Drug policies in Latin America: a survey of main approaches and obstacles to reduce drug production and drug trafficking

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

Drug policies in Latin America are driven by national states and highly influenced by international actors, especially by the United States. The coexistence of different approaches to reduce drug production and trafficking in Latin America and the weakness of national states to fight organized crime are some of the obstacles to reduce drug trafficking in the Americas and, in consequence, drug related crime. We present in this panel a survey of the current approaches to reduce drug production and trafficking in Latin America, we focus on crop reduction policies, border management and the fight against drug trafficking organizations.

Sub Track

• International Relations

Chair

• Ana Torres, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija

Individual Presentations

• International drug policies: the US and the European Union approaches to reduce drug production. Colombia as a case study - Ana Torres, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija

• The Bolivian approach towards combating drug trafficking: a model to follow, or a sui generis case? - Alba Hesselroth

• Border Management against Drug Trafficking in Latin America: The Chilean Case - Andres De Castro Garcia, Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estratégicos

• Narco- threats to democracies of the northern triangle - Lidija Kos Stanisic, University of Zagreb

• Narratives and government discourses on drug trafficking and organised crime in Latin America - Jorge Resina de la Fuente, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Tomislav Lendo Fuentes, Flacso México