Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has temporarily militarized security at some of the country’s most-important ports and airports as he seeks to tame rising crime. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Bruno Pantaleão, a professor of international relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, about the problem of organized crime fueled by the international cocaine trade, and this latest attempt to control it.
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