security issues latin america
DESCRIPTION
presentation made for discussions on global security issues, delivered in Rīga (Latvia).TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Security in Latin America:local and regional issues in a global
perspective
Pablo Andrés Rivero
Rīga, 16th December 2010
![Page 2: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Latin AmericaSpanish colonial heritage
Mariachis - Mexico
Cartagena - Colombia
Brazilian beach
Tango - Argentina
![Page 3: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Latin America: fun and
exciting
![Page 4: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
But…
![Page 5: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Harry Truman, 33rd President of the US
National SecurityUnited States launches the doctrine to reaffirm its hegemony in the Region
![Page 6: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
“I'd rather die standing than live forever kneeling”Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
![Page 7: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Coup d'états and consequent dictatorships in Latin America
National Security:
Ideological disputes
![Page 8: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Return of democracy
Between 1980s and 1990s, all Latin American countries went back to democratically elected governments
![Page 9: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Regional threats
![Page 11: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Murder rate in the world (UNODC report 2010)
![Page 12: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Military spending by GDP
Source: Google Public Data based on World Bank data, 2009
![Page 13: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
“War on drugs”, more than speeches, a daily basis issue for Latin Americans
![Page 14: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Photo: Reuters pictures
![Page 16: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Cocaine routes
![Page 17: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
US
![Page 18: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Russia
![Page 19: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Iran
![Page 20: Security issues Latin America](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062510/54b52dca4a7959e46f8b45d5/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
conclusions
Ben Zala: “There is a growing consensus amongst many analysts and grass roots organisations that approaches to national, regional and international security are deeply flawed, and are distracting the world’s politicians from developing realistic and sustainable solutions to the non-traditional threats facing the world”.