This article aims to present the main challenges related to violence and crime in South America and to analyze how the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has responded. A content analysis of the official documents and minutes of three UNASUR councils is presented. The councils examined are the Defense Council, the World Drug Problem Council, and the Council on Citizen Security, Justice and Coordinated Action against Transnational Organized Crime. Notwithstanding its innovative bureaucratic structure, this research suggests that the structures of UNASUR have not kept pace with the growth of violence and crime.

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南美洲的犯罪和暴力：和平的挑战和联苏特派团的对策

本文旨在介绍与南美的暴力和犯罪相关的主要挑战，并分析南美国家联盟（UNASUR）的应对方式。介绍了对三个UNASUR理事会的正式文件和会议记录的内容分析。审查的理事会是国防委员会，世界毒品问题理事会以及打击跨国有组织犯罪的公民安全，司法和协调行动委员会。尽管具有创新的官僚结构，但这项研究表明，联苏特派团的结构并未与暴力和犯罪的增长保持同步。