Video: A Conversation on Security and Democracy in Central America with Asst. Sec. of State William Brownfield
Video: A Conversation on Security and Democracy in Central America with Asst. Sec. of State William Brownfield
During an August 11 event co-hosted by Council of the Americas, Ambassador William Brownfield provided insight into democracy and transnational crime in a Central American context. View C-SPAN's video recording of the event.
During an August 11 event co-hosted by Council of the Americas, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Ambassador William Brownfield provided insight into transnational crime in a Central American context.
"The United States is not blameless in this scenario, after all it is primarily our insatiable appetite for illegal narcotics and our inability to prevent the supply of weapons travelling south across the border with Mexico that is quite literally fueling the crisis. But the region itself must also do more. Working together in a new way in some of the most fundamentally intrusive issues including security and raising the revenue to pay for it," says COA's Eric Farnsworth during the discussion.
"There are two partners who must be partners in this effort, for geographic reasons, for political reasons for socioeconomic reasons, and for law enforcement reasons. We talk about this as the Central America initiative, in many ways we probably should talk about it as the Mesoamerican initiative. You cannot address this issue involving the seven countries of Central America without incorporating the governments of Colombia and Mexico into the solution," says Ambassador Brownfield.
