A new report by former president of Costa Rica and Dialogue Co-Chair Laura Chinchilla and Doreen Vorndran takes stock of the challenges and developments in security policy in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past decade.
The rapid rise of the private security industry is an inevitable byproduct of high levels of crime and violence in the region, and brings a new set of challenges to citizen security in Latin America.
New research from the Inter-American Dialogue and the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) shows how crime avoidance influences everyday behaviors and has significant consequences for education, economic opportunity, development, and the rule of law—and help explain why intentions to migrate have risen sharply in every Central American country.
Ben Raderstorf, Michael Camilleri, Carole J. Wilson, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
The relationship between the United States and the IACHR is historically complex, and the Trump Administration may be tempted to pull back—but engagement is still the best way to serve US strategic interests.