Briefing Room 05.16.2026: CIA Covert Ops in Mexico, Aung San Suu Kyi's Fate Unknown, Crackdowns in Costa Rica.

Welcome back to The Briefing Room, the weekly update that we very narrowly voted not to turn into a game show entitled How Bad Can This Get With Me? Sadly, we didn't have the budget for a giant spinning wheel of awful news, but you know, maybe one day.

Today we're going to start off in Latin America where the Central Intelligence Agency is blowing up cartel bosses and carrying out drug raids on Mexican soil without Mexico's knowledge.

Then we'll travel to Myanmar for an ultra-depressing demonstration of authoritarian whitewashing in action before making a trip to Costa Rica to understand a rapidly worsening internal crisis. As always, thank you so much for your support of Fronts.co.