Interview: Gangs, Guns, Drugs, and Development in Latin America
b'CID has launched its new Security and Development Seminar Series and over the 2016-2017 academic year, it will host four high-level discussions exploring the intersections between security, growth, and development in Latin America.\\n\\nCID Student Ambassador Gustavo Payan-Luna interviews the speakers from the 2nd session, which explored how trafficking in illicit drugs, weapons, and persons by transnational criminal organizations impedes development in many Latin American countries, with a focus on Colombia.\\n\\nSpeakers:\\n\\u2022Daniel Mejia, Secretary of Security of Bogota, Colombia\\n\\u2022Steven Dudley, Co-director, InSight Crime, Wilson Center\\n\\u2022Jo\\xe3o M P De Mello, Lemann Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies\\n\\nThe interview took place on December 1st, 2016.\\n\\nMore information about the event and the speakers can be found at: growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/security-and\\u2026minar-series'