Southern Pulse is a consultancy and field-based organization focused on energy, politics, business, and security in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
. It was founded by the journalist and author
Samuel Logan
Samuel Logan (born 9 April 1976) is an investigative journalist and analyst on security, politics, and energy in Latin America.
Logan was born at a Cherry Point military hospital in North Carolina, and has lived in New Orleans, Houston, Camden ( ...
in 2004, and it now has a network of investigators that operate across the Americas.
Foundation
Southern Pulse was founded in 2004 by
Samuel Logan
Samuel Logan (born 9 April 1976) is an investigative journalist and analyst on security, politics, and energy in Latin America.
Logan was born at a Cherry Point military hospital in North Carolina, and has lived in New Orleans, Houston, Camden ( ...
, a writer and investigative journalist, as a private human intelligence organization with focus in Latin America. The organization currently based in
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
.
It has operators in the Latin American countries of Mexico, Chile, El Salvador, Colombia, and Brazil, and seeks "to mitigate risk for public and private sector clients with exposure to political, security, financial, or legal risk in Latin America". Using in-country sources and field contracts, Southern Pulse gathers and produces information on these countries security, energy, politics, and business patterns via news feeds or weekly "pulses".
See also
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InSight Crime
InSight Crime is a non-profit journalism and investigative organization specialized in organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. The organization has offices in Washington, D.C., and Medellín, Colombia.
InSight Crime has received funds ...
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Organizations established in 2004
Investigative journalism