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	Non-Governmental Advocates of Policy Alternatives The non-governmental and scholarly sources listed here meet the following criteria: The Latin America-related content on their website is updated regularly enough to merit frequent visits. Their work explores policy alternatives in one or more of the following areas: Citizen Security and Organized Crime Civil-Military Relations and Democracy Drug Policy Governance and `Nation-Building` Human Rights and Ending Impunity Regional Defense and Conflict Prevention We also encourage you to visit the websites of the three organizations that coordinate the "Just the Facts" project: The Center for International Policy The Latin America Working Group Education Fund The Washington Office on Latin America Argentina Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Red de Seguridad y Defensa de America Latina (Includes information in English) Issue areas: civil-military relations and democracy, regional defense and conflict prevention Belgium International Crisis Group Latin America and Caribbean Program (Includes information in English) Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, drug policy, governance and "nation-building", regional defense and conflict prevention Bolivia Andean Information Network Issue areas: drug policy, human rights and ending impunity Observatorio de Democracia y Seguridad Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, drug policy, regional defense and conflict prevention The Democracy Center (Includes information in English) Issue areas: civil-military relations and democracy, drug policy, human rights and ending impunity Chile Centro de Estudios Estrategicos Issue areas: civil-military relations and democracy, regional defense and conflict prevention Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Chile (Includes information in English) Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, governance and "nation-building", regional defense and conflict prevention Colombia Asociacion para la Promocion Social Alternativa MINGA Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Centro de Investigacion y Educacion Popular (CINEP) Issue areas: drug policy, governance and "nation-building", human rights and ending impunity, regional defense and conflict prevention Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo (Includes information in English) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Colombia Support Network (Includes information in English) Issue areas: drug policy, human rights and ending impunity Consultoria para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Corporacion Nuevo Arco Iris Issue areas: regional defense and conflict prevention Fundacion Ideas para la Paz (Includes information in English) Issue areas: regional defense and conflict prevention Fundacion Red Desarrollo y Paz de los Montes de Mar�a Issue areas: governance and "nation-building" Fundacion Seguridad y Democracia Issue areas: regional defense and conflict prevention Instituto de Estudios para el Desarollo y la Paz (INDEPAZ) Issue areas: regional defense and conflict prevention Instituto Popular de Capacitacion Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, human rights and ending impunity Movimiento de Victimas de Crimenes de Estado en Colombia Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Planeta Paz Issue areas: governance and "nation-building", human rights and ending impunity Proyecto de Desarrollo y Paz del Magdalena Medio Issue areas: governance and "nation-building" Redepaz Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity, regional defense and conflict prevention United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Colombia Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, governance and "nation-building" Costa Rica Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Sede Costa Rica (Includes information in English) Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, governance and "nation-building", regional defense and conflict prevention Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Ecuador Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Ecuador Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, governance and "nation-building", regional defense and conflict prevention Fundacion Regional de Asesor�a en Derechos Humanos (INREDH) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Mexico Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) Issue areas: civil-military relations and democracy, governance and "nation-building" Liga Mexicana por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (LIMEDDHH) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Nicaragua Instituto de Estudios Estrategicos y Pol�ticas Publicas Issue areas: regional defense and conflict prevention Peru Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Centro de Estudios y Promocion del Desarrollo (DESCO) Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, governance and "nation-building", regional defense and conflict prevention Instituto de Defensa Legal Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, human rights and ending impunity, regional defense and conflict prevention Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, Pontifica Universidad Catolica Issue areas: civil-military relations and democracy, human rights and ending impunity The Netherlands Transnational Institute (Includes information in English) Issue areas: drug policy, regional defense and conflict prevention United Kingdom Amnesty International (Includes information in English) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity United States Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Americas (Includes information in English) Issue areas: citizen security and organized crime, civil-military relations and democracy, governance and "nation-building", regional defense and conflict prevention Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (Includes information in English) Issue areas: governance and "nation-building", human rights and ending impunity Council on Foreign Relations Americas (Includes information in English) Issue areas: governance and "nation-building", regional defense and conflict prevention Criminal Justice Policy Foundation: Drug Policy (Includes information in English) Issue areas: drug policy Drug Policy Alliance (Includes information in English) Issue areas: drug policy Federation of American Scientists' Arms Sales Monitoring Project (Includes information in English) Issue areas: regional defense and conflict prevention Human Rights First (Includes information in English) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Human Rights Watch Americas (Includes information in English) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Inter-American Dialogue (Includes information in English) Issue areas: civil-military relations and democracy, governance and "nation-building" International Center for Transitional Justice (Includes information in English) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Peace Brigades International (Includes information in English) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity Venezuela Provea (Includes information in English) Issue areas: human rights and ending impunity	Recent News January 5 Entire Region - Region may escape worst of recession Jerry Haar, The Miami Herald Argentina - Preocupante desanimo de militares, La Nacion (Argentina) Colombia - The Truth About Plan Colombia Adam B. Kushner, Newsweek Ecuador - FF.AA., terrorismo y DD.HH., El Comercio (Ecuador) Mexico - Kidnappings in Mexico Send Shivers Across Border Sam Dillon, The New York Times Peru - ¿Se puede mejorar el gasto militar?, El Comercio (Peru) View all links from January 5. December 31 Bolivia - La aprobacion de Evo cae seis puntos en diciembre , La Razon (Bolivia) Colombia - Colombia's Leader Digs In David Luhnow, The Wall Street Journal - Colombia: FARC to name place for hostage release, Associated Press, USA Today Cuba - A new approach to Cuba, The Los Angeles Times Ecuador - Ecuador marca la Nochevieja quemando a Chavez y Bush Fernando Arroyo Leon, EFE, El Nuevo Herald Mexico - Mexico hands over record number of fugitives to U.S., Reuters - Mexico, el mas peligroso, BBC Mundo Nicaragua - Tenso fin de ano en Nicaragua Arturo Wallace, BBC Mundo View all links from December 31. December 30 Chile - Pinochet-era 'disappeared' found, BBC (UK) Colombia - Ga. court upholds verdict in Colombian killings, Associated Press, WTVM 9 Georgia Colombia, Ecuador - Ecuador pide a Colombia que deje de vincularlo con las FARC, El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) Cuba - The Department of Commerce: An Opportunity for Bill Richardson to Shine Once Again Daniel Bruno Sanz, The Huffington Post - After 50 Years of Castro's Cuba, an End to the Cold War? Tim Padgett, Time Ecuador - Texaco Toxic Past Haunts Chevron as $27 Billion Judgment Looms Michael Smith, Karen Gullo, Bloomberg Mexico - Strategies for Mexico's drug war, The Los Angeles Times Peru - Peru rebels hit again in deadliest year since 1990s, Reuters View all links from December 30. December 22 Argentina - La Argentina, cerca de la indefension Daniel Gallo, La Nacion (Argentina) Brazil - Hundreds of Brazil's eco-warriors at risk of assassination Tom Phillips, The Guardian (UK) - Brasil compra armas a Francia para obtener tecnologia Michel Leclercq, Agence France Presse, El Nuevo Herald Colombia - Afro-Colombians fight biodiesel producers Jane Monahan, BBC (UK) - Colombia's FARC rebels offer to free 6 hostages Vivian Sequera, Associated Press, The Houston Chronicle - Falsos positivos, lo mas monstruoso que nos pudo haber pasado: general Freddy Padillla De Leon , El Tiempo (Colombia) Ecuador - USD 631 millones ha gastado el Gobierno en equipos y armas, El Comercio (Ecuador) Mexico - Oficiales del Ejercito vendian armas a bandas rivales Ricardo Ravelo, Proceso (Mexico) Peru - FF.AA. esperan ofensiva de Sendero en selva de Vizcatan Óscar Castilla, El Comercio (Peru) View all links from December 22. December 19 Entire Region - U.S. Congress and Latin America Update: The 110th Comes to a Close Brian Wanko, Americas Society / Council Of The Americas Argentina - Argentine officers freed on bail , BBC (UK) Brazil - President of Brazil Unveils Plan to Upgrade Military Alexei Barrionuevo, The New York Times Colombia - New Meaning in Life for Young Shantytown Dwellers Mario Osava, Inter-Press Service - Ex-Colombia hostage tells her tale Santiago Fourcade With Mark Walsh, The San Francisco Chronicle Cuba - Castro offers to exchange dissidents for 'Cuban 5' Marco Sibaja, Associated Press Mexico - New target for Mexico's drug cartels: schools Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor Venezuela - Mr. Chavez Tries Again, The Washington Post View all links from December 19. 3 articles tagged "U.S. Policy" in the past 7 days
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