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Latin American Program in the News: Peace-building initiatives in Latin America

Cindy Arnson

Director Cynthia J. Arnson remarks on the important role that the United States has in peace-building initiatives in Latin America.

Director Cynthia J. Arnson remarks on the important role that the United States has in peace-building initiatives in Latin America. She argues that countries that have a history of internal armed conflicts and rampant violence tend to suffer from shortcomings in extending socio-political inclusion to its most disadvantaged citizens. Arnson posits that Latin American states not only have to ensure that they have a robust police/military presence in the most remote regions of their respective countries, but that this must be accompanied by infrastructure-building efforts that construct roads, hospitals and schools. She emphasizes the pressing need to engage the most downtrodden members on society in Latin America in the hopes of creating solid channels of civic participation.

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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