News Links tagged "Civil-Military Relations"
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations |
| Colombia Category: | Civil-Military Relations |
| Title: | Asociacion de militares rechaza que haya "intencion golpista" |
| Author/Source: | EFE Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | "Golpe de Estado, no; golpes de pecho, que es diferente", afirmo en Bogota el presidente de la Asociacion Colombiana de Oficiales en Retiro. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Guatemala combatira delincuencia con militares |
| Author/Source: | El Universal (Mexico) El Universal (Mexico) |
| Brief: | La nueva brigada que entrara en accion en junio "tendra minimo unos 500 soldados", incluido un batallon de entre 200 y 300 kaibiles, tropa elite del Ejercito de Guatemala. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Corruption |
| Title: | Ejercito mexicano: primera vez en 70 anos con tres generales presos |
| Author/Source: | Alejandro Rosas Animal Politico |
| Brief: | El arraigo de cuatro altos militares rompe con una tradicion en la cual, la alta jerarquia militar no habia sido involucrada en escandalos. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Corruption |
| Title: | Calderon defiende labor del Ejercito |
| Author/Source: | Frontera |
| Brief: | Recalco que no por unos cuantos se puede generalizar a toda una institucion como es el Ejercito mexicano. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Corruption |
| Title: | Hunde mayor del Ejercito a los tres generales |
| Author/Source: | Ruben Mosso Milenio |
| Brief: | Arturo Gonzalez Rodriguez, mayor del Ejercito mexicano, es tambien pieza clave en la detencion de Tomas Ángeles Dauahare, ex subsecretario de la Defensa Nacional, y de Roberto Dawe Gonzalez, general de brigada de Estado Mayor. |
Monday, May 21, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations |
| Colombia Category: | Civil-Military Relations |
| Title: | General retirado nego que busque "remover" del cargo al presidente |
| Author/Source: | EFE Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El general en retiro Eduardo Santos Quinones dijo que "jamas ha pensado" en una iniciativa para despojar de su investidura a Juan Manuel Santos, aunque no desmintio ser el autor del un texto que critica duramente al gobierno. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Corruption |
| Title: | Detienen a cuarto militar por presuntos nexos con el narcotrafico |
| Author/Source: | Animal Politico |
| Brief: | La Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) informo que ya se detuvo a un cuarto militar por tener presuntos nexos con el cartel de los Beltran Leyva. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Corruption |
| Title: | Declaran prision preventiva a otros militares en Mexico |
| Author/Source: | G. Garcia Palafox Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Las detenciones de militares de alto rango por nexos con el narcotrafico han sido poco frecuentes. |
Thursday, May 17, 2012
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Corruption |
| Title: | Mexican generals detained over alleged drug gang links |
| Author/Source: | Reuters The Guardian (UK) |
| Brief: | Traditionally, the military has been seen as less susceptible to cartel bribes and intimidation than badly paid local and state police forces. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Corruption |
| Title: | Mexico Drug Prosecutors Detain 2 Army Generals |
| Author/Source: | E. Eduardo Castillo Associated Press The Huffington Post |
| Brief: | An official at the Attorney General's Office said the officers are being investigated for alleged links to a Mexican drug cartel, but he would not say which cartel. |
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Gobierno aracnofobico |
| Author/Source: | Martin Rodriguez Pellecer Plaza Publica (Guatemala) |
| Brief: | Los beneficiarios de esta polarizacion son los radicales y los que obtienen mas rentas del pais con un Gobierno pensando como ejercito contrainsurgente. |
Thursday, May 10, 2012
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Border Security, Civil-Military Relations |
| Title: | Guatemala to Deploy Controversial Force to Mex Border |
| Author/Source: | Edward Fox InSight |
| Brief: | Guatemala announced it will deploy nearly 300 members of special operations force the Kaibiles to its northern border with Mexico, even though the unit has a troubled history of ties to the Zetas. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Zetas torturing, killing, and dismembering Mexican Marines |
| Author/Source: | EFE Neglected War |
| Brief: | The perpetrators shot video and still photos of the torture, murder and dismemberment of four Mexican navy personnel and a female civilian who were found dead last month in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, capital daily Milenio said Wednesday. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Aumentan presencia de fuerzas federales en Morelos |
| Author/Source: | Alberto Morales El Universal (Mexico) |
| Brief: | Los gobiernos de Morelos y federal pusieron en marcha el plan Morelos Seguro, basado en un modelo de 10 puntos con una vision preventiva para contener al crimen organizado que opera en el sur del estado. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Former Officials Allege 'Cartel War' in Venezuelan Military |
| Author/Source: | Geoffrey Ramsey InSight |
| Brief: | Allegations of high-level corruption in Venezuela continue to mount, with two former government officials alleging that rival drug trafficking factions are battling within the upper levels of the Venezuelan security forces. |
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Mexican Army to deploy 600 troops in Choix, Sinaloa |
| Author/Source: | Chris Covert Neglected War |
| Brief: | The Mexican Army has deployed 300 troops in the Sinaloa municipality of Choix with 300 more scheduled to deploy in the coming days as army troops move into the area in the aftermath of some of the bloodiest fighting in the Mexican Drug War to date. |
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Aprueban recursos para capacitacion de las Fuerzas Armadas |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Venezuela) |
| Brief: | El vicepresidente de la Republica, Elias Jaua informo que el Jefe de Estado, Hugo Chavez le dio el visto bueno a recursos que se invertiran en la preparacion de 200 militares. |
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
| Location: | Uruguay |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Defensa niega afirmaciones de Topolansky sobre FF.AA. |
| Author/Source: | El Pais (Uruguay) |
| Brief: | El ministro Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro dijo no compartir los comentarios de la senadora sobre fidelizacion militar y nego que se hayan modificado los programas de formacion castrense. |
Friday, May 4, 2012
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Brazil pledges investment fund for Africa |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse |
| Brief: | Leaders of top state and private Brazilian companies with interests in Africa, including oil giant Petrobras, mining conglomerate Vale and construction firm Odebrecht pledged to boost investment in Africa. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Brazil Sending More Troops to Guard Amazon Borders |
| Author/Source: | Simon Romero The New York Times |
| Brief: | Soldiers are being sent to border areas near Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana. |
Thursday, May 3, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Defense Budgets, Public Security |
| Title: | New Security Structures: A Healthy Trend? |
| Author/Source: | Robert Shaw ISN |
| Brief: | "Rapid military spending increases and major arms purchases in Latin America and the Caribbean come at a time when the region is relatively peaceful yet is still plagued by poverty and inequality." |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Brazil launches Amazon anti-crime operation |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | More than 8,500 troops are taking part in Operation Agata 4. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Justice System |
| Title: | 157 militares sentenciados por "abandono", "desercion" y atentar contra el "honor" del Ejercito |
| Author/Source: | Francisco Sandoval Alarcon Animal Politico (Mexico) |
| Brief: | En su demanda, explico que los argumentos del juez eran "ambiguos" y aseguro que el querer castigar el comentario que hizo sobre los sueldos, era una forma de violentar su "libertad de expresion". |