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	Friday, August 31, 2012 Podcast: The Week Ahead: August 31, 2012 Peace talks with the FARC guerrillas appear to be restarting in Colombia. In a strange incident, Mexican federal police fire on a car carrying CIA employees. 200 U.S. Marines are carrying out a counter-drug operation in Guatemala. Subscribe to the "Just the Facts" podcast here and on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Download By Adam Isacson at 08/31/2012 - 20:57 Colombia Guatemala Mexico Podcast Adam Isacson's blog	Have blog entries sent to you Tags aid Argentina Bolivia Brazil civil-military relations Colombia congress Counter-Narcotics Counternarcotics Ecuador Elections El Salvador Entire Region Guatemala Honduras human rights Justice System Mexico Narcotrafficking Nicaragua Peru Podcast Politics and Security public security Recent Violence U.S. Aid U.S. Policy US Policy Venezuela Week in Review more tags Recent blog posts The Week in Review Obama's trip to Mexico and Costa Rica Update: Vigilante justice in Mexico Over 100 Groups Call on Obama & Mesoamerican Leaders to Tackle Root Causes of Violence at SICA Week in Review Week in Review Week in Review U.S. Aid to Latin America since 1996: 3 Charts U.S. military exercises in February and March Week in Review more Recent News May 17 Entire Region - OAS Secretary General Presents Report on Drug Problem in the Americas , Organization of American States Belize - U.S. Navy Sponsors, Traines Belizean Navy SEAL Team, Belizean Bolivia - Evo Morales acusa a sindicatos de incitar al amotinamiento, BBC Mundo Brazil, Uruguay - Uruguay's Mujica talks up Brazil ties Jude Webber, The Washington Post Colombia - En Incoder siguen adjudicando baldios a delincuentes y a ricos , El Tiempo (Colombia) Costa Rica - Costa Rica's communications minister resigns after presidential flight tied to businessman with suspected drug cartel links , Tico Times - Costa Rica: el avion que puso en aprietos a la presidenta Laura Chinchilla, BBC Mundo Guatemala - Trial on Guatemalan Civil War Carnage Leaves Out U.S. Role Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times Mexico - To tame drug violence, Mexican general takes control of chaotic Michoacan Lizabeth Diaz, Reuters, Christian Science Monitor - Video: In Mexico, fears for democracy as threatened journalists curtail coverage Tim Johnson, McClatchy News Service, Idaho Statesman - Blog del Narco: author who chronicled Mexico's drugs war forced to flee Rory Carroll, The Guardian Venezuela - Venezuela: auditoria confirma resultado electoral, BBC Mundo View all links from May 17. May 16 Brazil - Brazil's gun control debate: Opponents try to shoot holes in disarmament law Andrew Downie, Christian Science Monitor - Contra pirataria, Brasil expande acao naval na Africa João Fellet, Luis Kawaguti, BBC News Colombia - Plot to kill Colombian journalists uncovered Sibylla Brodzinsky, The Guardian - Colombian rebels recruit child fighters even as they negotiate to end conflict Juan Forero, Washington Post - La 'Ruta Mental' de la negociacion con las Farc Juanita Leon, La Silla Vacia Colombia, Costa Rica - Laura Chinchilla alega que por "engano" volo en jet de narco colombiano , EFE, El Espectador (Colombia) Ecuador - FF.AA. y Policia salen en patrullajes conjuntos despues de crimenes , El Comercio El Salvador - El Salvador: Authorities launch new violence prevention plan, InfoSur Hoy Entire Region - EE. UU. propone una reforma de la politica de drogas para el siglo XXI Gil Kerlikowske, El Tiempo (Colombia) Mexico - U.S.-Mexico Cooperation Against Cartels Remains Strong Stratfor, Forbes - In Mexico, restrictions on U.S. agents signal drug war shift Nick Miroff, The Washington Post Peru - Peru pedira mas fondos antidrogas a Washington, Prensa Latina Venezuela - Venezuela: A House Divided , International Crisis Group - Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper Fabiola Sanchez, Karl Ritter, Associated Press, Yahoo! News View all links from May 16. May 15 Brazil - São Paulo May Lose Cup Games , Reuters, New York Times Colombia - 'Desminar el pais podria ser pena alternativa para las Farc': Fiscal , El Tiempo (Colombia) - Dialogos de paz entre las FARC y el Gobierno de Colombia se reanudan en La Habana , El Universo (Ecuador) - Medellin innova estrategias para enfrentar el desplazamiento forzado Andres Bermudez Lievano, La Silla Vacia Guatemala - Victory in Guatemala? Not Yet Victoria Sanford, New York Times - Jailed ex-Guatemala dictator Rios Montt remains in hospital for unspecified health problem , Associated Press, The Washington Post Haiti - Haiti president defends first 2 years in office Evens Sanon, Associated Press, Miami Herald Honduras - TIGRES le hara frente al crimen organizado Juan Orlando Hernandez, El Heraldo Mexico - Secuestro y no homicidio, lo que mas temen los mexicanos: CIDAC , Animal Politico Peru - Peru: Amicus Brief on Military Court Jurisdiction, Human Rights Watch Venezuela - Venezuela's last major opposition TV station is sold Chris Kraul, Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times - Capriles advierte que sacarlo de la gobernacion es un "golpe de Estado" Alejandra M. Hernandez, El Universal (Venezuela) View all links from May 15. May 14 Entire Region - The Obama Administration Looks to Latin America After Years of Neglect Tim Padgett, Time Colombia - Displaced by Gold Mining in Colombia Constanza Vieira, IPS, Upside Down World - Plan para matar a Leon Valencia , Semana El Salvador - El Salvador Catholic Church: Pawn or Player in Gang Truce? Steven Dudley, InSight Crime Honduras - Honduran Police Accused as Death Squads Alberto Arce, Associated Press, ABC News Mexico - Aviones no tripulados: tecnologia en expansion en Mexico Liliana Juarez Gonzalez, Mexico Seguridad Venezuela - Maduro Government Puts Military in the Streets to Fight Crime David Smilde, Hugo Perez Hernaiz, Venezuelan Politics And Human Rights View all links from May 14. May 13 Bolivia - Bye, bye American pie, The Economist Brazil - Reckless Rio: in the air, on the ground and even under the earth Julia Michaels, Rio Real Colombia - Futuro de las Fuerzas Militares lo discutimos con la cupula y no en La Habana: Santos, Radio Nacional De Colombia - Colombia quiere paz o justicia? Carlos Julio Martinez, Semana Guatemala - Explaining the Jump in Guatemala's Murder Rate Elyssa Pachico, InSight Crime - Former Leader of Guatemala Is Guilty of Genocide Against Mayan Group Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times - Una condena por genocidio Oswaldo J. Hernandez, Plaza Publica Honduras - Palmerola: 30 anos despues, Agence France Presse, El Faro Mexico - Reporta Gobierno baja en homicidios, Mexico Seguridad Venezuela - Cry havoc, The Economist View all links from May 13. 26 articles tagged "U.S. Policy" in the past 7 days
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