8th Annual Security Challenges in Latin America Forum: Politics and Violence in a Shifting Hemisphere

As Latin America enters a period of heightened political volatility and evolving security dynamics, governments across the region are confronting new pressures from organized crime, democratic polarization, migration flows, and intensifying geopolitical competition. This full-day forum will bring together policymakers, diplomats, analysts, and practitioners to assess how political transformation and security challenges are reshaping stability across the Western Hemisphere.

Panels will examine Venezuela’s post-Maduro trajectory, Washington’s evolving hemispheric strategy, the securitization of elections and public order across the region, and the intersection of organized crime and governance in Mexico.

Thursday, April 9
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
SAIS Theater, Hopkins Bloomberg Center

The program will conclude with a reception following the final panel.

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Co-hosted with: Latin America Studies Club at SAIS, Mexico Club at SAIS, SAIS Focus Area Events, Latin America Studies Initiative at SAIS (OWNER)

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