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Several Latin American leaders are looking to the Bukele model to fight crime. This country has another idea

The plan spans two government terms and seeks lower homicides without mass arrests or other authoritarian measures, officials said.

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By Darío Klein, CNN (CNN) — Uruguay is ranked as one of the safest countries in Latin America but rising public concern about crime have forced its policymakers to develop a new “democratic” strategy for the problem.Their aim is to bring down homicide rates while deliberately deviating from the draconian security measures popularized by El

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The Latin American country betting on a ‘democratic’ strategy to combat crime

Uruguay is developing a new “democratic” strategy to fight crime, deviating from the draconian security measures popularized by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele.

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