What Presidents Are Doing
What Presidents Are Doing
By
Emilie Sweigart
AQ examines how the region's leaders are tackling homicides.
This article is from Americas Quarterly’s new issue on reducing homicide in Latin America.
The murder epidemic in Latin America is an appalling tragedy. But it is also an incredibly complex public policy challenge stemming from problems that have plagued the region for decades: drug trafficking, organized crime, contraband, illegal mining, land rights, and in some cases, violence by state security forces themselves. AQ looks at the wide range of policies presidents have implemented (and presidents-elect are proposing) to protect the lives of their citizens...