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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | La coca eclipsa a la marihuana en Bolivia |
| Author/Source: | Carlos Valdez Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Las incautaciones de marihuana se dispararon en Bolivia la ultima decada, pero el fenomeno es eclipsado por la coca, que concentra toda la atencion de las autoridades. |
| Location: | Bolivia, Uruguay |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Evo y Mujica hablaran de puertos |
| Author/Source: | La Razon (Bolivia) |
| Brief: | El presidente de Uruguay, Jose Mujica, y su homologo de Bolivia, Evo Morales, discutiran esta semana la instalacion de puertos bolivianos en el litoral maritimo uruguayo. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US over cotton dispute |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | The Brazilian government has announced trade sanctions against a variety of American goods in retaliation for illegal US subsidies to cotton farmers. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Tariff move by Brazil risks US trade war |
| Author/Source: | James Politi, Jonathan Wheatley Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | The decision takes effect next month, starting a 30-day period during which US and Brazilian officials will attempt to negotiate a solution to the dispute. |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Aumenta la violencia contra la mujer en Centroamerica |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El femicidio y la trata de mujeres son dos fenomenos en alza en Centroamerica, segun estudios que la Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) y el Consejo de Ministras de la Mujer de Centroamerica (COMMCA) presentaron. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Natural Disasters |
| Title: | In Chile's Capital, Damage Is Inside and Invisible |
| Author/Source: | Ginger Thompson The New York Times |
| Brief: | The worse off tend to be those left out of this country's economic growth. They have also so far been left out of the government's disaster relief efforts. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | International Community, Natural Disasters |
| Title: | Terremoto en Chile: La ayuda llega por toneladas |
| Author/Source: | Valeria Perasso BBC Mundo |
| Brief: | Las bolsas de ayuda para los damnificados del terremoto provienen de decenas de paises. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Chile After the Quake |
| Author/Source: | Samuel Logan International Relations And Security Network |
| Brief: | A catastrophic earthquake has revealed the strength of Chilean democracy, but also some weaknesses in disaster preparation and an administration that found itself overwhelmed. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections |
| Title: | FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Patrick Markey Reuters |
| Brief: | The front-runner in early polls is Uribe's former defense minister, Juan Manuel Santos, and he is closely associated with Uribe's security drive. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, Democratic Left |
| Title: | CNE resolvera legalidad de candidatura de Petro el miercoles |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Los magistrados del tribunal electoral acogieron la ponencia presentada por la magistrada Adelina Covo, quien avalo la candidatura de Petro. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, Para-Politics |
| Title: | Los votos del 'gordo' Garcia |
| Author/Source: | Claudia Lopez La Silla Vacia |
| Brief: | Esta ha sido la estructura de poder electoral de Álvaro Garcia Romero. ¿Ese es el proyecto que aspira a mantener y representar en 2010 su hermana Teresa Garcia y su formula a la Camara, Eduardo Perez Santos? |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, Threats Against Officials |
| Title: | Asi quieren sabotear las Farc las elecciones |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Van desde intentar secuestrar generales en retiro y empresarios, hasta activar seis columnas moviles en todo el pais. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Justice System |
| Title: | Uribe dice estar preocupado por las decisiones de la justicia |
| Author/Source: | EFE Caracol TV |
| Brief: | Al parecer, el domingo pasado Daniel Serna, alias 'Kener', capturado por las autoridades en julio de 2008, que gozaba de prision domiciliaria por presuntos quebrantos de salud, huyo de su domicilio en Medellin. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Justice System |
| Title: | Se fugo otro peligroso jefe paramilitar |
| Author/Source: | Caracol TV |
| Brief: | Se llama Daniel Alejandro Serna, le dicen 'Kener' y es el jefe de la temida banda de 'Los paisas'. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Justice System |
| Title: | Nadie responde por la supuesta fuga del jefe de sicarios de la 'Oficina de Envigado' |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | En lo que se coincidieron Mendoza Diago y el Gobierno Nacional, a traves del viceministro de Justicia, Miguel Antonio Ceballos, es en los brazaletes no son un verdadero control. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | FARC Hostages |
| Title: | FARC rebels say waiting to free Colombian hostages |
| Author/Source: | Reuters |
| Brief: | The release of Pablo Emilio Moncayo, held for more than 12 years, and Josue Daniel Calvo has become mired in politics. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice System, Reelection Debate |
| Title: | Uribe y la leccion colombiana |
| Author/Source: | La Nacion (Argentina) |
| Brief: | El respeto a los procedimientos, como destaco la Corte de ese pais, es un homenaje a la igualdad y, por lo tanto, un beneficio para los mas debiles. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice System, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US-Colombia military accord challenged in Bogota court |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse Google News |
| Brief: | The lawsuit claims the October 2009 military accord is invalid because it was signed by the government of President Alvaro Uribe without prior discussion in Congress. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Para-Politics |
| Title: | Los Tapasco y la parapolitica en Caldas |
| Author/Source: | Verdad Abierta |
| Brief: | Efectivos de la Policia Judicial de Caldas capturaron en Manizales al controvertido dirigente liberal Francisco Ferney Tapasco Gonzalez por presuntos nexos con paramilitares. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Reelection Debate |
| Title: | In Colombia, democracy is stirred but not shaken |
| Author/Source: | Robert Kagan, Aroop Mukharji The Washington Post |
| Brief: | Colombia has pushed back against this wave of autocracy and struck a blow that should resonate. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Seguridad de Uribe, un legado gris |
| Author/Source: | Cristina De La Torre El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Imposible convertir esta seguridad, politica de un gobierno matizada de logros, descalabros y crimenes, en politica de Estado. Cosa distinta sera evaluarla, depurarla y reestructurarla en funcion del otro mandato de la Constitucion: la paz. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Victims |
| Title: | Video: Madres de la Candelaria: las voces de los desaparecidos |
| Author/Source: | Testigo Directo Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Decenas de mujeres en Medellin no pierden la esperanza de reencontrarse con sus hijos que han sido desaparecidos, ni desisten en la busqueda de la justicia. |
| Location: | Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | R. Dominicana descarto problemas con Chavez y afirma que sigue mediacion entre Venezuela y Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La reunion que estaba prevista para este lunes entre el presidente dominicano, Leonel Fernandez, y el canciller venezolano, Nicolas Maduro, fue aplazada. |
| Location: | Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Suspendida reunion entre canciller venezolano y presidente de R. Dominicana |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La reunion que esta programada para hoy entre el presidente de Republica Dominicana, Leonel Fernandez, y el canciller venezolano, Nicolas Maduro, fue aplazada por razones de agenda. |
| Location: | Colombia, Peru |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Colombia Category: | FARC International Links |
| Title: | Peru: Minimizan contactos entre Farc y Sendero Luminoso |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El presidente Alan Garcia no se mostro sorprendido con la informacion pues comento "el terrorismo sudamericano busca siempre alianzas." |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | FARC International Links, Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Venezuela linked to terror groups |
| Author/Source: | Martin Arostegui The Washington Times |
| Brief: | The U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere, Frank O. Mora, said last week that "we should not be surprised" about Spain's latest findings on Venezuela's link with FARC. |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Inauguraran en Venezuela una biblioteca con el nombre de 'Manuel Marulanda Velez' |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El centro, construido en honor al fundador de las Farc, estara en el estado de Aragua. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Dissident's death spurs new protests in Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Rick Jervis USA Today |
| Brief: | Dissidents are going on hunger strikes in Cuba after the death of a prisoner of conscience in an attempt to bring global attention to the oppression of the Castro regime. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights, Press Freedom |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Cuba blasts foreign press for dissident coverage |
| Author/Source: | Paul Haven Associated Press The Houston Chronicle |
| Brief: | Cuba on Monday strongly criticized foreign press coverage of a dissident hunger striker as part of a campaign to discredit the island's political system. |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Funes, el mejor parado en encuesta |
| Author/Source: | El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El presidente de El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, sigue siendo el gobernante con mayor aceptacion en America Latina, pese a pasar del 88.2 por ciento al 83.4 por ciento de aprobacion. |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | No hay recursos para plan contra la violencia |
| Author/Source: | Cristian Diaz El Diario de Hoy (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | El procurador de los Derechos Humanos, Óscar Luna, dijo que se necesita la prevencion para detener la escalada de violencia que se vive actualmente; pero tambien hizo el llamado para que se involucren todos los sectores. |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | La violencia se traslada hacia las zonas rurales |
| Author/Source: | Jaime Lopez, David Marroquin El Diario de Hoy (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | La mayoria de los homicidios registrados en el transcurso de este ano tuvieron como escenarios las zonas rurales del pais. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Natural Disasters, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Remarks With Haitian President Rene Preval After Their Meeting |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | President Preval made the very important point that we must work toward elections to ensure the stability and legitimacy of the Haitian Government. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | International Community, Natural Disasters |
| Title: | What happens to Haiti when 'the good doctors' leave? |
| Author/Source: | Joel Rubin The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Emergency medical workers are becoming the de facto healthcare system for a country that has long failed to care for its own. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Three Things You Should Know About the U.S. Government's Work in Haiti |
| Author/Source: | USAID |
| Brief: | USAID has created a Haiti Task Team (HTT) to continue inter-agency coordination of the reconstruction efforts that are underway, and to replace the Response Management Team formed at the onset of the crisis. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | United States to restore aid to Honduras in step toward normalized ties |
| Author/Source: | Chrissie Long The Christian Science Monitor |
| Brief: | In Guatemala Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton moved to restore aid to Honduras six months after it was cut in response to the country's refusal to reinstate ousted former president Manuel Zelaya. |
| Location: | Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Nicaragua oficializa rechazo a Lobo |
| Author/Source: | Ary Pantoja El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Samuel Santos Lopez, reitero que Nicaragua no reconocera al gobierno de Honduras encabezado por el presidente Porfirio Lobo. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Human Rights, Public Security |
| Title: | Mexico defiende ante ONU uso de Ejercito |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Universal (Mexico) |
| Brief: | En un foro internacional, la cancilleria mexicana destaca que en la lucha contra el crimen organizado las fuerzas armadas auxilian temporal y complementariamente a las autoridades civiles. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Energy, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Mexico Oil Politics Keeps Riches Just Out of Reach |
| Author/Source: | Clifford Krauss, Elisabeth Malkin The New York Times |
| Brief: | Mexico, long one of the world's top oil-exporting countries, could begin importing oil within the decade. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Human Rights, International Community |
| Title: | Mexico ratifica compromiso en derechos humanos |
| Author/Source: | Gerardo Mejia El Universal (Mexico) |
| Brief: | En un comunicado, confirmo que el 8 y 9 de marzo de 2010, el Estado mexicano sustentara ante el Comite de Derechos Humanos de la ONU el V Informe periodico. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Labor Rights |
| Title: | Cananea Mine Battle Reveals Anti-Labor Offensive in Mexico, United States |
| Author/Source: | Kent Paterson Americas Program |
| Brief: | Striking workers have occupied a Grupo Mexico-owned copper mine and vow to resist any company or government attempts to evict them from the premises. Last month, a Mexican federal court blocked legal efforts to uphold a labor contract. |
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Nicaragua con un cuadro de horror |
| Author/Source: | Tania Montenegro El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | En los ultimos cinco anos, en Nicaragua han sido asesinadas 337 mujeres de diferentes edades a manos de hombres cercanos a su entorno social y afectivo. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Venezuela vuelve a chocar con Espana |
| Author/Source: | Jorge Sainz Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Las relaciones diplomaticas entre Espana y Venezuela volvieron a tensarse el lunes tras las palabras del canciller venezolano Nicolas Maduro, quien califico de "mafioso" al juez. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Venezuela |
| Author/Source: | Frank Jack Daniel Reuters |
| Brief: | Anger over power and water rationing, elections that may bolster opposition to President Hugo Chavez, new nationalizations, a floundering economy, and diplomatic tensions with neighbor Colombia. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Crece la violencia en Venezuela y cae la popularidad de Chavez |
| Author/Source: | Beatriz Lecumberri Agence France Presse El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El gobierno no da cifras globales de violencia pero segun datos extraoficiales, en el 2009 fueron asesinadas 16,047 personas en el pais frente a las 14,800 del 2008 y las 4,500 de 1998. |
Monday, March 8, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Essays And Analysis |
| Title: | Lecciones democraticas |
| Author/Source: | Miguel Rivadeneira V. El Comercio (Ecuador) |
| Brief: | Tolerancia y la necesidad de construir institucionalidad confiable y eficaz, el mensaje claro del presidente Óscar Arias. |
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | International Community, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Insulza merits new term |
| Author/Source: | Roberto Alvarez The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | The remedies provided by the charter for violations of the democratic process looked more to coup d'etats of yesteryear than to the gradual erosion of democratic principles of today. |
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Drug cartels don't die; they just move |
| Author/Source: | Andres Oppenheimer The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | As it is now, the U.S. war on drugs in Latin America is not working. All we are doing is chasing the drug cartels from one country to another without making much of a dent. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Argentina: pago de deuda es innegociable |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El gobierno argentino advirtio este domingo que el pago de la deuda con reservas del Banco Central resulta innegociable mientras la oposicion buscara esta semana en el Congreso hacer pesar su mayoria. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Cambios en Desarrollo Social para contener a los piqueteros |
| Author/Source: | Mariano Thieberger Clarin (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Sin cadena nacional ni grandes actos, el Gobierno realizara esta semana un cambio clave para tratar de controlar el crecimiento de la protesta piquetera que comenzo a registrarse en los ultimos meses. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | La inseguridad y la cuestion social |
| Author/Source: | Clarin (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Un estudio revela que las victimas de delitos no propician mayores penas sino mejorar las condiciones sociales, factor que debe tenerse en cuenta en la gestion de la seguridad. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Comienza la Operacion "Gringo-Gaucho" con el portaaviones USN "Carl Vinson" |
| Author/Source: | Nuestro Mar |
| Brief: | Aeronaves de la Aviacion Naval Argentina realizan practicas sobre su cubierta de vuelo. Del 7 al 10 de marzo en aguas del mar Argentino. |
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Bolivia, our beacon of hope |
| Author/Source: | Matt Kennard The Guardian (UK) |
| Brief: | What is happening in Bolivia now - and has been since MAS, or Movimiento al Socalismo, came to power in 2005 - is truly inspiring |
| Location: | Bolivia, Haiti |
| Category: | Peacekeeping |
| Title: | El esperado retorno de los Cascos Azules |
| Author/Source: | La Razon (Bolivia) |
| Brief: | Los familiares de los 205 soldados dieron una emotiva bienvenida a sus seres queridos. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Natural Disasters |
| Title: | Chileans rally for earthquake victims |
| Author/Source: | Daniel Hernandez The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | A benefit concert in the capital, Santiago, taps into national pride and a strong show of solidarity, raising more than $59 million, double the goal. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Most in Chile's Capital Unhappy With Quake Response |
| Author/Source: | Alexei Barrionuevo The New York Times |
| Brief: | The poll, by the daily newspaper El Mercurio, found that 72 percent of residents of the greater Santiago area believe the government's efforts to restore order came too late and were inefficient. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, Public Security |
| Title: | Chile looters rush to dump stolen goods |
| Author/Source: | Rory Carroll The Guardian (UK) |
| Brief: | Streets in Concepcion, one of the towns hit hardest by the 27 February quake, filled over the weekend with fridges, televisions, toys, bicycles, mattresses and sofas during a brief amnesty. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections |
| Title: | Colombia candidate gets shoe-tossing treatment |
| Author/Source: | Reuters |
| Brief: | Would-be Conservative Party candidate Andres Felipe Arias was greeted with jeers and shouts of "Get out of here" and "You're corrupt" when he started speaking at an event in Barranquilla. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections |
| Title: | Los colombianos no podemos dejar que gobiernos extranjeros nos impongan un presidente de Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Secretaria De Prensa Presidencia De La Republica De Colombia |
| Brief: | "Los colombianos no podemos dejar que los gobiernos extranjeros nos presionen para que los colombianos elijamos un candidato presidencial que quieran gobiernos extranjeros..." |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections |
| Title: | Noemi Sanin, otra uribista dispuesta a darle 'trabajo' al Presidente |
| Author/Source: | El Espectador (Colombia) |
| Brief: | "El Presidente seguira trabajando para Colombia desde mi Gobierno y lo nombraria en lo que el quisiera", aseguro la precandidata conservadora. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections |
| Title: | Tocosan |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Por que la llegada a la Presidencia de Juan Manuel Santos no es tan facil como parece. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections |
| Title: | El termometro de los medios |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | En el ultimo trimestre, Rafael Pardo y Andres Felipe Arias fueron los candidatos de mayor figuracion en medios. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, Reelection Debate |
| Title: | It's hard to say goodbye |
| Author/Source: | The Globe And Mail |
| Brief: | Colombia - and Latin America - have been strengthened by his decision to respect the constitutional court's ruling. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | 2010 Elections, Reelection Debate, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | With third-term hopes dashed, President Alvaro Uribe's mark will endure in Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Sibylla Brodzinsky The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Only 43 percent of voters said they would cast their ballot for Uribe's chosen candidate, according to a poll. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Corruption, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Los uniformados de la 'Oficina' |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Varios escandalos recientes han dejado muy mal parada a la Policia en Medellin. Los casos muestran que muchos policias y ex policias trabajan para la mafia de esa ciudad. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Displacement |
| Title: | La incertidumbre de los desplazados |
| Author/Source: | Juan Diego Restrepo Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Es evidente la precariedad que deben soportar los campesinos que han decidido retornar a sus tierras. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Displacement, Economy and Security |
| Title: | Tierras en riesgo |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Con la decision del juez de El Carmen de Bolivar se abre la posibilidad de que empiece la venta masiva de miles de hectareas que hasta ahora estaban siendo protegidas por el Comite Departamental. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Essays And Analyses |
| Title: | Luces y sombras |
| Author/Source: | Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | ¿Como seria hoy Colombia si las Farc y el Eln hubieran escuchado el clamor nacional de paz en 1990? |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Essays And Analyses, Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | El pais que nos dejo |
| Author/Source: | Maria Jimena Duzan Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Tras la exitosa Operacion Jaque la cual fue antecedida por una serie de golpes que lograron horadar las entranas de las Farc, el Ejercito ha dejado de combatir y esa decision ha producido un aumento de los actos terroristas de las Farc en ciertas zonas de |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | FARC Hostages |
| Title: | Soldado Josue Daniel Calvo esta 'en precario estado de salud', dicen las Farc en un comunicado |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | A traves de un texto divulgado por la pagina de internet Anncol, aseguran estar 'a la espera' de los 'protocolos de seguridad' para liberarlo junto con el sargento Pablo Emilio Moncayo. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice System |
| Title: | 'Tsunami' en el bunker |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | ¿Cuanto se pueden demorar en ponerse al tanto 2.000 fiscales de los casos que ya tenian avanzados los que salieron? |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Landmines, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Land mines take a toll on Colombia's poor |
| Author/Source: | Chris Kraul The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Workers in the Colombian government's coca-eradication effort find the job to be deadly dangerous. Many have died, and the maimed say the government has abandoned those injured. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Capturan a dos pilotos vinculados al narcotrafico en segunda fase de 'Operacion frontera' |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Los pilotos capturados habian llegado hacia poco de Venezuela en donde estaban negociando avionetas para utilizarlas en el transporte de droga. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | La caida del narcotrafico |
| Author/Source: | Alfredo Rangel Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La participacion de colombia en la oferta mundial de cocaina, que hasta hace poco era del 96 por ciento, ahora es del 51 por ciento, la mas baja en 10 anos. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Tolima |
| Title: | Hostigamiento de las Farc a una estacion de policia en Roncesvalles (Tolima) |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El ataque ocurrio sobre las 10 de la noche del domingo y fue repelido por la policia. No hubo victimas. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence, Threats Against Officials |
| Colombia Region: | Huila |
| Title: | Uribe denuncia amenazas a Sanchez |
| Author/Source: | El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) |
| Brief: | El presidente Álvaro Uribe denuncio que las Farc planean atentar contra la vida del gobernador del Huila, Luis Jorge Sanchez Garcia. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Uribe Government Security Policies |
| Title: | Colombia retendra discos duros de Reyes, afirma Bermudez |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El canciller de Colombia, Jaime Bermudez, cree que ningun pais, con excepcion del suyo, podra tener los discos duros de los ordenadores cuya propiedad se atribuye al ex portavoz internacional de las FARC, Raul Reyes. |
| Location: | Colombia, Panama |
| Category: | Free Trade, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Rep. Levin known as trade critic, but his record on the issue is more complicated |
| Author/Source: | Ian Swanson The Hill |
| Brief: | He's expressed skepticism of pending agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea that were negotiated by the Bush administration, leading some to think those deals are unlikely to be dislodged. |
| Location: | Colombia, Peru |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Colombia Category: | FARC International Links |
| Title: | Les Dan Desde Instruccion Hasta Consejos Sobre Guerra Politica Sendero Luminoso Renace De La Mano De Las Farc |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | EL TIEMPO conocio un informe que revela como antes y despues de la muerte de 'Raul Reyes' la guerrilla tenia entre sus prioridades fortalecer el entrenamiento, la parte politica y la "lucha armada" de los insurgentes peruanos. |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | FARC International Links, Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | El dedo en la llaga |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Hay un escandalo diplomatico enorme, pero Uribe se muestra prudente, para reconstruir los lazos con Chavez. |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Caracas: Better ties with Bogota may have to wait |
| Author/Source: | Christopher Toothaker Associated Press Aol Noticias |
| Brief: | Venezuela wants to smooth over rocky relations with Colombia, but a diplomatic breakthrough probably won't be possible until Colombians elect a successor to President Alvaro Uribe. |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | United States and El Salvador Extend Agreement to Protect Archaeological Heritage of El Salvador |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Spokesman U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Recognizing that certain of El Salvador's heritage remains in jeopardy from pillage, the agreement enables the continued imposition of import restrictions on certain categories of archaeological material ranging in date from approximately 8000 B.C. to app |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Obama recibe a Funes en la Casa Blanca |
| Author/Source: | El Diario de Hoy (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | El mandatario salvadoreno se convierte en el primer lider centroamericano en visitar al gobernante de la nacion mas poderosa. Abordaran temas de interes mutuo como el migratorio y la seguridad. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Corruption, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Captura de narcopolicias muestra corrupcion en Guatemala |
| Author/Source: | Julie Watson, Juan Carlos Llorca Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | La captura del director de la policia guatemalteca y de la maxima jefe de la seccion antidrogas desnudo como la poderosa organizacion del narcotrafico puede infiltrar con facilidad paises con instituciones debiles. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Haiti Withdrawal: Most U.S. Troops Leaving |
| Author/Source: | Ben Fox, Jennifer Kay The Huffington Post |
| Brief: | Haitians and some aid workers wondered whether U.N. peacekeepers and local police are up to the task of maintaining order. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Ex-Honduran Leader to Pen Book About 2009 Coup |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The New York Times |
| Brief: | Zelaya says Honduras' business elite was behind last June's military-backed coup that sent him into exile. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Lobo denuncia que Zelaya hace promocion contra Honduras |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El gobernante subrayo que lo que hace Zelaya "es como insistiendo en danar al pueblo que ha sufrido mucho ya." |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Corruption, Public Security |
| Title: | Cesan a 300 policias en Tlanepantla |
| Author/Source: | Rebeca Jimenez Cesan El Universal (Mexico) |
| Brief: | El alcalde Arturo Ugalde Meneses inicio la depuracion de los elementos de seguridad para bajar los altos indices de delincuencia que se registran en el municipio. |
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Indigenous Communities, Politics And Security |
| Title: | 400 indigenas no votaron por culpa del Ejercito |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | Yatama denuncia que la institucion quito las cedulas a los pobladores tras un operativo contra el narcotrafico hace tres meses. |
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Elections, International Community, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Mision de la OEA no pudo observar elecciones regionales en Nicaragua a pesar de estar en ese pais |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El gobierno de Daniel Ortega envio muy tarde la invitacion a la comision tecnica. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Energy |
| Title: | Light bulbs power Venezuela out of electricity crisis |
| Author/Source: | Will Grant BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | It might sound like the start of a bad joke, but how many Venezuelan soldiers does it take to change a light bulb? |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Venezuela, Spain boost anti-terror ties after row |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse Google News |
| Brief: | Diplomats said both governments were eager to move beyond tensions that have flared since Monday, when a Spanish judge charged the Basque separatist group ETA and Colombia's FARC rebels plotted to kill Colombian politicians. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Spain And Venezuela End Spat Over Terror Accusation |
| Author/Source: | Reuters The New York Times |
| Brief: | Venezuela said in a joint statement with Spain on Saturday that it strongly denied any collaboration between the government and ETA, and said it totally rejected the group's activities. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | El miedo de Espana a Chavez |
| Author/Source: | Mauricio Vargas El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Moratinos y sus amigos de la industria militar espanola se mueren del susto de que el teniente coronel les deje de comprar millones de dolares anuales en armamento. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Europes Role, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Zapatero advirtio que Espana perseguira a ETA en Venezuela |
| Author/Source: | La Nacion (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Afirmo que las tareas seran coordinadas con Caracas; otra fuerte desmentida de Chavez. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Chavez under fire from international community |
| Author/Source: | Benedict Mander Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | "It's been said that there are Hezbollah cells in Venezuela, practically that Bin Laden is in Venezuela - they also say that we are trying to build an atomic bomb with Iran. It's laughable," said Mr Chavez. |