This class explores several problems shared between the United States, Mexico, and the Northern Triangle of Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador): organized crime, transnational gangs, and migration – as well as the interconnections between these issues. We’ll look at how U.S. policies during the Cold War, as well as contemporary politics, have fueled cycles of violence and contributed to a transnational crisis between the U.S. and the Northern Triangle of Central America.