For decades, governments throughout Latin America have responded to violent criminal groups with militarized campaigns aimed — in many cases futilely — at dismantling or destroying them. These crackdowns often exacerbate violence, but there may be a better way to handle the problem…
Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Brazil’s president has described a deepening, nationwide crisis of insecurity as a “national emergency.” But contrary to official rhetoric, the government does not appear to have a coherent plan to address the main drivers of violence and crime…
This piece was co-authored with Angelika Albaladejo. Read it in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Thanks to the Latino Media Collective on WPFW for having me on the show today to talk about “zero tolerance” policing in Latin America.
You can find my article, “Giuliani in Rio,” at the Jacobin magazine website. An archived recording of today’s interview is available here.
UPDATE (Jan. 23, 2016):
Thanks to the Latino Media Collective and WPFW, this interview now has a permanent home as the fifth episode of the Periphery podcast.
I was on The Majority Report talking about my recent article for Jacobin magazine, “Giuliani in Rio.” You can listen here or watch the full show below.
During his time as New York City major, Rudy Giuliani was known above all as a fierce partisan of “law and order.” Since he left office in 2001, he has leveraged that reputation into a lucrative private-sector consulting career and now heads Giuliani Partners…But many question the extension of Giuliani’s “zero-tolerance” approach to public safety in Latin America. In the world’s most violent region — where racial discrimination, corrupt judiciaries, and abusive security forces have persisted for decades — some say heavy-handed policies like the ones Giuliani promotes make things even worse…
Read this piece in its entirety at Jacobin.
Mike LaSusa 