News Links tagged "U.S. Policy"
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Friday, February 17, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Further Human Rights Violations in Castro's Cuba: The Continued Abuse of Political Prisoners |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | I chaired a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere to focus on just one aspect--though a deeply troubling one--of the overall abysmal human rights record of the dictators |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Funding: Fast Facts on the U.S. Government's Work in Haiti |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Agency For International Development U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Following the tragic January 12, 2010, earthquake, the U.S. Government (USG) has committed over $3.1 billion toward relief, recovery and reconstruction, of which $2.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 31, 2011. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Ambassador, Admiral Visit Honduras |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Embassy Public Information Office U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Joseph K. Kernan, Military Deputy Commander of U.S. Southern Command, and Ambassador Carmen Martinez, Civilian Deputy to the Commander and U.S. Foreign Policy Advisor to U.S. Southern Command, visited Tegucigalpa Feb. 15. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexican President Calderon unveils "No More Weapons!" billboard in Juarez |
| Author/Source: | Marisela Ortega Lozano El Paso Times |
| Brief: | "Juarez has endured this meanness, since it is very easy to get firearms just a couple of yards from this port of entry," Calderon said. "As easy as getting a tool box." |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | 'No More Weapons' billboard placed on US-Mexican border |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Guardian (UK) |
| Brief: | The board, which is in English and weighs three tonnes, stands near an international bridge in Ciudad Juarez and can be seen from the US. |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Fuerza que mato a Bin Laden podria operar en America Latina |
| Author/Source: | William Marquez BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | Algunos analistas sospechan que una mayor amplitud del alcance de estas fuerzas en America Latina podria degenerar en actividades cuestionables. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Europes Role, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US disregards Argentine claim of UK's Falklands' and South Atlantic 'militarization' |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the US "has no concerns" about the alleged 'militarization' of the South Atlantic which was denounced by Argentina last week. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Europes Role, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | El Gobierno suma datos a su denuncia por la militarizacion |
| Author/Source: | Mariano Obarrio La Nacion (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Se quejo por un viaje de parlamentarios britanicos a las islas; malestar por la posicion de EE.UU. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Former US president Bill Clinton swings by Bogota for charity golf tournament |
| Author/Source: | The Telegraph (UK) |
| Brief: | Mr Clinton showed off his game in front of a packed crowd in the Colombian capital. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cuba eyes Americas Summit place, but not OAS return |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | Cuba has said it will attend the Summit of the Americas in Colombia in April if it is invited, but has no desire to rejoin the Organisation of American States. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | UPDATE 1-Americas summit should include Cuba, Latin leftists tell U.S. |
| Author/Source: | Jeff Franks Reuters Chicago Tribune |
| Brief: | Cuba has said it would like to take part in the event, but Washington insists it cannot unless it institutes democratic reforms that permit it to rejoin the Organization of American States. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Obama should take the offensive on Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Andres Oppenheimer The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | It should have accepted the petition, and used it to grill Cuba's military dictatorship in front of a world audience. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Remembering Orlando Zapata Tamayo |
| Author/Source: | Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) U.S. House Of Representatives |
| Brief: | Next week, we will commemorate the two-year anniversary of the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Guest Post: Why Guatemala's Perez Molina is Considering Legalizing Drugs |
| Author/Source: | Natalie Kitroeff LatIntelligence |
| Brief: | The legalization debate is a way of putting Central America - and Guatemala in particular - on the United States' radar screen. It is also a way of asserting the country's autonomy. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Justice System, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Report: Most Honduras fire inmates awaited trial |
| Author/Source: | Martha Mendoza, Christine Armario Associated Press The San Francisco Chronicle |
| Brief: | Fifteen minutes away, the U.S. military's Southern Command operates Joint Task Force Bravo, where major search and rescue teams and fire squads are on standby. They were never dispatched. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Migration, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Please, A Little Honesty about Illegal Immigration |
| Author/Source: | Victor Davis Hanson National Review |
| Brief: | In most respects, illegal immigration has proven as immoral as it is unlawful. |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Befriending Bolivia: We should improve relations with this poor South American country |
| Author/Source: | Dan Simpson Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| Brief: | Bolivia has had successive booms of gold, silver, tin, zinc, nitrates, oil and gas, coca and lithium -- definitely feeding-frenzy stuff for U.S. and other foreign investors. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cancilleres de ALBA debaten en Cuba posible boicot a Cumbre de las Americas |
| Author/Source: | Francisco Jara Agence France Presse El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Los cancilleres del ALBA debatiran este miercoles en La Habana un posible boicot a la Cumbre de las Americas de abril en Colombia si Cuba no es invitada. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Perez: Guatemala decidira sobre drogas independientemente de EEUU |
| Author/Source: | Romina Ruiz-Goiriena Associated Press El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | El presidente Otto Perez Molina afirmo el martes que Guatemala decidira de manera soberana si decide legalizar las drogas, despues de que la embajada estadounidense se mostro reacia a la propuesta que el mandatario formulo en ese sentido. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Sikorsky Opens Business Office in Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Market Watch The Wall Street Journal |
| Brief: | The office will provide sales and logistics support to the growing number of BLACK HAWK aircraft operated by the Mexican armed forces. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, Terrorism, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Middle East terror group cited as reason to put armed volunteer militia on Arizona-Mexico border |
| Author/Source: | Luige Del Puerto Arizona Capitol Times |
| Brief: | "We are being invaded by criminals who have formed alliances with mid-eastern terrorists who use violence in the most evil of ways to intimidate, control and protect their drug-human smuggling multi-billion dollar business," said Sen. Sylvia All |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | McAllen chief: 'No comparison' between RGV, Tamps. security |
| Author/Source: | Naxiely Lopez The Monitor |
| Brief: | Days after the U.S. State Department discouraged non-essential travel to Tamaulipas and other parts of Mexico, the president of the federation of chambers of commerce in the border state issued his own statement. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | New security in place a year after ICE agent's murder |
| Author/Source: | Stewart M. Powell Houston Chronicle |
| Brief: | In addition, door locks have been modified to stay locked when government or diplomatic vehicles are stopped. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Armored SUV could not protect U.S. agents in Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Nick Miroff, William Booth The Washington Post |
| Brief: | It appears the officers were sent on a dangerous mission in a vehicle whose basic protections were disastrously flawed. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Visit Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Victoria Nuland U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Mexico to participate in the first G-20 Ministers of Foreign Affairs informal meeting in Los Cabos, February 18-20. |
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US 4th Fleet Supports Operation Martillo |
| Author/Source: | U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | U.S. 4th Fleet is supporting Joint Interagency Task Force-South's (JIATF-S) Operation Martillo with deployed maritime and aviation assets in U.S. Southern Command's (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR), following an JIATF-S announcement Feb. 8. |
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | New Inter-American Air Forces Academy building opens at Lackland |
| Author/Source: | 37th Training Wing Public Affairs U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | U.S. and Latin American partner nation dignitaries ceremoniously opened the Inter-American Air Forces Academy's new Airfield Training Complex here today. |
| Location: | Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Ki |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Executive Reports of Committees |
| Author/Source: | Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) U.S. Senate |
| Brief: | Jonathan Don Farrar, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Panama. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Ayuda de EE. UU. a Colombia ha caido 50% en los ultimos cinco anos |
| Author/Source: | Sergio Gomez Maseri El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | En ese lapso, fondos aprobados para el programa pasaron de $603 millones de dolares a 332 millones. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Si Cuba quiere asistir a Cumbre de las Americas, primero debe volver a la OEA, dice E.U. |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) |
| Brief: | El Gobierno de Estados Unidos considero este lunes que Cuba debe "comprometerse" con la Organizacion de Estados Americanos (OEA) y resolver las preocupaciones en torno a los derechos humanos. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | State shouldn't fund questionable border militia |
| Author/Source: | Arizona Daily Star |
| Brief: | Yes, it's always helpful to have more armed and slightly trained people on the border. This is just what the border needs. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Justice System, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US Trains Mexico Officials to Carry Out Oral Trials |
| Author/Source: | Elyssa Pachico InSight |
| Brief: | Up to 8,000 agents from Mexico's Ministry of Public Security, the Federal Police and the Attorney General's Office will be trained to hold oral, public trials. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Migration, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US Hands Over 14,237 Unaccompanied Minors to Mexico in 2011 |
| Author/Source: | EFE Fox News Latino |
| Brief: | Of the minors handed over to authorities in Mexico, 11,520, or nearly 81 percent, were Mexican and the other 2,717 were of various unspecified nationalities. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Recorta EU ayuda a Mexico para lucha antidrogas |
| Author/Source: | J. Jesus Esquivel Proceso (Mexico) |
| Brief: | La solicitud de gastos para el combate al narcotrafico en Mexico en el ano fiscal del 2013, que inicia el proximo 1 de octubre, representa una reduccion de 14.5 millones de dolares. |
Monday, February 13, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Admiral Seeks Freer Hand in Deployment of Elite Forces |
| Author/Source: | Eric Shmitt, Mark Mazzetti, Thom Shanker The New York Times |
| Brief: | It would also allow the Special Operations forces to expand their presence in regions where they have not operated in large numbers for the past decade, especially in Asia, Africa and Latin America. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, Europes Role, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Brazil "very likely" to choose French fighter - sources |
| Author/Source: | Brian Winter Reuters |
| Brief: | The other two bidders in the competition are Boeing with its F-18 Super Hornet and Saab with its Gripen. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, Europes Role, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Exclusive - Brazil jets deal heats up as Boeing freezes bid |
| Author/Source: | Brian Winter Reuters |
| Brief: | The offer essentially means that Boeing would assume the cost of inflation over the past two-plus years, while the planes would be more than 12 percent cheaper for Brazil in real terms compared to 2009. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | AP IMPACT: USAID contractor work in Cuba detailed |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press CBS News |
| Brief: | Gross said at his trial in Cuba that he was a "trusting fool" who was duped. But his trip reports indicate that he knew his activities were illegal in Cuba and that he worried about the danger. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Guatemalan president to propose legalizing drugs in Central America |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press, The Washington Post The Washington Post |
| Brief: | The Guatemalan president said the war on drugs and all the money and technology received from the U.S. has not diminished drug trafficking in the area. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Declaracion de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos de America en Guatemala sobre la Descriminalizacion de la Droga |
| Author/Source: | Embajada De Los Estados Unidos U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Si las drogas ilegales fueran descriminalizadas manana en Centroamerica, las organizaciones criminales transnacionales y las pandillas continuarian involucrandose en actividades ilicitas. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexico's gun problem isn't traceable to the U.S. |
| Author/Source: | Chris W. Cox The Washington Post |
| Brief: | Mexican police trace only a fraction of the guns they seize, and they are specifically trained not to request U.S. traces on guns without U.S. markings. |
Sunday, February 12, 2012
| Location: | St. Lucia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | St. Lucia's Independence Day |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to congratulate the people of St. Lucia as you celebrate your anniversary of independence this February 22. |
Friday, February 10, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Author/Source: | Bureau Of Western Hemisphere Affiars U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The Organization of American States (OAS) has been actively promoting an initiative to help strengthen national capacities of OAS member states to combat illicit firearms trafficking in the region. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | EE.UU. espera que la Argentina resuelva compromisos impagos |
| Author/Source: | Mariano Obarrio La Nacion (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Tras el encuentro, ambos gobiernos acordaron informar que no se converso sobre la escalada del conflicto entre la Argentina y Gran Bretana por la soberania sobre las islas Malvinas. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Summit of the Americas / US Policy on Cuba Unchanged |
| Author/Source: | Victoria Nuland Daily Press Briefing U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | What does the U.S. think to have Cuba as a guest country? And if the Cuba (inaudible) will U.S. attend this summit? |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Sen. Feinstein singles out Cuba as potential drug smuggling point |
| Author/Source: | David Goodhue The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Diane Feinstein, who chairs a congressional caucus on international drug trafficking, warned last week that Cuba could become a hub for illegal drugs entering the US in the future. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cuba embargo turns 50: is this what JFK intended? |
| Author/Source: | Anya Landau French The Christian Science Monitor |
| Brief: | Ten presidents later, the US still prohibits nearly all trade and financial transactions with Cuba. But the embargo may work against our national interests. |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Partnership Benefits New Hampshire Guard, El Salvador |
| Author/Source: | Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | New Hampshire Guard senior leaders recently spent several days here meeting with key military leaders to strengthen the state and nation's pairing in the National Guard State Partnership Program. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, Civil-Military Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Military to bolster presence on border |
| Author/Source: | Janet Rose Jackman Tuscon Sentinel |
| Brief: | The announcement comes after an expected drawdown of ground troops and increased air surveillance announced in December. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, Civil-Military Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Border Patrol and Department of Defense Join Forces |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Customs And Border Protection |
| Brief: | Communities in southern Arizona and southern New Mexico should expect to see additional military personnel, vehicles and equipment traveling throughout the border region in the near future. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Human Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | La asociacion Mexico-Estados Unidos contra la trata de personas |
| Author/Source: | Anthony Wayne La Jornada (Mexico) |
| Brief: | Como embajador de los Estados Unidos en Mexico espero con ansias poder seguir trabajando con el gobierno y con la sociedad civil de Mexico para continuar avanzando en esta batalla. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexico violence prompts U.S. to expand travel warning |
| Author/Source: | Tim Gaynor Reuters |
| Brief: | A travel advisory issued this week urged U.S. citizens to avoid all but essential travel to 14 states in northern and central Mexico. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Travel Warning: Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Bureau Of Consular Affairs U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Below is a state-by-state assessment of security conditions throughout Mexico divided into northern and southern regions. |
Thursday, February 9, 2012
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Europes Role, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Malvinas: buscan involucrar a EE.UU. |
| Author/Source: | Mariana Veron La Nacion (Argentina) |
| Brief: | El Gobierno aprovechara la primera visita al pais de la enviada de Barack Obama, Roberta Jacobson, para conseguir apoyos ante la decision de la presidenta Cristina Kirchner. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Europes Role, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Estados Unidos pide una negociacion |
| Author/Source: | Pagina/12 |
| Brief: | Roberta Jacobson se reunira hoy con el canciller Timerman. Antes de llegar, reitero la postura norteamericana a favor del dialogo. |
| Location: | Colombia, Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Relations With Neighbors |
| Title: | Colombia Supports Cuba's Fight against Blockade, FM Says |
| Author/Source: | Prensa Latina |
| Brief: | "You can be sure that we always will support you in that cause", Holguin stated during her official visit to Cuba. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Texans sentenced for buying guns for Mexican cartel |
| Author/Source: | Jim Forsyth Reuters Chicago Tribune |
| Brief: | U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman said that in many cases, the purchasers were paid a couple of hundred dollars to buy a weapon and hand it to a smuggler. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | American Guns and Mexican Violence |
| Author/Source: | Sen. John Cornyn National Review |
| Brief: | While it's true that most of the traceable guns originated north of the border, those weapons represent a very small portion of total Mexican gun seizures. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | EU: "la violencia, en todo Mexico" |
| Author/Source: | Lorena Lopez Milenio |
| Brief: | El gobierno de Estados Unidos renovo la alerta para no viajar a 14 estados de Mexico, debido a que "el crimen y la violencia son problemas graves en todo el pais y pueden ocurrir en cualquier parte". |
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Migration, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Agencia de EEUU crea figura de ombudsman para inmigrantes indocumentados |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse El Faro (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | El defensor publico del ICE permitira tener un contacto mas cercano y recibir inquietudes y preguntas de personas que esten en procesos de deportacion y de activistas y grupos de defensa de los inmigrantes. |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | The Central America Regional Security Initiative: State Presence and Security in At-Risk Communities |
| Author/Source: | Bureau Of Public Affairs U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States is assisting Central American governments in re-establishing effective state presence in communities at risk. |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | The Central America Regional Security Initiative: Strong, Capable, and Accountable Central American Governments |
| Author/Source: | Bureau Of Public Affairs U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States, through CARSI and U.S. assistance programs supports host nation efforts to conduct self-sustaining democratic reform to their law enforcement and related rule of law institutions to protect government institutions from criminal penetrat |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | The Central America Regional Security Initiative: Enhanced Levels of Cooperation and Coordination |
| Author/Source: | Bureau Of Public Affairs U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States is moving to help build the capacity of states individually and collectively to reverse a rapidly deteriorating security environment that jeopardizes citizen safety and the rule of law. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Rastrojos Leaders Negotiating With US: Colombia Govt |
| Author/Source: | Edward Fox InSight |
| Brief: | The decision to start negotiating with US justice is one sign of an organization under pressure. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cuban embargo at 50: US cars with Soviet parts |
| Author/Source: | Sarah Rainsford BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | The US trade embargo with Cuba is 50 years old and Washington shows no sign of ending it. In Havana, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford asks how Cubans have learnt to adapt. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | EEUU celebra 50 anos de exitoso bloqueo para nunca sacar a los Castro |
| Author/Source: | El Chinguire Bipolar |
| Brief: | El dia de hoy Estados Unidos celebra los primeros 50 anos del embargo a Cuba, una operacion que califican como exitosa en el objetivo de mantener en el poder a los hermanos Castro por mas de cinco decadas |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Press Freedom, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Ecuador newspaper columnist facing prison, fines at home seeks US asylum in Miami hearing |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Washington Post |
| Brief: | A former Ecuadorean newspaper columnist who faces prison and millions of dollars in fines for criticism of President Rafael Correa is asking for asylum in the U.S. |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Press Freedom, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Exjefe de opinion del diario ecuatoriano El Universo pide asilo en EEUU |
| Author/Source: | EFE Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Tras ser condenado a tres anos de prision en su pais por una querella interpuesta por el presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, el periodista Emilio Palacio, solicitara manana asilo en Estados Unidos. |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Video: Remarks Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille Before Their Meeting |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Well, it's a tremendous pleasure and honor for me to welcome Haiti's prime minister. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexico drugs: How one DEA killing began a brutal war |
| Author/Source: | Will Grant BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | For many analysts, the Camarena killing marked a key turning point in the fight against drug trafficking in Mexico. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexico arrests Sinaloa drug cartel's reputed enforcer |
| Author/Source: | Tracy Wilkinson The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo allegedly amassed weapons from the U.S. government's Fast and Furious gun program. He is also wanted in the U.S. on drug charges. |