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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Presentan Doctrina de Seguridad y Defensa de Bolivia |
| Author/Source: | Agencia Boliviana De Informacion Agencia Boliviana De Informacion |
| Brief: | Se trata de un escudo teorico doctrinal frente a los enemigos de Bolivia, la pobreza, el crimen organizado, los desastres naturales y explotacion irracional e ilegal de recursos naturales. |
Monday, September 6, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Labor Rights |
| Title: | Dying for a Living: As Global Economic Crisis Continues, Union Activists in Many Countries Pay the Ultimate Price |
| Author/Source: | Julie B. Gutman Program For Torture Victims The Huffington Post |
| Brief: | More than 100 union activists were killed in 2009, according to a report released this summer by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). This represents a 30 percent rise over 2008 |
Friday, September 3, 2010
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Brazil's Independence Day |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Secretary of state Hillary Clinton speaks on Brazil's Independence Day. |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Gangs |
| Title: | Asamblea aprueba ley que prohibe las pandillas |
| Author/Source: | Edith Portillo El Faro (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | Los diputados aprobaron este miercoles una ley que proscribe las pandillas, que basicamente consiste en agregar a la legislacion penal ya vigente el agravante de ser pandillero y colaborador de pandillas. El decreto pasara a manos del presidente de la Rep |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Policia halla enterrados $1.5 millones presuntamente de narcos |
| Author/Source: | El Faro (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | La denuncia que recibio la Policia hablaba de 30 millones de dolares pertenecientes a un cartel del narcotrafico. La Fiscalia excava en la hacienda ubicada en Zacatecoluca en busca de mas dinero escondido en barriles. |
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | How to update U.S.-South American defense agreements |
| Author/Source: | Stephen Johnson Foreign Policy |
| Brief: | Whereas Chavez signs all manner of troubling pacts with Russia and Iran without restraint, it's comforting to know that Colombia's Constitutional Court decided that the DCA required legislative approval. |
| Location: | Bolivia, Peru |
| Category: | Extraditions, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Avion de la FAB va por Valle a Peru |
| Author/Source: | Agencia Boliviana De Informacion |
| Brief: | Un avion de la Fuerza Aerea Boliviana (FAB) se dirigia a Lima en procura del ex prefecto de La Paz, Luis Alberto Valle, profugo de la justicia boliviana hace 16 meses. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Migration, Public Security |
| Title: | Massacre reveals hidden toll of Central American migrants killed crossing Mexico to the US |
| Author/Source: | The South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| Brief: | Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said there were witness accounts of 198 mass kidnappings involving 9,758 migrants in a six month-period in 2009 |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Public Security |
| Title: | Cocaine's cowboys |
| Author/Source: | Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Combating drug criminality is a police, not an army, job. The troops Mr Calderon has sent to the worst affected areas can therefore only be a stopgap solution. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Merida Initiative Bilateral Implementation Office Opens |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Spokesman U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | This office will allow for daily exchanges between technical staffers of agencies of both countries with the purpose of fully implementing equipment transfer and training programs under the Merida Initiative. |
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Morales pide a FFAA y campesinos no dejarse cooptar por agentes imperiales |
| Author/Source: | ABI Agencia Boliviana De Informacion |
| Brief: | "Ni el mando policial, de las Fuerzas Armadas ni los campesinos seamos agentes del capitalismo, es el mejor homenaje" a la revolucion cubana, paradigma del proceso de cambio que impulsa en Bolivia, afirmo el gobernante. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Chavez fabrico un martir: murio en huelga de hambre un productor al que le habia expropiado el campo |
| Author/Source: | AFP Perfil |
| Brief: | Franklin Brito (foto) llevaba 5 anos luchando contra la decision del lider bolivariano de quitarle sus tierras |
Thursday, August 26, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | 18 nations tackle training 'crisis' at Mayport |
| Author/Source: | Timothy J. Gibbons The Florida Times-Union |
| Brief: | More than 2,000 personnel are involved in the exercise, including about 100 sailors from South American and Caribbean countries who are controlling operations from Mayport. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Argentina: Economic and Political Perspectives |
| Author/Source: | Judith A. McHale U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States also greatly appreciates Argentina's active engagement on human rights issues in multilateral organizations and in our regional partnerships. |
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Morales concreta creditos por $us 270 millones y asegura puentes, hospitales, riego y agua en Seul |
| Author/Source: | Agencia Boliviana De Informacion |
| Brief: | El presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, concreto el jueves en Seul un financiamiento superior a los 270 millones de dolares para la ejecucion de proyectos de infraestructura y desarrollo en varias regiones de su pais, tras reunirse con su homologo de Core |
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
| Location: | Argentina, Mexico |
| Category: | Press Freedom, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Mark C. Toner U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We have concerns about journalistic freedom all over the world and certainly, there's a strong domestic debate occurring right now in Argentina. We're paying close attention to developments and it's a part of our bilateral conversation. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Free Trade, Labor Rights, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia's Workers Risk Lives to Gain Their Rights |
| Author/Source: | AFL-CIO Now Blog |
| Brief: | We all agreed that the proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement must not be passed until conditions for all workers in Colombia improve dramatically and there is genuine change. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Putumayo |
| Title: | Colombia investigates 'Facebook hit list' murders |
| Author/Source: | AFP |
| Brief: | Several police teams have been sent to the southern town of Puerto Asis where the slayings were taking place. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Putumayo |
| Title: | Colombia investigates 'Facebook hit list' murders |
| Author/Source: | AFP |
| Brief: | Several police teams have been sent to the southern town of Puerto Asis where the slayings were taking place. |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Missions Show U.S. Commitment in Pacific, Latin America |
| Author/Source: | Donna Miles U.S. Department Of Defense |
| Brief: | As the U.S. military conducts disaster response operations in flood-stricken Pakistan, it's also engaged in major humanitarian and civic assistance missions in the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| Location: | Bolivia, Brazil |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation |
| Title: | Fuerzas aereas de Bolivia y Brasil se ejercitan para combatir transito aereo ilicito |
| Author/Source: | Agencia Boliviana De Informacion |
| Brief: | Esa tarea conjunta, denominada "BOLBRA I", se ejecutara hasta el viernes proximo en la region de Chiquitos, en el departamento de Santa Cruz, segun la Fuerza Aerea Boliviana. |
| Location: | Chile, Haiti |
| Category: | International Community, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Video: SPMAGTF supports Continuing Promise 2010 |
| Author/Source: | Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System |
| Brief: | Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force in support of Continuing Promise 2010 aboard the USS Iwo Jima stop in Haiti for a 10-day Humanitarian Assistance mission. |
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Governor Richardson is in Cuba on a New Mexico trade mission. We did have a conversation with him last week, brought him up to date on the status of the case of Alan Gross, and asked if he would raise it during his discussions with Cuban officials this we |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Texas slams Obama after Mexico border gun battles |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse |
| Brief: | Texas Governor Rick Perry has accused President Barack Obama of "gambling with American lives" after a bullet believed to be from a gun battle in Mexico hit a building in the US state. |
| Location: | Uruguay |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Video: Uruguay's Independence Day |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States is proud of our partnership with Uruguay - a partnership deeply rooted in our common commitment to democratic ideals and individual freedoms. |
Monday, August 23, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Energy, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas: Fact Sheet |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Joining ECPA is voluntary, allowing governments, Inter-American organizations, private industry, and civil society to lead or participate in initiatives focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, cleaner fossil fuels, infrastructure, energy poverty, |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Loosening U.S. sanctions on Cuba long overdue |
| Author/Source: | SF Gate |
| Brief: | A half century of severe sanctions have succeeded mostly in keeping Cubans poor and providing the Castros, first Fidel and now Raul, with a convenient foil for their misery: the United States. |
| Location: | Cuba, El Salvador |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Funes pospone viaje a Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press El Faro |
| Brief: | El mandatario salvadoreno anuncio que ya no viajara a Cuba por motivos de "agenda nacional" y, en cambio, anuncio que planea ir a Estados Unidos para "animar" a los salvadorenos a inscribirse al programa estado de proteccion temporal. |
Friday, August 20, 2010
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Obama se salta al Senado para nombrar embajadora en El Salvador |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press El Faro |
| Brief: | Despues de ocho meses de estancamiento, el presidente de Estados Unidos aprovecho el receso en el Senado para nombrar a Maria del Carmen Aponte como nueva embajadora. |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Flacso Ipsos Final: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Author/Source: | Flacso |
| Brief: | Uno de cada tres personas adultas en la region latinoamericana airma que en su pais se violan los derechos, en especial al trabajo |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Recent Violence |
| Colombia Region: | Antioquia |
| Title: | Seven killed in Colombian bombing run on rebels |
| Author/Source: | AFP |
| Brief: | Colombia's air force has bombed a group of leftist rebels in the country's northwest, killing seven presumed members of the National Liberation Army, authorities have said. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US base ruling risks new tensions for Colombia's president |
| Author/Source: | Nina Negron AFP |
| Brief: | The development risked renewing regional tensions over the deal. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US urges 'appropriate steps' on Colombia military accord |
| Author/Source: | AFP |
| Brief: | State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said the United States was consulting with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos about what it planned to do. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | WE have the shared challenge of combating drug trafficking and illicit activity and threat of terrorism that confronts Colombia, confronts the United States. So our interests aren't changed because of this court ruling. |
| Location: | Entire Region, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Multinational Exercise Focuses on Panama Canal Defense |
| Author/Source: | Donna Miles U.S. Department Of Defense |
| Brief: | Panamax has grown dramatically since 2003, when Panama, Chile and the United States conducted the first exercise in the series. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | U.S. Needs To Deal With Chavez |
| Author/Source: | Hilary Kramer Forbes |
| Brief: | The takeover of these key industries is giving Chavez total and complete power--to the point where he can decide if the people of his country eat or starve. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Obama's Hugo Chavez headache |
| Author/Source: | Foreign Policy |
| Brief: | Armchair analysts can debate whether Palmer's answers were "diplomatic," but the fact is he had little choice but to speak the truth. |