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Blast in Chile is 29th Bomb This Year, but Perpetrators Remain Mysterious

Cindy Arnson

Latin American Program Director Cynthia J. Arnson is quoted in this article about the recent string of bombings in Chile.

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“This is not a country that is racked by insecurity, but these bombs that have gone off in fairly rapid succession have created a sense of concern about what’s going on and opened up a debate about what the government is doing in the security arena,” said Cynthia Arnson, director of the Wilson Center’s Latin America program. “The main pressure is on the government to investigate and prosecute the people responsible for these incidents. If it fails to do that, and the explosions continue, the government is going to be faced with a very distinct problem.”

Arnson also said the national security question could take over the domestic reform agenda of President Bachelet, who stepped into her second presidential term this year.  

“The Bachelet administration defined itself on issues other than security -- tax reform, education reform, and the possibility of a constitutional reform. This completely shifts the debate away from the issues that she wanted to focus on and devote her energies to,” Arnson said.

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The full article is available here.

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Cindy Arnson

Cynthia J. Arnson

Distinguished Fellow, Latin America Program
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The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more