Foto: Horacio Cambeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Latin America is usually referred to as one of the most violent regions in the world. One of the reasons is due to the spread of so-called criminal organizations. In this lecture Liza Zuniga Collado, analyses the real possibilities for weak and unstable states  to control this type of criminality. She outline the evolution and challenges from criminal organizations to Latin American states and societies, as well as the experiences and ways through which these have tried to confront the problem. An overall theme is concerned with the forms of cooperation within and among states that might be needed to find solutions.

Foto: Valeria Gentil

Liza Zúñiga Collado

Political Scientist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile with a Master in criminology and criminal justice at the University of Edinburgh. She is currently doctoral student at the University of Chile, and member of the project CRIMLA (Crime in Latin America) headed by Prof. of Criminology Sveinung Sandberg, at Oslo University. Between 2015 and 2017, Zúñiga was head of department of organized crime, for the Chilean Ministry of Interior and Public security. She is currently visiting scholar at the Department of criminology, Stockholm University.

Welcoming words by Prof. Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano, of the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies (NILAS), and by the Director of the Instituto de Iberoamérica, Dr. Francisco Sanchez.

Discussants:
Professor Felipe Estrada (Head of the Department of Criminology).
Dr. Adrian Bonilla, Executive Director of the EU-LAC Foundation.
Camila Salazar, criminologist at Fryshuset, specialized in organized crime related issues. 

The event is co-organized by the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies (NILAS), the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University and the Instituto de Iberoamérica at Salamanca University 

To follow the lecture online, please register here