Latin American Program in the News: "Narcotráfico: América Latina dejó de tener 'países de tránsito'"
This article about changing patterns of drug trafficking quotes Latin American Program Global Fellow Juan Carlos Garzón. This article is in Spanish.
Latin American Program Global Fellow Juan Carlos Garzón is interviewed in this article about the increasing difficulty of identifying "transit countries" through which drugs pass on their way to market; instead, these countries are now locations where drugs are processed as well as shipped.
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Para Garzón Vergara, "la evidencia indica que las últimas etapas del proceso de elaboración de drogas está jugando un lugar" en países como Argentina, y explica que la discusión está más centrada "sobre las magnitudes", pero no hay dudas de que el crecimiento del consumo y el desmantelamiento de cocinas confirman que el narcotráfico está avanzando en Argentina.
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Click here to read the entire article in Spanish.
About the Author
Juan Carlos Garzón
Security and Conflict Resolution Expert; Former Consultant, United Nations Development Program and Organization of American States
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
