Latin America’s Changing Web of Risks
Governance is being questioned across the region amid interconnected security and economic challenges.
Organized crime is changing Latin America’s societal fabric. As the region’s most visible threat, the emergence of transnational crime organizations is rapidly reconfiguring some traditional perceptions, and countries long viewed as stable and safe are now succumbing to a trend of high homicide rates and widespread criminality. The inescapable reality is reshaping risk in the region, and Chile and Ecuador, once viewed as islands of stability, are now at the same high-risk levels long associated with Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, three countries historically associated with protracted...
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