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Can Businesses Stay Safe From Gangs in Mexico?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on extortion and organized crime in Mexico.

Arantza Alonso Berbotto, Philip Johnson, Amanda Mattingly, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

Latin America Advisor ˙

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Can the Gangs That Are Terrorizing Haiti Be Stopped?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the surge in gang violence in Haiti and calls for the prime minister’s resignation.

Monique Clesca, François Pierre-Louis, Raymond A. Joseph, Cécile Accilien

Latin America Advisor ˙

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Could a Kenya-Led Force Increase Security in Haiti?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ views on the potential deployment of Kenyan law enforcement officers to lead a multinational police force in Haiti.

Monique Clesca, Peter Hakim, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Richard Gowan, Martha Doggett, James Morrell

Latin America Advisor ˙

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Would Intervention by Foreign Troops Help Stabilize Haiti?

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on Haiti’s appeal for foreign intervention to help stabilize the country.

Peter Hakim, Jacky Lumarque, Georges Fauriol, Keith Mines, Bocchit Edmond

Latin America Advisor ˙

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El Salvador 25 Years After the Peace Agreements

On June 20, the Inter-American Dialogue invited founder, Carlos Dada, and director, José Luis Sanz, of El Faro, the preeminent online investigative journal in El Salvador, to reflect on the aftermath of the Chapultepec Peace Accords and on the current challenges facing El Salvador.

Andrea Clark

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Can Central America Break the Cycle of Drugs, Corruption and Gang War?

The roots of Central America’s challenges run deep, and the Trump Administration’s policies seem unlikely to help Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make significant progress.

Michael Shifter, Ben Raderstorf, Kaitlin Lavinder

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New Approaches to Central America’s Gangs

On Tuesday, May 23rd, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted an event with Ivan Briscoe, Latin America and Caribbean program director at the International Crisis Group; Ana Glenda Tager, Latin America regional director at Interpeace; and Steven Dudley, Co-Director of InSight Crime. During this session, the speakers addressed violence in Central American in relation to gangs.

Laura Campiglia de Méndez

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