Should Mexican Troops Keep Fighting Cartels?
Is López Obrador’s plan to form a National Guard to combat organized crime a good idea?
Security & Drug Policy
Latin America’s citizens persistently cite rising levels of violence as their main concern. Undoubtedly, developments linked to heightened insecurity and often tied to the drug trade undermine democratic processes and stunt economic growth. The Inter-American Dialogue’s work on security examines criminal trends throughout Latin America and promotes exchange between US and regional analysts, policymakers, journalists, and business leaders on how to address this growing challenge. Since 2008, the Dialogue has also worked to supply Latin American governments and nongovernmental organizations with independent analysis on current drug control policies as well as non-traditional or alternative strategies.
Analysis See all
Citizen Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Innovation in Management and Public Policies in the Last 10 Years
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.
Police Transformation in Latin America by 2030
A new report by Dialogue fellow Kevin Casas, Paola González and Liliana Mesías analyzes the dominant trends in police behavior and organization and predicts how they will shape police forces over time.
Press Mentions See all
En cuanto a la seguridad, AMLO ahora dice que confiará en los militares para hacer cumplir la ley hasta que sus soluciones a largo plazo tengan un impacto. Eso marca un cambio de su retórica de campaña.
El subdesarrollo y la violencia han influido en una oleada de emigración que hoy podría ser la tercera o cuarta mayor crisis migratoria del mundo.