News Links tagged "U.S. Policy"
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cartagena Beyond the Secret Service Scandal |
| Author/Source: | Noam Chomsky In These Times |
| Brief: | When policies are pursued for many years with unremitting dedication though they are known to fail in terms of proclaimed objectives, and alternatives that are likely to be far more effective are systematically ignored, questions naturally arise about mot |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Army South, Brazil kick off 2012 army-to-army Staff Talks |
| Author/Source: | Eric R. Lucero Army South Public Affairs Office U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | U.S. Army South conducts annual bilateral staff talks with the Brazilian army to strengthen professional partnerships and increase interaction between armies. |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) 2012 |
| Author/Source: | General Douglas M. Fraser U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Recently, U.S. Southern Command co-hosted the Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) in San Salvador with the leaders of the Armed Forces from 13 different Western Hemisphere nations and other security organizations. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | It's time to see border as asset |
| Author/Source: | Arizona Republic |
| Brief: | In Arizona politics, it is not popular to talk about the good things associated with the Arizona-Mexico border. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Migration, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | What Crisis? |
| Author/Source: | Timothy Noah New Republic |
| Brief: | If the U.S. recession and stepped-up deportations probably weren't decisive in reducing the number of illegal immigrants, what was? Very likely, societal changes in Mexico. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Que Curioso! U.S. Army Cultural Advisers Now Eyeing Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Noah Shachtman Danger Room Wired |
| Brief: | The HTS effort - part of Northern Command’s "Mexican Cultural Analysis Program" - is in its earliest stages. |
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
| Location: | Bolivia |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Nationalization of Transportadora de Electricidad |
| Author/Source: | Mark C. Toner Daily Press Briefing U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | But as we've said before, these actions against foreign investors really dampen the investment climate in Bolivia, in Argentina, in wherever. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombian Military, US Army Team Provides Medical Care in Remote Colombian Town |
| Author/Source: | Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | In the small, remote town of La Macarena, located 170 miles south of Bogota, residents lack medical services due to the town’s poverty stricken, rural location. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombian military, US Army civil affairs team up to help Colombian residents along remote countryside |
| Author/Source: | Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System |
| Brief: | Commonly referred to as a SURGCAP, this type of event is carried out in order to improve the quality of life for these citizens and provide them with much needed medical services. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Presidente de Honduras inicia gira manana en Estados Unidos |
| Author/Source: | El Heraldo (Honduras) |
| Brief: | Una gira de cinco dias en Estados Unidos iniciara manana el presidente Porfirio Lobo junto a la primera dama, Rosa Elena de Lobo, y varios funcionarios de gobierno. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | From a Mexican Kingpin to an FBI informant |
| Author/Source: | Richard A. Serrano Borderland Beat |
| Brief: | In the safe house dining room, agents brought out maps, and Miramontes-Varela sketched in smuggling routes. He said weapons were easily acquired in this country. |
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Environment, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Signing of the U.S.-Panama Agreement on Environmental Cooperation |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Spokesperson U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The ECA will help ensure that trade and environmental policies work together to provide greater economic opportunities for businesses and workers in the United States and Panama. |
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Welcome Greater Freedom of Movement for Cuban Public |
| Author/Source: | Mark C. Toner Daily Press Briefing U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | There's talk that Raul Castro might ease some of the travel restrictions in Cuba. What would this mean? And what good benefits could it also have maybe from U.S. policy side? |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, Human Rights, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexico lamenta decision de justicia de EEUU de exonerar a agente que mato a joven mexicano |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse La Tercera (Chile) |
| Brief: | Mexico "lamenta profundamente y expresa su mas energico rechazo a la decision anunciada hoy por el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos". |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Civil Society Peace Movement, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Peace activist visits UA, talks drug war |
| Author/Source: | Stephanie Casanova Arizona Daily Wildcat |
| Brief: | Sicilia asked that the U.S. not only legalize, control and market its own drugs but also regulate and better control weapon policies. |
Monday, April 30, 2012
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. Army South conducts Staff Talks with Brazilian army |
| Author/Source: | LTC Antwan C Williams U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | U.S. Army South, as the Army's Executive Agent, will conduct bilateral staff talks here with the Brazilian army April 30 - May 3 to strengthen professional partnerships and increase interaction between armies. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Seabees bring 'Can Do!' attitude to Beyond the Horizon Guatemala |
| Author/Source: | 2LT Harold D. Williams Tennessee Army National Guard Public Affairs U.S. Army South |
| Brief: | A contingent of 23 U.S. Navy engineers, detached from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion, Fort Belvoir, Va. and is currently constructing a women's medical clinic in the town of El Rancho. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Border Security, Human Rights, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | EU exonera a agente que mato a joven mexicano en 2010 |
| Author/Source: | Notimex Animal Politico (Mexico) |
| Brief: | Las imagenes del video muestran que el agente de la CBP disparo a Hernandez Güereca en momentos que los testigos vieron a varias personas lanzar piedras al agente. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Migration, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | The receding tide of illegal immigrants from Mexico |
| Author/Source: | The Washington Post |
| Brief: | Mexico is more politically developed than before NAFTA; its current problems can't overturn what has become one of the most vibrant multiparty systems in the Americas. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Migration, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Editorial: Perspective on migration from Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Dallas Morning News |
| Brief: | When you have 1.4 million people moving back to Mexico between 2005 and 2010 — including 300,000 U.S.-born children — the force at work is more push than pull. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Number of Americans killed in Mexico continues to rise |
| Author/Source: | Dudley Althaus, Lise Olsen Houston Chronicle |
| Brief: | While still miniscule compared to the more than 50,000 Mexicans claimed by the violence, the annual tally of Americans slain has risen steadily since 2007. |
| Location: | South America Regional |
| Category: | Chinese Foreign Policy, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US Sees South America as Possible China Counter |
| Author/Source: | Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press ABC News |
| Brief: | Panetta would like to see South American countries use their greater military capability to train some Central American nations that are not as advanced. |
Friday, April 27, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cartagena Summit's Other Outrage: Obama's Indifference to Latin Issues |
| Author/Source: | Mac Margolis The Daily Beast |
| Brief: | Never have the real differences between nations been so great nor have heads of states come together so often to make speeches so absolutely hypocritical. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US looks to ease Brazil doubts over tech transfers |
| Author/Source: | Jordi Zamora Agence France Presse |
| Brief: | Brazilian officials are wary of Washington's possible use of technology restrictions. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Venta frustrada de Supertucanos planean sobre relacion militar EEUU-Brasil |
| Author/Source: | Jordi Zamora Agence France Presse El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Brasil quiso vender 36 de esos aparatos a Venezuela en 2006 por un valor de 500 millones de dolares. Washington se opuso y su negativa fue determinante, puesto que el Supertucano cuenta con tecnologia estadounidense. |
| Location: | Brazil, Chile, Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cash-Strapped Pentagon to Boost Latin American Partnerships |
| Author/Source: | Luis Ramirez Voice Of America |
| Brief: | At a time when the U.S. military faces hundreds of billions of dollars in budget cuts, the Pentagon hopes to rely more on its Latin American partners to deal with growing drug trafficking and terrorist threats. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US defense secretary talks defense strategy in Chile visit |
| Author/Source: | David Pedigo Santiago Times (Chile) |
| Brief: | "Chile is in the final stage of the development in its national security and defense strategy and and there exists a lot of similarities of Chile and the U.S. in this regard." |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Friction between Rubio and Mack? |
| Author/Source: | Al Kamen, Emily Heil The Washington Post |
| Brief: | Rather than have his colleagues cool their heels while Rubio finished up his chat, we hear that Mack simply pulled the plug on the scheduled meeting. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Extradition, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | Emerging Criminal Groups, Extradition, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | 'Don Mario', otro capo que pide pista en EE. UU. |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El Gobierno, si lo considera procedente, podria enviarlo ante las cortes norteamericanos una vez se oficialice la expulsion de Justicia y Paz. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | DAS Scandal, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | (PDF) Colombia: Report on U.S. Support to the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | A report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing any United States funding, assistance or other support for the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, its officials, employees, affiliates and contractors during the period 2002 through 2010 |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US: Mexico seized 68,000 guns from US since 2006 |
| Author/Source: | Pete Yost Bloomberg Business Week |
| Brief: | The 68 percent figure is down from estimates of 90 percent in years past when Mexico was sharing less information with the U.S.. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Panel cuts funds for border gun sales tally |
| Author/Source: | Dan Freedman Houston Chronicle |
| Brief: | The House Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to cut off funding for a federal requirement that firearms dealers in Southwest border states report multiple sales of rifles to the ATF. |