Is the US taxpayer-funded Central America Regional Security Initiative effective at stopping violence?
The article covers Latin American Program’s launch event for their new publication on crime and security in Central America.
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Equizábal was one of nine speakers who participated in a Dec. 11 conference on Central America’s security challenges. The first half of last Thursday’s event – sponsored by the Washington-based Wilson Center – focused on the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), a U.S. taxpayer-funded program that since 2008 has spent $642 million to combat crime, gang violence and drug trafficking throughout the region.
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