Events
Reducing Murder Rates in Central America: Searching for Practical Solutions
April 19, 2012 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and INCAE Business School, along with
their supporting partners The World Bank, the U.S. Department of State, and the Central
American Private Sector Initiative (CAPSI) will sponsor a presentation of Reducing Murder Rates in Central America: Searching for Practical Solutions. This event will take place at the World Bank.
Drug Policy and Democracy in Central America: A View from Guatemala
March 29, 2012 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Secretary Fernando Carrera discussed recent proposals made by Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina regarding drug legalization.
Fighting Transnational Organized Crime
March 23, 2012 // 9:00am — 10:30am
General Douglas Fraser discusses international efforts to tackle the complex challenge of organized crime and restore citizen security in Central and South America.
Laws, Sentencing, and Prisons: What Helps and Doesn’t Help Citizen Security?
February 21, 2012 // 5:00pm — February 22, 2012 // 8:45pm
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Latin America Program, Institute of Legal Defense, and the Corporation of Andean Development hosted an event in Lima, Peru on laws, sentencing, and prisons to discuss what helps or doesn’t help citizen security in the Andean region.
Venezuela’s Primary Elections: What To Expect?
February 02, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:00am
On Sunday, February 12, 2012, Venezuela held a primary election aimed at defining a single candidate to oppose President Hugo Chávez in presidential elections scheduled for October 7. In a rare showing of unity, opposition parties have agreed to select a single candidate to challenge President Chávez in the October elections, hoping to end more than a decade of his control of the presidency.
Two Decades after El Salvador’s Peace Accords: Current Challenges
January 30, 2012 // 9:00am — 11:30am
In the twenty years since the signing of the Peace Accords, El Salvador has made impressive progress in expanding political and media freedoms, reforming the military and security forces, lowering rates of poverty and inequality, improving respect for human rights, and reforming electoral institutions. Today, however, El Salvador faces unprecedented security and economic challenges. An upsurge in transnational crime, including narcotics, weapons, and human trafficking, has intersected with longstanding problems of gang violence such that El Salvador suffers one of the highest homicide rates in the world. El Salvador’s economy continues to struggle amidst the global recession and weak economic recovery in the United States, the country’s largest export market.
Latin American Elections 2011-2012: What Do They Tell Us?
December 13, 2011 // 12:30pm — 3:00pm
In previous events in this series, we examined results of the presidential elections in Guatemala and Argentina. This time we will take an in-depth look at Nicaragua’s presidential elections of November 6, 2011, and Colombia’s regional and municipal elections of October 30, 2011. Looking ahead to two of the hemisphere’s most important contests in 2012, we will explore pre-electoral dynamics in Mexico and Venezuela.
Following the Money Trail in Central America: Money Laundering and Implications in Regional Security
November 09, 2011 // 12:30pm — 2:30pm
The Red Centroamericana de Pensamientos e Incidencia discussed their recently published paper, “Following the Money Trail in Central America: Money Laundering and Implications for Regional Security.”
Criminal Organizations and Illicit Trafficking within Guatemala’s Border Communities
November 03, 2011 // 8:30am — 11:30am
The authors of a new CNA study on the effects of criminal organizations and illicit trafficking on Guatemala’s border communities discussed theirs findings together with others.
Argentina’s Presidential Elections: A Post-Elections Assessment
October 28, 2011 // 9:00am — 11:00am
A distinguished panel of experts discussed the election results and what they tell us about Argentina’s current realities and prospects for the future.
