The drug business continues to expand all across Latin America including Central America, the Caribbean, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

G8 leaders cannot ignore the signs that small-arms proliferation has made a mockery of state authority in many parts of the developing and ex-communist worlds, including regions, such as Central America and the Balkans, which are uncomfortably close to comfortable western homes.

ECONOMIST: Hey, anybody want a gun?

Certain countries, including some in the Andes and Central America, had more vulnerable economies and weaker institutions when reform started.

ECONOMIST: The slow road to reform