AMLO Expanded Mexico’s Military. It Built Airports Instead of Reining in Murders
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/mexico-president-amlo-traded-security-for-infrastructure-during-his-term
Lopez Obrador tasked the armed forces with building infrastructure and ensuring public safety. His term will end with newly constructed transport hubs, hotels and a museum — and more than 170,000 murders.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-18/mexico-president-amlo-traded-security-for-infrastructure-during-his-term
Lopez Obrador tasked the armed forces with building infrastructure and ensuring public safety. His term will end with newly constructed transport hubs, hotels and a museum — and more than 170,000 murders.
From Welfare State to Safe State in Latin America
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/latin-america-progressives-must-tackle-violence-security-by-jorge-g-castaneda-and-carlos-ominami-2024-04
Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge share of Latin Americans crave is perhaps the most difficult challenge facing many of the region’s governments. But it is also the most important.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/latin-america-progressives-must-tackle-violence-security-by-jorge-g-castaneda-and-carlos-ominami-2024-04
Designing a progressive anti-violence strategy that delivers the safety for which a huge share of Latin Americans crave is perhaps the most difficult challenge facing many of the region’s governments. But it is also the most important.