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Sonia Alda Mejías
Possibilities for the transformation of the security forces...
of results. Taking it to the extreme, it may be said that this type of forces, by dealing
with all areas, run the risk of spreading themselves too thinly as they cannot effectively
address anything.
What is certain is that if we boil this matter down to practical terms, results have
not been of significance either. At this moment in time, the region is one of the most
violent in the world and the growing trend of violence and conflict has not ceased. 7 This
is despite the efforts made in the political sphere, which have been of a fundamentally
repressive nature and which have involved the armed forces in internal security missions.
THREAT ANALYSIS
If we follow the line of argument presented, we are forced to consider the current
international and regional insecurity scenario in order to analyse the possible alternatives
for a more effective model for the security forces.
A complex period of international insecurity: the simultaneous existence of
different threats of a diverse nature
There is currently no country in the world that is not affected by the new security
situation. Thus, consequently, there is no government that has not given thought to
the best way to counter new threats. Latin America is no exception. Quite to the contrary,
it is a region that has experienced this insecurity with particular intensity and
hence this problem is a priority for governments and citizens.
In this situation it is essential to be aware of the threats and their dimension, because
this also makes it possible to address them using more analytical and criteria-based
tools to identify the forces required to provide the highest level of security in
the most effective way possible, in accordance with the current environment.
The complexity of the current reality does not lie so much in tackling a radically
new situation, but in the necessary transition. This means that alongside radical
changes, significant things remain the same and while the so-called traditional threats
continue to exist, new ones have been added to the list and it might be envisaged that
these become the principal threats.
The coexistence of old and new threats is what is fuelling debate between specialists
about who should be protected. In fact, there are two clearly opposing schools
7 UNDOC. The Global Study on Homicide, 2013,
https://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf.
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