Roger Pardo-Maurer talks about the situation that the Central American region is facing in relation to security issues. His vast years of experience have led him to believe that Central America has a lot to learn from its neighboring countries, like Colombia that has managed to handle its security-related problems. The main message Pardo-Maurer wants to send out is that of not settling and accepting the conditions that Central America is being faced with, but trying to unravel the complicated process of reinstituting a state that is present in the entire region. In order for this region to surpass the streak of violence that is currently daunting over it, it is key to identify objectives, allocate its resources sensibly and center on morale. He also discusses the importance of the private sector taking an active part in the reconstruction of the region. Pardo-Maurer focuses on the inalienable right of man to be secure.
Roger Pardo-Maurer
Roger Pardo-Maurer is former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
The Present Landscape of Civil Society in the Hemisphere Roger Pardo-Maurer
Business School Building, EN-601 Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala, June 28, 2010
A New Media - UFM production. Guatemala, July 2010 Camera: Jorge Samayoa, Joni Vasquez; digital editing: Alfredo Jop; index and synopsis: Ximena García; content reviser: Sofía Díaz; publication: Carlos Petz/Daphne Ortiz
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Initial credits
Introduction
Personal experience regarding libertarian ideas
Central American context
Private sector and security
Current situation in Central America
Conformity
War and politics
Lessons and premises
Example of Colombia
Colombia's success
Contributing factors
Drug war migration
Example of Mexico
Strategy
Objectives and goals
Three important pillars
Failure of states
Presence of state
Changes in democracy
Insecurity in Guatemala
Casualties in Iraq
Absence of private sector from dialogue
Consequences of criminality
Central American perspectives
Lack of institutions
Globalization
Lack of organization
Conclusions
Quotes,
The Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
Question and answer period
How did we get to this point of a lack of security?
How did the private sector in Colombia fight violence?
What capability lies in the Central American countries to lobby US government in order to fight against violence?
How do you apply the analysis you have made to gangs or to the Hugo Chávez political strategy in the region?
Final credits
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