Expertos en seguridad y el sector privado convocados por AS/COA y el Banco Mundial plantean iniciativas para impulsar programas de reinserción social y prevención de violencia en Centroamérica.
Security & Defense
This Americas Society policy brief highlights the role of the private sector in violence prevention to provide a more nuanced grasp of the space that can be filled by the business community.
Two court maritime rulings this month could challenge anti-trafficking efforts in the Caribbean basin, but may also lead to increased cooperation with the United States.
The Mexican president-elect traveled to Washington ahead of his inauguration with the goal of making economic relations a priority over security concerns.
In the wake of Colorado and Washington legalizing marijuana, officials and analysts in Mexico debate whether the laws will have an impact on transnational crime issues.
Preliminary discussions in the peace talks include how to involve those affected by violence in the negotiations.
After a private AS/COA roundtable in El Salvador on security and violence prevention, the minister discussed the results of El Salvador's gang truce and whether it is a model that could be replicated in Guatemala and Honduras.