Articles:
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Swimming Against the Tide
Panorama: Fall 2007
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We're All in This Together
The head of U.S. Southern Command asseses the unconventional security threats facing the region, ranging from narcotics and gang violence to terrorism. The solution, he argues, is hemisphere-wide cooperation.
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Civic Innovator: Jesús Aguais, U.S.
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Interview (Fall 2007)
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper explains why his government is getting serious about Latin America.
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The Mugging of Latin America
Surveys demonstrate citizens feel threatened by crime as never before. But when it happens to you, the statistics become personal. Are politicians paying heed?
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Risky Business
Crime is cutting into business profits and GDP growth. Instead of running away from the problem, entrepreneurs around the region are coming up with creative ways of tackling it.
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Demystifying the Maras
Central America's murderous youth gangs have become handy media symbols for a new transnational threat. A closer look suggests the media may be wrong.
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The Reinvention of Latin American Militaries
Many of the region's militaries are changing their roles in ways that have kept them out of trouble at home but are raising troubling new questions.
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Seguridad Nacional, Inc.
Do the spreading business interests of the armed forces represent new threats to the region's economic and political development? Plus: Crime and official denial in Venezuela; Chile's success in justice reform; improving security in Bogota; battling narcotics traffickers in Nicaragua; and reducing the murder rate in Diadema, Brazil.
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Fixing Social Security in Latin America (Again)
Rising discontent over the shortcomings of private systems has put pension reform back on the agenda. Here are a few pointers to make sure the next round fares better.
