly through the Telegram network known as Terrorgram, presents a grave threat…

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