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Reviewing Land Border Dynamics in the Western Hemisphere
Regional Insight
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By Omar Arraiza and Rebeccah Twaalfhoven
January 15, 2019, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
The land borders of Latin America have long been stereotyped as tierras de nadie or 'no-man’s lands,' generally located far away from political capitals and industrial centers and ripe for all types of contraband and illegal activities. In modern times, we see the tension between security actors seeking to exert greater physical control over land borders while the private sector wants goods to flow more freely and more quickly through official border crossings and customs posts.