Renata Segura Program Director, Latin America and Caribbean Please submit all media inquiries to [email protected] or call +57 60 1 256 5769 ext 101 or +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role As Program Director for Latin America and Caribbean, Renata Segura oversees the production of reports and other outputs, as well as advocacy and outreach. From January 2020 to March 2024, she was the Deputy Director at the same program. Professional Background Colombian by birth, Renata has been based in New York for more than 20 years. She started her career as a reporter on Colombian TV and a nationally-distributed magazine, before working at the Jesuit-led NGO CINEP in Bogotá. She got her Ph.D. in political science from the New School for Social Research in New York in 2007. Between 2002 and 2019, Renata worked at the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, a program of the Social Science Research Council. Her most recent position there was associate director of the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum. In this capacity she led over a hundred research projects and workshops examining challenges to democratic governance and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean, on topics including drug policy, climate change, food resilience and gender. She has published material on constitutionalism, conflict prevention & resolution, drug policy, mining & diaspora politics, among other issues. Areas of Expertise Latin AmericaConflictConstitutionalism Languages SpanishEnglish Select Publications Haiti needs Help. Foreign Troops Might be the Least Bad Option, Foreign Affairs, December 2022Made in Havana: How Colombia and the FARC Decided to End the War, International Peace Institute, February 2017 In The News 20 Jun 2024 [El Salvador's president] Bukele has been able to effectively reduce [non-state] violence through authoritarian measures because he has full control of the main state ins... Vox Renata Segura Program Director, Latin America and Caribbean 13 Feb 2023 [The gangs in Haiti are] running out of tools to control people. They extort, but there’s only so much money that can be extorted from people that are really poor. AP Renata Segura Program Director, Latin America and Caribbean Latest Updates Op-Ed / Latin America & Caribbean 29 August 2024 Haiti’s Window of Opportunity Event Recording / Latin America & Caribbean 05 June 2024 Militares y crimen: los retos para la nueva presidenta de México Podcast / Latin America & Caribbean 15 March 2024 Haiti in Freefall Event Recording 30 November 2023 Mexico: Women’s Rise in Organised Crime Event Recording / Latin America & Caribbean 13 July 2023 Dilemas del estado de excepción en Honduras (Evento Online, 13 de Julio, 2023) Podcast / Latin America & Caribbean 09 December 2022 Can Foreign Forces Tackle Haiti’s Gangs? Op-Ed / Latin America & Caribbean 01 December 2022 Haiti Needs Help Podcast / Latin America & Caribbean 03 June 2022 Who is Rodolfo Hernández, Colombia’s “TikTok King”, and Can He Win the Presidency? Podcast / Latin America & Caribbean 10 June 2021 COVID-19, Inequality and Protests in Colombia Commentary / Latin America & Caribbean 21 October 2020 Bolivia’s Landslide Lays to Rest the Fears of Fraud Also available in Español Load more