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Monday, February 8, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Venezuela |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, Russian Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Russia displaces the US as main supplier of arms to Latinamerica |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British research institute focusing on international security, revealed that Russia in 2009 became the main exporter of weapons to Latin America thanks to the purchases made by Venezuela, but als |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Argentina Seizes the Central Bank |
| Author/Source: | Mary Anastasia O'Grady The Wall Street Journal |
| Brief: | Mrs. Kirchner governs with a club, and her new central bank president has admitted she has no plan to maintain independence |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Chile nos muestra un camino |
| Author/Source: | Mauricio Macri Clarin (Argentina) |
| Brief: | El pais hermano logro consolidar politicas de Estado que perduran en el tiempo con consistencia, con reglas claras y con gran fortaleza institucional |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Editorial: Democracias en peligro |
| Author/Source: | La Nacion (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Por la falta de respeto a esos limites, la tentacion autoritaria termina fortalecida. Esa tendencia representa un grave peligro para la vigencia de la Constitucion Nacional y de las libertades de todos |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Environment |
| Title: | Smarter Farming Key to Saving Amazon Rainforest |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The New York Times |
| Brief: | It 's up to Wruck and others to convince farmers and ranchers that by diversifying and renewing the nutrients in soil, they can farm the same tract for several generations |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Could Lula's Health Affect Brazil's Succession? |
| Author/Source: | Andrew Downie Time |
| Brief: | To win the job, Dilma — who, like many Brazilian public figures is known by just one name — will need Lula out on the campaign trail |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Human Rights |
| Title: | Victimas de Pinochet cuestionan al nuevo jefe del Estado Mayor |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | En una declaracion publica, la AFDD senalo que Le Dantec es uno de cuatro generales del Ejercito que figuran como imputados por el asesinato de 22 campesinos de la localidad de Paine |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, Para-Politics |
| Title: | El fenomeno del PIN |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | A pesar de que buena parte de sus candidatos han sido cuestionados por su relacion con la para-politica, el PIN se podria convertir en una de las bancadas mas fuertes en el proximo Congreso |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Economy and Security |
| Title: | Sergio Fajardo and Giancarlo Mazzanti |
| Author/Source: | Bomb Magazine |
| Brief: | Medellin’s new architecture represents a novel way of making a city out of policy; it also represents a new generation of architects facing the world, concerned with developing discourses and architecture in greater alignment with the present moment |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | FARC Hostages |
| Title: | Gobierno dara 'todas las garantias' para liberacion de Pablo E. Moncayo y Josue Calvo |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | "En este mes no creo que haya dificultad con los protocolos de seguridad", dijo la congresista |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | El estigma de los esmeralderos |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El estigma revivio en los ultimos dias con las noticias publicadas por diferentes medios de comunicacion, segun las cuales Espana se aprestaria a pedir la extradicion del empresario de esmeraldas Victor Carranza, por el supuesto delito de trafico de droga |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Viento en contra |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El efecto teflon esta desapareciendo y Uribe esta empezando a sentir que no es invulnerable ante el pueblo |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Requiem por una revista |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Aunque desde su inicio Cambio siempre fue una revista muy influyente, no es exagerado afirmar que el ano pasado alcanzo uno de los puntos mas altos de su historia. Por eso resulto tan desconcertante su cierre |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | 'Cambio' radical |
| Author/Source: | Maria Jimena Duzan Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El periodismo que investiga, que hace preguntas y no se somete, es una amenaza para el Estado de Opinion que nos quieren imponer |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Ajuste de precios |
| Author/Source: | Antonio Caballero Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Con la liquidacion de Cambio y de sus incomodos periodistas el consorcio Planeta-El Tiempo lleva las de ganar en esa competencia: este gobierno paga mejor a quien mejor se vende |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Las cicatrices que dejo bombardeo del Ejercito en tierra embera |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | EL TIEMPO acompano a una mision humanitaria al territorio indigena que el Ejercito ataco por error |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Reelection Debate |
| Title: | Jaque al referendo |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La ponencia del magistrado Humberto Sierra Porto no es un jaque mate, pero si le complica mucho las cosas a la reeleccion del Presidente |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Destino: Afganistan |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Esta claro que el grupo inicial seria de unos 100 militares, casi todos de fuerzas especiales, que irian en dos contingentes diferentes: el de la Otan y el de los norteamericanos |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Informantes y sapos |
| Author/Source: | Alfredo Rangel Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Sin la colaboracion de esos informantes el exito de la politica de seguridad democratica no habria sido tan abrumador como lo reconocen propios y extranos |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Editorial: Time to trade |
| Author/Source: | The Washington Post |
| Brief: | On Colombia, the case for a deal is especially strong -- and the case against one especially weak |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Colombia Category: | Public Security, Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Medellin, ¿que diablos pasa? |
| Author/Source: | Jose Alejandro Castano Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Cronica de la vibrante ciudad desde los pasillos de Medicina Legal, el escritorio del coronel Martinez y las andanzas del pandillero 'Caliche |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Politics And Security, Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | La semana negra de Uribe |
| Author/Source: | Enrique Santos Calderon El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Sabe que sus esperanzas se han reducido y que el tiempo se agota. Pero en cuestion de magistrados -si de eso se trata- nada esta escrito. Cuando la primera reeleccion, el magistrado Cepeda produjo ponencia negativa y luego voto positivo |
| Location: | Colombia, Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Capturados 21 narcotraficantes en el mas grande operativo de la Policia Nacional en la ultima decada |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Entre los detenidos en la operacion figuran doce pilotos y una mujer que era el enlace directo entre el mexicano Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman y los carteles colombianos |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Colombia Category: | FARC International Links, Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Las Farc mantienen contactos con grupos armados bolivarianos de Venezuela desde 2002 |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El 'Movimiento Armado y Revolucionario para la Liberacion Carapaica' -que empezo a sonar a mediados de enero, cuando varios de sus hombres, encapuchados y armados, aparecieron en medios- es uno de al menos cuatro grupos de milicias bolivarianas |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | ¡Uribe, Chavez vayanse a descansar! |
| Author/Source: | Julian Cubillos Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Dos gobiernos antagonicos, un solo pecado: populismo |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Title: | Video: Economia y seguridad, retos de Chinchilla |
| Author/Source: | Gilberto Lopes BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | Contado mas de 80% de los votos, Chinchilla obtuvo cerca de 47% del total, frente a 25% de Otton Solis |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Laura Chinchilla: Costa Rica Elects 1st Woman President In Landslide |
| Author/Source: | Marianela Jimenez Associated Press The Huffington Post |
| Brief: | Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Arias Ally Set to Win Costa Rican Presidency |
| Author/Source: | Nicholas Casey The Wall Street Journal |
| Brief: | Sunday night, Laura Chinchilla of the centrist National Liberation Party held about 48% of the vote |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Chinchilla promete un dialogo abierto en Costa Rica |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Universal (Mexico) |
| Brief: | Electa como la primera presidenta en la historia del pais, ofrece en su discurso de victoria abrir un dialogo con todos los sectores |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Republicans ask Obama to cancel Cuba migration talks |
| Author/Source: | Juan O. Tamayo The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Eight congressional Republicans on Friday alleged the Obama administration is trying to ``appease'' the Cuban government after the arrest in Havana of a Washington subcontractor, and called for the cancellation of bilateral migration talks |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | Nuevas medidas contra las drogas |
| Author/Source: | El Comercio (Ecuador) |
| Brief: | La Direccion Nacional de Antinarcoticos de la Policia anuncio que se incrementaran los controles en todo el pais, para evitar el trafico de estupefacientes |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Un buque de instruccion vigila Esmeraldas |
| Author/Source: | El Comercio (Ecuador) |
| Brief: | El remolque de altura, que transporta a siete oficiales, 52 guardiamarinas y 40 tripulantes, fue recibido por los miembros del Comando de Operaciones Norte (Coopno), que tiene a cargo la seguridad de la provincia de Esmeraldas |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Pais aun deficiente en seguridad alimentaria |
| Author/Source: | Ileana Lainez V. El Diario de Hoy (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | El Salvador no esta preparado para enfrentar una crisis alimentaria si esta llegara a presentarse en estos momentos |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Natural Disasters |
| Title: | Experts: Haiti chaos may lead to rise in drug trafficking |
| Author/Source: | Chris Hawley The Arizona Republic |
| Brief: | Smugglers are already back at work after the quake, apparently undeterred by the hundreds of foreign troops in Haiti as part of aid efforts |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Calderon abdico su responsabilidad en lucha contra el narco: AMLO |
| Author/Source: | La Jornada (Mexico) |
| Brief: | La estrategia de seguridad la manejan desde el extranjero, ello lleva a un intervencionismo en nuestros asuntos, advirtio Lopez Obrador |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | Editorial: Mexico's rock-bottom moment |
| Author/Source: | The Dallas Morning News |
| Brief: | If fixing this means sending another division of troops to the border to supplement the forces that the government has already allocated, so be it. If it means extending martial law, so be it. But Mexico's people and government badly need to turn this mas |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | Killing for kudos – the brutal face of Mexico's 21st-century war |
| Author/Source: | Ed Vulliamy The Observer (UK) |
| Brief: | This brutality defines a war very much of its time, the first 21st-century war, because it is, in the end, about nothing |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Amid drug war, Mexico less deadly than decade ago |
| Author/Source: | Alexandra Olson Associated Press The Washington Post |
| Brief: | Mexico's homicide rate has fallen steadily from a high in 1997 of 17 per 100,000 people to 14 per 100,000 in 2009 |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Fearful Mexican families of teens slain in massacre seek refuge in Texas |
| Author/Source: | Alfredo Corchado The Dallas Morning News |
| Brief: | At least two family members crossed into El Paso on Friday and met with lawyer Carlos Spector, seeking legal advice on how to obtain political asylum in the United States |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Hugo Chavez orders expropriation of historic buildings |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | The president said the move was part of an effort to preserve Venezuela's national heritage |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Editorial: Venezuela heads toward disaster |
| Author/Source: | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | The region's leaders shouldn't wait for domestic bloodshed or a cross-border conflict to move them to act |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Venezuela: Opponents Hope to Strike Out Chavez |
| Author/Source: | Charlie Devereux Time |
| Brief: | Venezuelan TV stations, already cowed by government control of broadcasting licenses, were unsure about how to cover the protests at the game |