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Thallita Lima

PhD in International Relations from PUC-Rio and professor at UFRRJ, Brazil. Research Coordinator at the Center for Security and Citizenship Studies (CESeC).

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When naming is intervening: Terrorism, organized crime, and sovereignty in Latin America

Labeling organized crime as terrorism does not only toughen penalties: it redefines the threat, reconfigures the state's responses, and strains sovereignty in Latin America.