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	Monday, October 8, 2012 Podcast: The Week Ahead: October 8, 2012 The results of Venezuela's elections are in. The U.S. Defense Department publishes a hemisphere policy statement. Pressure mounts to release Alberto Fujimori from prison. (Note: this podcast has minor sound quality issues, as it was recorded in a hotel room in Uruguay.) Subscribe to the "Just the Facts" podcast here and on iTunes. Thank you for listening. Download By Adam Isacson at 10/08/2012 - 21:09 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 Colombia Peace Process Update (May 20, 2013) The Week in Review 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 more Recent News May 21 Argentina, Guatemala, Peru - Tres dictadores Rocio Silva Santisteban, La Republica (Peru) Bolivia - Sean Penn pide dejar a Bolivia fuera del Dakar Guider Arancibia Guillen, EFE, El Deber (Bolivia) Bolivia, Chile - Carter quiere mediar en el lio con Chile , EFE, El Deber (Bolivia) Brazil - Businessman Linked by U.S. to Hezbollah Is Arrested in Brazil in a Fraud Scheme Simon Romero, New York Times Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru - La alianza mundial que se gesta en Cali , Semana Colombia - FARC, Peace and Possible Criminalization , InSight Crime - Colombia aun no logra su potencial Isabel Junca Y Edwin Bohorquez Aya, El Espectador (Colombia) - �Policia Nacional armo el Frente Capital�: alias �Mi Sangre� Juan Diego Restrepo E., Verdad Abierta El Salvador - Exit of El Salvador Security Minister Puts Gang Truce at Risk Hector Silva Avalos, Steve Dudley, InSight Crime Guatemala - Guatemala's Constitutional Court Overturns Rios Montt Conviction and Sends Trial Back to April 19 Emi MacLean, Riosmontt-trial.org - Guatemala, el poder, la sentencia, Somalia Martin Rodriguez Pellecer, Plaza Publica (Guatemala) Mexico - Arizona Desert Swallows Migrants on Riskier Paths Fernanda Santos, Rebekah Zemansky, New York Times - Cheers greet Mexican soldiers relieving western town cut off from supplies by drug cartel , Associated Press, Washington Post - Ausente Gendarmeria en Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2013-2018 Liliana Juarez Gonzalez, Mexico Seguridad Nicaragua - EE.UU. dona equipos a Policia y al Ejercito, El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) Venezuela - Venezuela Opposition: Audio Suggests Cuba Meddling, Associated Press, The New York Times View all links from May 21. May 20 Entire Region - OAS Drug Study Eyes Marijuana Legalization Frank Bajak, Associated Press, ABC News - OAS Secretary General Presents Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas , Organization Of American States Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru - La Alianza del Pacifico 'nace' el jueves en Cali Daniel Valero, El Tiempo, Portafolio Colombia - Colombia Farc rebels ask for 'more time' for peace deal, BBC Mexico - Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform Christopher Sherman, Associated Press, News Observer - Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security Tom Barry, Truthout Venezuela - Venezuela's Military Enters High-Crime Slums Karl Ritter, Associate Press - Venezuela esta dispuesta a normalizar relaciones con EEUU , Agence France Presse, El Nuevo Herald View all links from May 20. 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. 27 articles tagged "U.S. Policy" in the past 7 days
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