Hearing: Haiti Reconstruction: Smart Planning Moving Forward | Just the Facts

	Time: 02/04/2010 - 15:00 HAITI RECONSTRUCTION: SMART PLANNING MOVING FORWARD Presiding: Senator Menendez Date: Thursday, Febuary 4, 2010 Time: 3:00 P.M. Building: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Witnesses Robert Maguire Director of Programs in International Affairs Trinity Washington University Washington, DC Download Testimony Mark Schneider Senior Vice President International Crisis Group Washington, DC Download Testimony Charles MacCormack President and CEO Save the Children Westport, CT Download Testimony By Abigail Poe at 02/01/2010 - 10:31	Recent News September 2 Entire Region - U.S. exports up, but losing market share in Latin America Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald Argentina - Un acusado que acusa, Pagina/12 Brazil, Colombia - Santos: Las FARC son asunto de Colombia Yana Marull, AFP, El Nuevo Herald Colombia - Entre el Optimismo y la Euforia Rodrigo Botero Montoya, El Colombiano Cuba - House candidates David Rivera, Joe Garcia can't escape Cuba factor Patricia Mazzei, Lesley Clark, The Miami Herald Mexico - For Mexico's president, cartels aren't only concern, MSNBC - Mexico's crackdown on organized crime is working, Calderon says Ken Ellingwood, The Los Angeles Times Venezuela - Jewish community in Venezuela shrinks by half, MercoPress View all links from September 2. September 1 Entire Region, Colombia - How to update U.S.-South American defense agreements Stephen Johnson, Foreign Policy Argentina - Argentine to increase budget defence 50%, recovering losses of Falklands war, MercoPress Colombia - Un pulso a las verdades en los Montes de Maria, Verdad Abierta Colombia, Venezuela - Denuncian envio de armas a las FARC Antonio Maria Delgado, El Nuevo Herald Mexico - Cocaine's cowboys, Financial Times (UK) View all links from September 1. August 31 Brazil - Un nuevo mapa del mundo Celso Amorim, El Universo (Ecuador) Colombia - Santos garantizo fuerte combate contra las Farc si no reflexionan Juan Carlos Monroy Giraldo, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) Mexico - Tenth of Mexico's federal police fired Jo Tuckman, The Guardian Venezuela - Will Chavez steal parliamentary elections? Carlos Alberto Montaner, Firmas Press, The Miami Herald View all links from August 31. August 30 Brazil - Serra in disarray �campaigns� for Lula da Silva�s protege Dilma, MercoPress Colombia - La agenda de Santos Hernando Gomez Buendia, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) - Guerra de pandillas controladas por los narcos desangra a Medellin Federico Rios, EFE, El Nuevo Herald Dominican Republic - Vincho revela EU liga 17 oficiales al narcotrafico Ramon Perez Reyes, Listin Diario (Dominican Republic) Haiti - Plans and Benchmarks for Haiti, The New York Times Mexico - Drug War on the Poor Laura Carlsen, CounterPunch - Mexico needs U.S. help -- but not troops Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald - Massacre in Tamaulipas, The New York Times Peru - Leading Again, Peru President Still Unpopular Simon Romero, The New York Times Venezuela - Venezuela, only economy next with Haiti that will contract in 2010, MercoPress View all links from August 30. August 27 Argentina - Video: La Presidenta ataco a los diarios y dijo que hoy envia el proyecto, La Nacion Central America Regional, Mexico - Mexican drug cartels expand reach in Central America Sarah Grainger, Reuters Colombia - U.S.-Colombia base pact on the rocks Edward Schumacher-Matos, The Washington Post Mexico - Migrant misery, in Mexico, The Los Angeles Times Paraguay - Paraguay: ¿sigue activo el EPP? Eduardo Arce, BBC Mundo Suriname - Suriname president falls ill, cedes power to No. 2 , Associated Press, Houston Chronicle Venezuela - US terms unexplainable Venezuela's arms purchases , El Universal (Venezuela) - Venezuela: la policia "no garantiza la seguridad" Yolanda Valery, BBC Mundo View all links from August 27. 27 articles tagged "U.S. Policy" in the past 7 days
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