Director, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies @CUNYGC; Marxe Professor @baruchcollege and @CUNY. Author of Criminal Enterprises and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean.https://bsky.app/profile/desarias.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/desarias.bsky.social/post/3mrga2w7orc26I happy to share a free link to an article I published at Geoforum entitled "Illicit Value Chains, Market Challenges, and Criminal Governance in Colombia." This took a great deal of work and I am happy to see it in print. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1nPsX3pILpRFD24 Jul 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:oxq7u7xt72fmyhejnrls6bil/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrga2w7orc26https://bsky.app/profile/desarias.bsky.social/post/3ly6q4wio622pTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:oxq7u7xt72fmyhejnrls6bil/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6q4wio622phttps://bsky.app/profile/desarias.bsky.social/post/3lifklmle622lThis is an excellent article addressing the impacts of the US arms trade on violence in Mexico. Illicit US arms exports affect Mexico and countries around the Caribbean. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:oxq7u7xt72fmyhejnrls6bil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifklmle622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/desarias.bsky.social/post/3lcj26qmjws2lHonored to have Claudia López Hernández, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, speaking at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.bsky.social on strategies for urban development in the Global South.04 Dec 2024 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:oxq7u7xt72fmyhejnrls6bil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcj26qmjws2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/desarias.bsky.social/post/3l6ampclljt2zToday at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.bsky.social we are hosting a conference in migration and governance that examines the intersection between formal and informal management of migration in the Americas.11 Oct 2024 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:oxq7u7xt72fmyhejnrls6bil/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6ampclljt2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/desarias.bsky.social/post/3klv4c2sr3j2bThis evening the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is honored to host Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith who is presentation on the Guyana-Venezuela Crisis.20 Feb 2024 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:oxq7u7xt72fmyhejnrls6bil/app.bsky.feed.post/3klv4c2sr3j2b