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Latin American Program in the News: Narcos, políticos, policías, evasores y drogadictos: ¿por dónde empezar?

Juan Carlos Garzón

Latin American Program Global Scholar Juan Carlos Garzón was interviewed on efforts to combat drug trafficking in this article. This article is in Spanish.

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“Todo lo que afecta la economía de los criminales –concluye- es una herramienta que debería ser usada. Se necesita tener una clase política dispuesta. Debe rechazarse la cultura de la ilegalidad. Pero solamente atacando la economía o uno de los factores, no lo vamos a lograr."

Latin American Program Global Scholar Juan Carlos Garzón was interviewed by MDZ about the ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking in Latin America. He also speaks on the importance of looking at who consumes the drugs that are trafficked, organized crime, and a strategy of "double action."

This article is in Spanish.

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Juan Carlos Garzón

Juan Carlos Garzón

Former Visiting Scholar;
Security and Conflict Resolution Expert; Former Consultant, United Nations Development Program and Organization of American States
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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