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Latin American Program in the News: Inside Brazil’s World of Crime: Extra Police for World Cup

Cindy Arnson

Latin American Program Director Cynthia J. Arnson discusses Brazilian crime on CCTV America.

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Crime impacts Latin America disproportionally high. A UN report says robberies have tripled in the past 25 years. The homicide rate is above "epidemic" proportions in 11 out 18 countries surveyed. Also, between 2000 and 2010, more than one million people died as a result of criminal violence in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dr. Cynthia J. Arnson joined us at CCTV withmore on Brazilian crime. Dr. Arnson is the director of the Latin American Program at the Wilson Center."

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Cynthia J. Arnson, Director of the Latin American Program, was interviewed by CCTV America about the extra security needed for the World Cup, Brazilian crime, and overall crime in Latin America. 

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Cindy Arnson

Cynthia J. Arnson

Distinguished Fellow, Latin America Program
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Latin America Program

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