http://justf.org/news/custom_news_links.php Links from a custom search of recent news about security in the Americas. en-ushttp://en.mercopress.com/2010/02/08/russia-displaces-the-us-as-main-supplier-of-arms-to-latinamerica Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Countries: Entire Region, Venezuela Publisher: MercoPress (Tags -> Arms Transfers, Russian Foreign Policy: : ) The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British research institute focusing on international security, revealed that Russia in 2009 became the main exporter of weapons to Latin America thanks to the purchases made by Venezuela, but alshttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704533204575047631291330838.html?mod=rss_opinion_main Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Argentina Author: Mary Anastasia O'Grady Publisher: The Wall Street Journal (Tags -> Economy And Security, Politics And Security: : ) Mrs. Kirchner governs with a club, and her new central bank president has admitted she has no plan to maintain independencehttp://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/02/08/opinion/o-02135583.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Argentina Author: Mauricio Macri Publisher: Clarin (Argentina) (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) El pais hermano logro consolidar politicas de Estado que perduran en el tiempo con consistencia, con reglas claras y con gran fortaleza institucionalhttp://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1230652 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Argentina Publisher: La Nacion (Argentina) (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Por la falta de respeto a esos limites, la tentacion autoritaria termina fortalecida. Esa tendencia representa un grave peligro para la vigencia de la Constitucion Nacional y de las libertades de todoshttp://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/08/world/AP-LT-Brazil-Rainforest-Farming.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Brazil Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Economy And Security, Environment: : ) It 's up to Wruck and others to convince farmers and ranchers that by diversifying and renewing the nutrients in soil, they can farm the same tract for several generationshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1958366,00.html?xid=rss-world&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+time/world+(TIME:+Top+World+Stories) Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Brazil Author: Andrew Downie Publisher: Time (Tags -> Elections, Politics And Security: : ) To win the job, Dilma — who, like many Brazilian public figures is known by just one name — will need Lula out on the campaign trailhttp://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/648237.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Chile Wire Service: EFE Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Civil-Military Relations, Human Rights: : ) En una declaracion publica, la AFDD senalo que Le Dantec es uno de cuatro generales del Ejercito que figuran como imputados por el asesinato de 22 campesinos de la localidad de Painehttp://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/fenomeno-del-pin/134631.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : 2010 Elections, Para-Politics: ) A pesar de que buena parte de sus candidatos han sido cuestionados por su relacion con la para-politica, el PIN se podria convertir en una de las bancadas mas fuertes en el proximo Congresohttp://bombsite.com/issues/110/articles/3368 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: Bomb Magazine (Tags -> : Economy and Security: ) Medellin’s new architecture represents a novel way of making a city out of policy; it also represents a new generation of architects facing the world, concerned with developing discourses and architecture in greater alignment with the present momenthttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/politica/en-febrero-seran-liberados-pablo-emilio-moncayo-y-josue-daniel-calvo-gobierno-dice-que-dara-garantias_7140228-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : FARC Hostages: ) "En este mes no creo que haya dificultad con los protocolos de seguridad", dijo la congresistahttp://www.semana.com/noticias-economia/estigma-esmeralderos/134612.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Narcotrafficking: ) El estigma revivio en los ultimos dias con las noticias publicadas por diferentes medios de comunicacion, segun las cuales Espana se aprestaria a pedir la extradicion del empresario de esmeraldas Victor Carranza, por el supuesto delito de trafico de drogahttp://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/viento-contra/134671.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Politics And Security, Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy: ) El efecto teflon esta desapareciendo y Uribe esta empezando a sentir que no es invulnerable ante el pueblohttp://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/requiem-revista/134675.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Press Freedom: ) Aunque desde su inicio Cambio siempre fue una revista muy influyente, no es exagerado afirmar que el ano pasado alcanzo uno de los puntos mas altos de su historia. Por eso resulto tan desconcertante su cierrehttp://www.semana.com/noticias-opinion/cambio-radical/134682.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Author: Maria Jimena Duzan Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Press Freedom: ) El periodismo que investiga, que hace preguntas y no se somete, es una amenaza para el Estado de Opinion que nos quieren imponerhttp://www.semana.com/noticias-opinion/ajuste-precios/134606.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Author: Antonio Caballero Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Press Freedom: ) Con la liquidacion de Cambio y de sus incomodos periodistas el consorcio Planeta-El Tiempo lleva las de ganar en esa competencia: este gobierno paga mejor a quien mejor se vendehttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/antioquia/ataque-del-ejercito-colombiano-a-resguardo-indigena-embera_7144687-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Recent Violence: Antioquia) EL TIEMPO acompano a una mision humanitaria al territorio indigena que el Ejercito ataco por errorhttp://www.semana.com/noticias-portada/jaque-referendo/134670.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) La ponencia del magistrado Humberto Sierra Porto no es un jaque mate, pero si le complica mucho las cosas a la reeleccion del Presidentehttp://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/destino-afganistan/134677.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : U.S. Policy: ) Esta claro que el grupo inicial seria de unos 100 militares, casi todos de fuerzas especiales, que irian en dos contingentes diferentes: el de la Otan y el de los norteamericanoshttp://www.semana.com/noticias-opinion/informantes-sapos/134616.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Author: Alfredo Rangel Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Uribe Government Security Policies: ) Sin la colaboracion de esos informantes el exito de la politica de seguridad democratica no habria sido tan abrumador como lo reconocen propios y extranoshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020702164_pf.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Free Trade, U.S. Policy: Free Trade, U.S. Policy: ) On Colombia, the case for a deal is especially strong -- and the case against one especially weakhttp://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/medellin-diablos-pasa/134672.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Author: Jose Alejandro Castano Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Public Security: Public Security, Recent Violence: Antioquia) Cronica de la vibrante ciudad desde los pasillos de Medicina Legal, el escritorio del coronel Martinez y las andanzas del pandillero 'Calichehttp://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/enriquesantoscaldern/la-semana-negra-de-uribe_7136567-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Colombia Author: Enrique Santos Calderon Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> U.S. Policy: Politics And Security, Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy: ) Sabe que sus esperanzas se han reducido y que el tiempo se agota. Pero en cuestion de magistrados -si de eso se trata- nada esta escrito. Cuando la primera reeleccion, el magistrado Cepeda produjo ponencia negativa y luego voto positivohttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/operativo-de-la-policia-nacional-contra-el-narcotrafico_7145407-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Countries: Colombia, Mexico Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> Narcotrafficking: Narcotrafficking: ) Entre los detenidos en la operacion figuran doce pilotos y una mujer que era el enlace directo entre el mexicano Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman y los carteles colombianoshttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/las-farc-mantienen-contactos-con-grupos-armados-bolivarianos-de-venezuela-desde-2002_7143087-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Countries: Colombia, Venezuela Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> Politics And Security: FARC International Links, Relations with Venezuela: ) El 'Movimiento Armado y Revolucionario para la Liberacion Carapaica' -que empezo a sonar a mediados de enero, cuando varios de sus hombres, encapuchados y armados, aparecieron en medios- es uno de al menos cuatro grupos de milicias bolivarianas http://www.semana.com/noticias-opinion-on-line/uribe-chavez-vayanse-descansar/134593.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Countries: Colombia, Venezuela Author: Julian Cubillos Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Venezuelan Foreign Policy: Relations with Venezuela: ) Dos gobiernos antagonicos, un solo pecado: populismohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/02/100207_0429_chinchilla_gana_elecciones_costa_rica_lf.shtml Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Costa Rica Author: Gilberto Lopes Publisher: BBC (UK) (Tags -> : : ) Contado mas de 80% de los votos, Chinchilla obtuvo cerca de 47% del total, frente a 25% de Otton Solishttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703427704575051832655584228.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Costa Rica Author: Nicholas Casey Publisher: The Wall Street Journal (Tags -> Elections, Politics And Security: : ) Sunday night, Laura Chinchilla of the centrist National Liberation Party held about 48% of the votehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/laura-chinchilla-costa-ri_0_n_453166.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Costa Rica Author: Marianela Jimenez Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The Huffington Post (Tags -> Elections, Politics And Security: : ) Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policieshttp://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/656978.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Costa Rica Wire Service: EFE Publisher: El Universal (Mexico) (Tags -> Elections, Politics And Security: : ) Electa como la primera presidenta en la historia del pais, ofrece en su discurso de victoria abrir un dialogo con todos los sectoreshttp://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/v-print/story/1465285.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Cuba Author: Juan O. Tamayo Publisher: The Miami Herald (Tags -> U.S. Policy: : ) Eight congressional Republicans on Friday alleged the Obama administration is trying to ``appease'' the Cuban government after the arrest in Havana of a Washington subcontractor, and called for the cancellation of bilateral migration talks http://ww1.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=333698&id_seccion=4 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Ecuador Publisher: El Comercio (Ecuador) (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Public Security: : ) La Direccion Nacional de Antinarcoticos de la Policia anuncio que se incrementaran los controles en todo el pais, para evitar el trafico de estupefacienteshttp://ww1.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=333701&id_seccion=4 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Ecuador Publisher: El Comercio (Ecuador) (Tags -> Public Security: : ) El remolque de altura, que transporta a siete oficiales, 52 guardiamarinas y 40 tripulantes, fue recibido por los miembros del Comando de Operaciones Norte (Coopno), que tiene a cargo la seguridad de la provincia de Esmeraldashttp://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6374&idArt=4494884 Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: El Salvador Author: Ileana Lainez V. Publisher: El Diario de Hoy (El Salvador) (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) El Salvador no esta preparado para enfrentar una crisis alimentaria si esta llegara a presentarse en estos momentoshttp://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/02/08/20100208haitidrugs0208.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Haiti Author: Chris Hawley Publisher: The Arizona Republic (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Natural Disasters: : ) Smugglers are already back at work after the quake, apparently undeterred by the hundreds of foreign troops in Haiti as part of aid effortshttp://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/02/07/calderon-abdico-su-responsabilidad-en-lucha-contra-el-narco-amlo Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Mexico Publisher: La Jornada (Mexico) (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security: : ) La estrategia de seguridad la manejan desde el extranjero, ello lleva a un intervencionismo en nuestros asuntos, advirtio Lopez Obradorhttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-juarez_07edi.State.Edition1.2467a39.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Mexico Publisher: The Dallas Morning News (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Public Security: : ) If fixing this means sending another division of troops to the border to supplement the forces that the government has already allocated, so be it. If it means extending martial law, so be it. But Mexico's people and government badly need to turn this mashttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/07/mexico-drug-war Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Mexico Author: Ed Vulliamy Publisher: The Observer (UK) (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Public Security: : ) This brutality defines a war very much of its time, the first 21st-century war, because it is, in the end, about nothinghttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020701420_pf.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Mexico Author: Alexandra Olson Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Public Security: : ) Mexico's homicide rate has fallen steadily from a high in 1997 of 17 per 100,000 people to 14 per 100,000 in 2009http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-families_06int.ART.State.Edition1.4ba7cef.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Mexico Author: Alfredo Corchado Publisher: The Dallas Morning News (Tags -> Public Security, U.S. Policy: : ) At least two family members crossed into El Paso on Friday and met with lawyer Carlos Spector, seeking legal advice on how to obtain political asylum in the United Stateshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8503892.stm Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Venezuela Publisher: BBC (UK) (Tags -> Economy And Security, Politics And Security: : ) The president said the move was part of an effort to preserve Venezuela's national heritagehttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1960538,00.html?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+time/topstories+(TIME:+Top+Stories) Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Venezuela Author: Charlie Devereux Publisher: Time (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Venezuelan TV stations, already cowed by government control of broadcasting licenses, were unsure about how to cover the protests at the gamehttp://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/1468724.html Publication Date: 2010-02-08 Country: Venezuela Wire Service: The Miami Herald Publisher: The Miami Herald (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) The region's leaders shouldn't wait for domestic bloodshed or a cross-border conflict to move them to acthttp://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2010/02/04/noticia_0005.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Argentina Publisher: Perfil (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) La compra del hotel Alto Calafate con 2 millones de dolares por parte del ex presidente Nestor Kirchner hizo que en la Argentina surja el debate acerca de la necesidad en la transparencia y el control del patrimonio privado de los funcionarios durante su http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/646165.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Argentina Author: Ann Legard Wire Service: Agence France Presse Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) "Vamos a seguir con una politica de tranquilidad en el mercado de cambios, de tipo de cambio administrado. El pais no tiene ninguna condicion objetiva para que haya algun cimbronazo [sobresalto]."http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20100205_006994/nota_248_949184.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Countries: Bolivia, Brazil Publisher: La Razon (Bolivia) (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Lula da Silva hablo de la politica de solidaridad de su pais. Garcia afirma que la compra de gas por parte de Brasil no es un tema de buena voluntad. http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/646176.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Brazil Author: Marco Sibaja Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Civil-Military Relations: : ) El general del ejercito Raymundo Nonato declaro el miercoles a la comision de Constitucion y Justicia del Senado que "la vida militar reviste ciertas caracteristicas, inclusive de combate, que no se ajustan a ese tipo de conducta."http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/646175.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Brazil Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy: : ) El diplomatico estadounidense Thomas Shannon presento el jueves sus credenciales como nuevo embajador en Brasil, con el cometido de hacerle frente a una serie de desentendimientos entre los dos paises.http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=351734&CategoryId=14090 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Brazil Wire Service: EFE Publisher: Latin American Herald Tribune (Tags -> Human Rights, Politics And Security: : ) The Brazilian Congress on Thursday proclaimed food security as a new constitutional right of all citizens, along with health, housing, work, social security, child protection and other basic guarantees.http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/brazilians_remain_opposed_to_death_penalty/ Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Brazil Wire Service: Angus Reid Global Monitor (Tags -> Human Rights, Politics And Security: : ) The South American country abolished capital punishment in 1979, with the exception of crimes of treason committed in a time of war.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-04/chile-s-peso-drops-to-four-month-low-as-copper-prices-plunge.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Chile Author: Andrea Jaramillo, Drew Benson Wire Service: Bloomberg Publisher: BusinessWeek (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) The peso declined 1.2 percent to 544.13 per U.S. dollar at 11:49 a.m. New York time, from 537.88 yesterday. The peso touched 550.50, the lowest since Oct. 14.http://en.mercopress.com/2010/02/04/chile-enacts-bill-with-sweeping-changes-to-defence-policy Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Chile Publisher: MercoPress (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Chilean president Michelle Bachelet promulgated this week a bill with sweeping changes in the Defence ministry and Armed Forces structure including the creation of a post equivalent to that of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.http://www.elpais.com/articulo/opinion/Uribe/deja/empujar/elpepuopi/20100107elpepiopi_2/Tes Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Pais (Espana) (Tags -> : : ) Son cada dia mas las voces nacionales e internacionales que piden al presidente que adelante su compromiso de no presentarse a un tercer mandato aunque la sentencia del tribunal lo autorice: que se contente con ocho anos de exitos en la lucha contra la suhttp://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-05/chiquita-must-face-u-s-suit-over-colombian-terrorist-murders.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Author: Erik Larson Publisher: BusinessWeek (Tags -> : Chiquita Case: ) Yesterday's ruling allows the missionaries' families to pursue claims that the company aided and abetted in the murder and provided material support and resources to terrorists.http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100204-714616.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Wire Service: Dow Jones Publisher: The Wall Street Journal (Tags -> : Economy And Security, Reelection Debate: ) Some investors sold on concerns about what may happen during the next elections due in May after the local press reported one of the nine judges of the country's Constitutional court opposed to the holding of a referendum.http://www.semana.com/noticias-justicia/militares-senalan-mario-montoya-masacre-san-jose-apartado/134554.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases: ) Ante la Juez Segunda Especializada de Antioquia los coroneles tambien agregaron que Montoya fue quien ordeno la utilizacion de guias en la operacion militar, quienes resultaron siendo paramilitares del bloque Heroes de Tolova.http://www.semana.com/noticias-conflicto-armado/masacre-indigenas-awa-ano-impunidad-duelo/134523.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, Indigenous Communities: ) Tras un ano de la masacre, los cuerpos de ocho aborigenes que fueron asesinados con cuchillos y machetes por las Farc, no han sido enterrados.http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8054-montoya-implicated-in-peace-community-massacre.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: Colombia Reports (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, Justice System: ) Ex-army general Mario Montoya Uribe has been implicated in the massacre of eight people in the Peace Community of San Apartado, reported El Tiempo on Thursday.http://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/aplazada-eleccion-del-nuevo-fiscal/134546.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Justice System: ) La eleccion del nuevo Fiscal General de la Nacion fue aplazada debido a que ninguno de los tres candidatos logro los 16 votos reglamentarios.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-04/colombia-court-reviews-uribe-third-term-amid-democracy-concerns.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Author: Helen Murphy Wire Service: Bloomberg Publisher: BusinessWeek (Tags -> : Justice System, Reelection Debate: ) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said he would "act prudently" to let the constitutional court evaluate a proposed referendum on a third term after local media said a judge recommended that his colleagues block the vote.http://elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo185992-hay-dejar-de-tenerle-miedo-vivanco-mindefensa Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Politics And Security, Uribe Government Security Policies: ) Jose Miguel Vivanco es el actual director de la Human Right Wartch, organismo que aseguro en un informe que los paramilitares seguian presentes en varias zonas del pais, incluso con el consentimiento de las Fuerzas Militares.http://www.lasillavacia.com/historia/6441 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Author: Juanita Leon Publisher: La Silla Vacia (Tags -> : Press Freedom: ) Fuentes cercanas al diario creen que Jose Obdulio Gaviria, que es uno de sus mejores amigos Sole, lo 'enveneno' contra Rodrigo Pardo, quien habia caido en desgracia con el Gobierno.http://colombia.indymedia.org/news/2010/02/111263.php Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Author: Aurelio Suarez Montoya Publisher: Indymedia (Tags -> : Public Health: ) Es dificil concebir mayor perversidad para la elaboracion de una politica publica que la que inspiro al gobierno de Uribe para decretar la Emergencia Social y dictar las medidas que de ahi emanaron con el falaz argumento de "salvar la salud de los cohttp://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_sa/2010-02-05/014247518154.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: New Tang Dynasty Television (Tags -> : Recent Violence: ) Colombian troops attacked a guerrilla camp belonging to the rebel group FARC or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. 12 rebels were killed in the attack on Wednesday.http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/04/world/international-uk-colombia-uribe.html?_r=1 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Wire Service: Reuters Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) A top Colombian judge has recommended that the country's highest court reject a proposal to allow President Alvaro Uribe to seek re-election.http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/many_colombians_reject_re_election_referendum/ Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Wire Service: Angus Reid Global Monitor (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) Almost half of people in Colombia oppose the government calling a referendum on whether the constitution should be modified to allow Álvaro Uribe to run for a third term as president, according to a poll by Datexco published in El Tiempo.http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15469812 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Publisher: The Economist (UK) (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) His critics accuse him of taking advantage of this financial emergency to make more profound changes to the way health care is provided, and with little public debate.http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aZ8o0entzQrA Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Colombia Author: Alexander Cuadros Wire Service: Bloomberg (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) Colombia's consumer prices probably rose at the fastest pace in 11 months in January as a drought caused by the El Nino weather effect reduced crop production, pushing up food prices.http://www.semana.com/noticias-economia/ecuador-elimina-salvaguardias-para-productos-colombianos/134560.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Countries: Colombia, Ecuador Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) El Consejo de Comercio Exterior e Inversiones adopto tal decision, aunque el ano pasado habia dispuesto una desgravacion gradual para los 1.346 Productos colombianos.http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/descartan-encuentro-bilateral-entre-correa-uribe-unasur/134567.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Countries: Colombia, Ecuador, South America Regional Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Diplomatic Relations: : ) La cumbre se realizara en Quito y esta prevista la asistencia del mandatario haitiano Rene Preval, ademas de la de los gobernantes del bloque.http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/646169.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Costa Rica Author: Ana Fernandez Wire Service: Agence France Presse Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Economy And Security, Elections, Politics And Security: : ) La lucha contra el narcotrafico, creacion de empleo, mejora de la competitividad y de las energias renovables son los principales retos para la candidata oficialista, Laura Chinchilla, que el domingo podria convertirse en la proxima presidenta de Costa Rihttp://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/costa_rican_election_could_need_second_round/ Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Costa Rica Wire Service: Angus Reid Global Monitor (Tags -> Elections: : ) Laura Chinchilla is barely ahead of the mark that would prevent Costa Rica's presidential election from going into a second round, according to a poll by Unimer published in La Nacion.http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/05/opinion2251374.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Costa Rica Author: Raul Silesky Publisher: La Nacion (Costa Rica) (Tags -> Elections: : ) Reflexionemos y acudamos a las urnas este domingo 7 de febrero: actuar de esa manera es querer sin duda lo mejor para todos los habitantes de esta pequena joya centroamericana.http://ww1.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=333199&id_seccion=1 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Ecuador Author: Abelardo Pachano Publisher: El Comercio (Ecuador) (Tags -> Economy And Security: : ) Al eliminar el articulo 2 de la Ley Monetaria, se borran las responsabilidades del Banco Central del Ecuador en la dolarizacion.http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/05/mundo2251183.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Ecuador Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: La Nacion (Costa Rica) (Tags -> Justice System, Press Freedom: : ) La suspension de tres dias que le fue impuesta al canal de television opositor Teleamazonas vulnero preceptos constitucionales, senalo un fallo de la justicia ecuatoriana.http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/february/05/latam-10020504.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Ecuador Publisher: Inside Costa Rica (Tags -> Labor Rights: : ) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa opened in this capital the first center of the "Socio Empleo" Network to make the labor insertion for unemployed persons easier.http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/05/opinion2251490.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Entire Region Author: Yalena De La Cruz Publisher: La Nacion (Costa Rica) (Tags -> Essays And Analysis: : ) Nuestro pais parece tener consolidada su estabilidad politica, su seguridad politica, basada en el sistema electoral, aunque el reto de una democracia mas participativa sigue en agenda.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404221.html?wprss=rss_world/centralamerica Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Countries: Entire Region, Haiti Author: Juan Forero Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Diplomatic Relations, Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy: : ) Although the mission is undoubtedly a humanitarian one, it has also presented the Obama administration with a political opportunity. With Latin America closely following relief efforts, a successful mission - larger, more expensive and more complex than thttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404221_pf.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Countries: Entire Region, Haiti Author: Juan Forero Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy: : ) "Haiti is good for the United States, to show its humanitarian side," he said. "It's perfect for this administration, which is Democratic and liberal."http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/february/05/centam-10020504.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Guatemala Publisher: Inside Costa Rica (Tags -> Justice System: : ) A UN investigation has cleared Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom of involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg.http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/february/05/centam-10020504.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Guatemala Publisher: Inside Costa Rica (Tags -> Justice System: : ) A UN investigation has cleared Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom of involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg.http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/february/05/centam-10020503.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Countries: Guatemala, Mexico Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: Inside Costa Rica (Tags -> : : ) A lawyer for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo said Thursday that neighboring Mexico did not properly approve his arrest, a move necessary under the ex-leader's 2008 extradition from Mexico back home.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/world/americas/05orphans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Author: Marc Lacey Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> : : ) Ten Americans who tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the country last week without the government's consent have been charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/sports/baseball/04sandomir.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Author: Richard Sandomir Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Economy And Security, Natural Disasters: : ) Companies willing to invest there know it will take substantial time to rebuild the infrastructure, institutions and housing needed to make major investments pay off in a country plagued by extreme poverty and sky-high unemployment.http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=91521 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Wire Service: Agence France Presse Publisher: Th Financial Express (Tags -> Economy And Security, Natural Disasters: : ) A UN expert Thursday criticised the International Monetary Fund for giving Haiti a 114 million dollar loan, and called for the urgent cancellation of the island's debts.http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1960417,00.html?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Author: Tim Padgett Publisher: Time (Tags -> Human Trafficking, Natural Disasters: : ) The sort of verbally agreed upon transfer of minors that took place between Haitian families and the U.S. missionaries "is too often how child trafficking occurs in Haiti."http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-haiti-documents5-2010feb05,0,2643488.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fworld+%28L.A.+Times+-+World+News%29 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Author: Scott Kraft Publisher: The Los Angeles Times (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) More important, this building was where property deeds were registered - a crucial function in any country but especially so in Haiti, where land ownership disputes are common.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2149 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Author: Master Sgt. Stan Coleman Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) Aircrew and maintenance Airmen representing the Air Reserve component are tackling the Haitian relief effort as part of their Coronet Oak rotational deployment.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8499679.stm Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Publisher: BBC (UK) (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) The Haitian prime minister has warned that the case of 10 US missionaries charged with child abduction is a "distraction" from earthquake recovery.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/us/05charity.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Author: Stephanie Strom Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) Virtually unknown by Americans before an earthquake struck Haiti last month, the tiny charity founded by the performer Wyclef Jean stands to be one of the biggest winners in the fund-raising bonanza that is the hallmark of the Internet age.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/world/americas/05planes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Author: Shaila Dewan Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) The flights, by volunteer pilots flying mostly at their own expense, are part of an unconventional relief mission to get supplies to some of Haiti's most remote areas.http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/ts_nm/us_quake_haiti_crash Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Wire Service: Reuters Publisher: Yahoo! (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) Two Americans were killed when their helicopter, which was participating in aid and recovery operations in earthquake-hit Haiti, crashed in the Dominican Republic.http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/05/mundo2251189.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Haiti Wire Service: Associated Press, Reuters Publisher: La Nacion (Costa Rica) (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) En un vecindario de Puerto Principe en donde aproximadamente 12.000 personas viven en carpas fabricadas con sabanas, en un valle ubicado bajo su antiguo barrio en la ladera de un cerro, traficantes venden tazas de arroz provenientes de sacos de asistenciahttp://inthesetimes.com/article/5509/a_lobo_in_sheeps_clothing Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Honduras Author: Jeremy Kryt Publisher: In These Times (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) New Honduran president's legitimacy questioned as 'one-sided civil war' deepens human rights crisis, national bankruptcy declared.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704041504575045670870784984.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Mexico Publisher: The Wall Street Journal (Tags -> Justice System, Narcotrafficking: : ) A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for trafficking drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border.http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/02/05/detienen-a-presunto-operador-del-cartel-del-golfo Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Mexico Wire Service: Notimex Publisher: La Jornada (Mexico) (Tags -> Kidnapping, Public Security: : ) Jesus Alejandro Salazar Rodriguez, alias "el Tin, presunto operador de la organizacion delictiva en Quintana Roo, fue detenido por militares en un operativo para liberar a dos personas que tenian secuestardas.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/04/world/AP-LT-Drug-War-No-Refuge.html?ref=americas Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Mexico Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Narcotrafficking: : ) Mexico's powerful cartels have taken to running drug rehabilitation centers, turning recovering addicts into hit men and smugglers and giving some an ultimatum: Work for us or we'll kill you.http://www.fpif.org/articles/murder_capital_of_the_world Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Mexico Author: Laura Carlsen Publisher: Foreign Policy In Focus (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Public Security: : ) Ciudad Juarez now holds the world record in homicides per capita. The city beats out war zones in the number of violent deaths because unofficially, it too is a war zone. This border city of two million is the frontline of one of the most violent and mosthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/feb/05/mexican-floods-kill-three-michoacan Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Mexico Publisher: The Guardian (UK) (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) Mexican government declares state of emergency as 2,000 homes are flooded after heavy rain hits the port of Tuxpan and rivers burst their banks in at least 25 municipalities.http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/02/04/aplica-sedena-plan-dn-iii-en-estado-de-mexico-michoacan-y-df Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Mexico Wire Service: Notimex Publisher: La Jornada (Mexico) (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) La Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) activo el Plan DN-III-E en los estados de Mexico y Michoacan, asi como en el Distrito Federal, para colaborar en las tareas de ayuda, tras los danos que provocaron las lluvias.http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/646179.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Mexico Wire Service: EFE Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Public Security: : ) El presidente de Mexico, Felipe Calderon, admitio el jueves que "no basta el despliegue y la presencia del Ejercito y la Policia Federal" en Ciudad Juarez para detener la violencia y prometio iniciativas de corte social.http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/67657 Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Nicaragua Author: Jose Leonel Mendoza Publisher: El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) (Tags -> Environment, Role Of Church: : ) El presidente del organismo ambiental nicaragüense "Hijos del Rio", Amaru Ruiz, hizo un exhorto a la Conferencia Episcopal de Nicaragua para que se pronuncie como sus homologos ticos, rechazando la mineria de cielo abierto, que se pretende http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/february/05/centam-10020501.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Nicaragua Publisher: Inside Costa Rica (Tags -> International Community, Politics And Security: : ) The United Nations should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion following a human rights' review of the country on 8 February, Amnesty International said today.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020202646_pf.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Puerto Rico Author: David McFadden Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Public Security: : ) In 2009, Puerto Rico, with nearly 4 million people, had its third-worst year for homicides on record, with more than 890 people slain. Officials said traffickers flooding the island with drug money were making it one of the most violent places under the Ahttp://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=pOdG1fwafYo= Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: South America Regional Wire Service: Andina Agencia Peruana De Noticias (Tags -> Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security: : ) Foreign and Trade ministers of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) will arrive today in Lima to discuss the new strategic agenda of the sub-regional bloc from which Peru holds the rotating presidency.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6851647.html Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Venezuela Author: Fabiola Sanchez Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: Houston Chronicle (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Police used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter hundreds of students protesting against the government Thursday, while President Hugo Chavez's supporters celebrated the 18th anniversary of his failed coup.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/04/world/AP-LT-Venezuela-Protests.html?_r=2&ref=americas Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Venezuela Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Police used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter hundreds of students protesting against the government Thursday, while President Hugo Chavez's supporters celebrated the 18th anniversary of his failed coup as an army officer.http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/venezuela-eeuu-intenta-criminalizar-gobierno-chavez/134565.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Venezuela Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Politics And Security, U.S. Policy: : ) Un informe presentado por el director de Inteligencia estadouniense senala que el presidente Chavez sigue imponiendo un modelo politico populista autoritario en Venezuela, que socava las instituciones democraticas. http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/02/05/pol_ava_iglesia-hace-un-llam_05A3394775.shtml Publication Date: 2010-02-05 Country: Venezuela Author: Yaneth Fernandez Publisher: El Universal (Venezuela) (Tags -> Role Of Church: : ) Monsenor Perez Morales ve con suma preocupacion que los venezolanos vivan en una continua atmosfera de agresion. Destaco que el primero que tiene que tomar la iniciativa es el Gobierno.http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/645246.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Argentina Wire Service: EFE Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Corruption, Politics And Security: : ) La opositora Coalicion Civica denuncio el miercoles por presunto enriquecimiento ilicito a la presidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernandez, y a su esposo, Nestor Kirchner.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/americas/04argentina.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Argentina Author: Alexei Barrionuevo Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Economy And Security, Politics And Security: : ) The move is the latest in a continuing struggle among Mrs. Kirchner's government, the central bank and Argentina's courts over her decision in January to tap a part of the bank's $48 billion in reserves.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bd289542-1146-11df-a6d6-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fbd289542-1146-11df-a6d6-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fdelicious.com%2Fcip_jtf%3Fsetcount%3D50 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Argentina Author: Jude Webber, George Parker, Alex Parker Publisher: Financial Times (UK) (Tags -> Economy And Security, Politics And Security: : ) Mercedes Marco del Pont, who had been head of the state-run Banco de la Nacion, takes the helm amid growing expectations in financial markets and among opposition politicians that the government will now dilute the autonomy of the institution.http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20100204_006993/nota_247_948544.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Bolivia Publisher: La Razon (Bolivia) (Tags -> Civil-Military Relations: : ) Los institutos militares estan obligados a modificar su curricula militar para adecuar su ensenanza al modelo de Estado Plurinacional, senalo el rector de la Universidad Militar de las Fuerzas Armadas.http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20100204_006993/nota_247_948545.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Bolivia Publisher: La Razon (Bolivia) (Tags -> Civil-Military Relations, U.S. Policy: : ) Senalo que la nueva doctrina militar, que debe estar acorde con el Estado Plurinacional, debe servir para preparar a las FFAA contra las arremetidas de los intereses del imperio.http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20100204_006993/nota_247_948543.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Bolivia Publisher: La Razon (Bolivia) (Tags -> Human Rights: : ) Las Fuerzas Armadas (FFAA) cooperaran en la investigacion destinada a conocer el paradero de los restos de dirigentes sindicales y politicos desaparecidos.http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20100204_006993/nota_248_948554.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Countries: Bolivia, Brazil Publisher: La Razon (Bolivia) (Tags -> Economy And Security, Energy: : ) El presidente Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aseguro ayer que Brasil seguira comprando gas boliviano pese a que su pais avanza a la autosuficiencia.http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1229239 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Chile Author: Carlos Vergara Publisher: La Nacion (Argentina) (Tags -> U.S. Policy: : ) El presidente electo dialogo telefonicamente con Obama y buscaria ser, junto con Colombia, el contrapeso de Venezuela en la region.http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo185801-santos-cree-uribe-preferiria-apoyar-andres-f-arias-noemi-sanin Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : 2010 Elections: ) El ex ministro de Defensa esta esperando la autorizacion de Uribe para iniciar campana.http://www.elespectador.com/columna185741-verdad-nos-hara-libres Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Rodolfo Arango Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : DAS Scandal: ) Las declaraciones de Jorge Noguera ante la Corte Suprema de Justicia amenazan con arrastrar al presidente Uribe y a varios de sus asesores, entre ellos al sibilino Jose Obdulio Gaviria, a lo mas profundo del abismo.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/juicio-contra-jorge-noguera-declaraciones-de-andres-penate_7111268-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : DAS Scandal: ) El ex director del DAS Andres Penate le dijo a la Corte que en una reunion con el vicepresidente Francisco Santos en la que se hablaba de estrategias contra el secuestro, el asesor del Ministerio de Defensa Jose Miguel Narvaez se ufano de estar en capacidhttp://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1461762.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Sibylla Brodzinsky Wire Service: The Miami Herald Publisher: The Miami Herald (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups: ) By the most conservative estimates, the new groups have at least 4,000 members who regularly commit massacres, killings, and forcibly displace individuals and entire communities.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/americas/04colombia.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Simon Romero Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups: ) "One major reason why combating these groups is not a priority is that it's hard for the current government to acknowledge that a significant part of its security policy is failing," said Jose Miguel Vivanco.http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/03/colombia.violence/ Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Arthur Brice Publisher: CNN (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups: ) Human Rights Watch blames the problems on the government's inability to demobilize the AUC successfully.http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN03198442 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Hugh Bronstein Wire Service: Reuters (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups, Free Trade, U.S. Policy: ) Colombia must act to halt rising violence, including against trade unionists, if it is to secure U.S. congressional approval for a long-delayed trade agreement with Washington, a U.S. human rights group said.http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo185729-gobierno-insiste-informe-de-human-right-watch-sesgado Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups, Uribe Government Security Policies: ) Valencia dijo que "hay intenciones politicas" de parte del informe presentado y aseguro que "no se puede hacer este con un solo actor armado y sin mencionar las agresiones de la guerrilla."http://www.elespectador.com/columna185560-fatiga-del-modelo Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Andres Hoyos Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Essays And Analyses: ) Tenemos un Presidente que cada vez actua mas como el jefe rupestre de un circulo palaciego y cada vez menos como un Presidente que piensa en el bienestar general de los colombianos.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/procuraduria-avala-extradicion-del-narcotraficante-don-mario_7116947-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Extraditions, Justice and Peace Process, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy: ) Ademas senalo que es una burla para la sociedad que el 'narco' continue en la Ley de Justicia y Paz.http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo185814-piden-avalar-extradicion-de-don-mario Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Extraditions, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy: ) La Procuraduria considera que se cumplen los requisitos para que el narcoparamilitar sea entregado a las autoridades de Estados Unidos.http://www.semana.com/noticias-justicia/fiscalia-alerta-sobre-impunidad-crimen-periodista/134503.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, Justice System: ) La Fiscalia expreso el miercoles su preocupacion porque el asesinato de un periodista ocurrido hace mas de ocho anos quede en la impunidad por un aparente error de procedimiento.http://www.movimientodevictimas.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=495&Itemid=1 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: Movimiento Nacional De Victimas De Crimenes De Est (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, Justice System: ) Hasta el momento, las audiencias han sido caracterizadas por intimidaciones, amenazas y presiones. Ademas, los diez militares vinculados al proceso, podrian quedar libres el 17 de febrero de 2010.http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/G/gaspirtanteafiscal/gaspirtanteafiscal.asp?CodSeccion=22 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Heraldo (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, Justice System: ) El consejero de Estado y candidato a Fiscal General de la Nacion, Marco Antonio Velilla, habria firmado el auto que acabo con el acuerdo de cooperacion entre la Fiscalia y las Fuerzas Militares para investigar los 'falsos positivos'.http://www.verdadabierta.com/justicia-y-paz/2178-corte-pide-analizar-exclusion-de-ernesto-baez-de-justicia-y-paz Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: Verdad Abierta (Tags -> : Justice and Peace Process: ) La Sala Penal de la Corte compulso copias a la Unidad Nacional de Justicia y Paz para que estudie la continuidad del ex paramilitar en el proceso de paz, ya que, al parecer, incumplio con pactos de la Ley de desmovilizacion.http://www.verdadabierta.com/parapolitica/2177-corte-suprema-condena-al-ex-congresista-dixon-tapasco-por-parapolitica Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: Verdad Abierta (Tags -> : Para-Politics: ) La Sala Penal condeno a siete anos y medio de prison al ex representante de Caldas por sus nexos con el Bloque Central Bolivar.http://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/mueren-12-guerrilleros-columna-teofilo-forero-farc/134509.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Recent Violence: Caqueta) El operativo se llevo a cabo muy cerca de San Vicente del Caguan.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-04/colombia-court-reviews-uribe-third-term-amid-democracy-concerns.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Helen Murphy Publisher: BusinessWeek (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) A Colombian constitutional court judge has urged his colleagues to block a referendum that could pave the way for President Alvaro Uribe to seek a third straight term.http://www.lasillavacia.com/historia/6370 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Juanita Leon Publisher: La Silla Vacia (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) Con la ponencia radicada, los magistrados cuentan con 60 dias habiles para discutir en Sala Plena la ponencia y aprobarla, modificarla o negarla.http://www.semana.com/noticias-politica/sierra-porto-radico-ponencia-del-referendo-reeleccionista/134519.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) Este miercoles, el magistrado Humberto Sierra Porto radico la ponencia del referendo reeleccionista ante la Secretaria de la Corte Constitucional. Su contenido aun se desconoce.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/politica/referendo-reeleccion-mockus-asegura-tener-informacion-segun-la-cual-la-ponencia-de-referendo-es-negativa_7113867-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) Por otra parte, informacion obtenida por EL TIEMPO senala que el magistrado Humberto Sierra pidio a la Corte declarar inexequible la ley del referendo.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/politica/acuerdo-militar-de-colombia-con-eu_7115947-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : U.S. Policy, Uribe Government Security Policies: ) "El problema se da porque a ellos les duele que el modelo de libertades de Colombia tenga exito", agrego.http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo185731-agarron-entre-uribe-y-sus-detractores Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Uribe Government Security Policies: ) Al mandatario lo cuestionaron por multiples hechos frente a los cuales el se defendio.http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/oscarcollazos/quien-sigue-ahora_7111709-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Óscar Collazos Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Uribe Government Security Policies: ) Los colombianos que pagan impuestos para que el Estado y sus Fuerzas Militares y de seguridad les garanticen la tranquilidad deben darles una ayudita a las fuerzas del Estado, volviendose soplones. Es decir, objetivo de los criminales.http://oacp.presidencia.gov.co/snerss/detalleNota1.aspx?id=24628 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Colombia Author: Secretaria De Prensa Publisher: Presidencia De La Republica De Colombia (Tags -> : Uribe Government Security Policies: ) Ocho anos de profundizar los valores democraticos; de quitarle a la democracia un sicario: el terrorismo, para que la democracia se pueda expresar libremente. Esa fue la diferencia.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/656130.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Countries: Colombia, Mexico Publisher: El Universal (Mexico) (Tags -> Public Security: Emerging Criminal Groups, Narcotrafficking: ) Un informe de Human Rights Watch revela que nuevas celulas delictivas en Bogota actuan muy parecido al crimen organizado en el pais.http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0319298020100203?type=marketsNews Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Countries: Colombia, Panama Wire Service: Reuters (Tags -> : Free Trade, U.S. Policy: ) Democrats complain Colombia has not done enough to stop violence against trade unionists and want changes in Panama's tax haven laws and labor regime.http://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/chavez-apoya-de-manera-encubierta-a-las-farc-dice-informe-de-inteligencia-de-eu_7112289-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Countries: Colombia, Venezuela Author: Sergio Gomez Maseri Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Relations with Venezuela, U.S. Policy: ) La aseveracion, sorprendente por su contundencia, adquiere mas relieve dada la importancia del reporte de la Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia sobre las amenazas contra la seguridad nacional.http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/spanish/2010/02/03/WEBinter.cnn Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Costa Rica Publisher: CNN (Tags -> Elections, Politics And Security: : ) La candidata presidencial del partido Liberacion Nacional habla de sus propuestas. Entrevista de CNN por Patricia Janiot.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/03/world/AP-LT-Venezuela-Energy-Crisis.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Countries: Cuba, Venezuela Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Cuban Foreign Policy, Energy: : ) President Hugo Chavez has turned to his friends in Cuba for help in tackling Venezuela's energy crisis, drawing criticism for seeking advice from the communist-led island.http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/polemica-venezuela-ministro-cubano/134528.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Countries: Cuba, Venezuela Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Cuban Foreign Policy, Energy, Politics And Security: : ) Una fuerte polemica provoco este miercoles el anuncio de que el vicepresidente del Consejo de Estado de Cuba, Ramiro Valdes, se encuentra en Venezuela para ayudar al pais a salir de la actual crisis energetica.http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-ecuador-drugs4-2010feb04,0,7487347.story Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Ecuador Author: Chris Kraul Publisher: The Los Angeles Times (Tags -> Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking: : ) They seized 63 tons of cocaine, twice as much as in 2008, and destroyed seven drug-processing laboratories, up from two.http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/disminuye-aprobacion-presidente-rafael-correa/134511.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Ecuador Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) La aprobacion del gobierno del presidente Rafael Correa se encuentra entre 35% y 40% informaron encuestas divulgadas el miercoles por dos empresas diferentes.http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/v-fullstory/story/645194.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Ecuador Author: Gerardo Reyes Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Politics And Security, Public Security: : ) Estos y otros males son parte del desolador panorama actual del Ecuador que describio un amplio reporte publicado este mes por un grupo de analisis (think tank) de Washington, D.C.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2147 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: El Salvador Author: Ms. Arwen Consaul Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Public Health: : ) At the request of the Government of El Salvador, U.S. Army South provided much needed specialized and general medical care as part of a Medical Readiness Training Exercise.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2141 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Author: Lance Cpl. David J. Beall (Tags -> : : ) "It was very gratifying to know we were able to bring her here and give her the treatment she needed, now she can be back home doing the things the other girls her age do in Haiti."http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2143 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Author: Sgt. Tony Hawkins Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> : : ) Army special operations elements began supporting the 82nd Airborne Division and the United Nations World Food Program Jan. 31 as part of a two-week surge to get much needed humanitarian aid to victims of Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/americas/04haiti.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) A move toward "transitional shelters" - built eventually with lumber and some steel - would give people sturdier structures and more flexibility.http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/04/world/international-us-quake-haiti-food.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Wire Service: Reuters Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) Street vendors are openly selling rice by the cup from bags stamped with U.S. flags.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2142 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Author: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Desiree Green Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) A newborn baby girl delivered to USS Nassau (LHA 4) in a box from Haiti's University Hospital was reunited with her mother aboard the ship Jan. 31.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2144 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Author: By Col. Bryan Salas Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) Instead of armed defenders on the beaches, ports and airfields in Port au Prince, the enemy is the passage of time and the geologic whim of Mother Nature.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2145 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Author: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) When a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti, Jan. 12, Lance Cpl. Malarky Gene could only think of one thing - was his wife and son still alive?http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2148 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Author: Capt. Nathan D. Broshear Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) The 87 Air Force medical Airmen, primarily from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., are staffing the 24th EMEDS team's 20-bed hospital with a wide range of skill sets; gynecology, urology, pediatrics, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, family practice, and nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/feb/04/detained-americans-distraction-haitians-suffering Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Publisher: The Guardian (UK) (Tags -> Natural Disasters, Politics And Security: : ) The Haitian prime minister expresses his frustration at the media attention on American missionaries accused of illegally trying to take children out of the quake-hit country.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020303810.html?wprss=rss_world Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Haiti Author: Eliane Engeler Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) In an embarrassment to Switzerland's government, the country's top court said Wednesday that at least $4.6 million from Swiss bank accounts previously awarded to charities must be returned to the family of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Dohttp://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/02/03/elegado-de-la-oea-llega-a-honduras-para-instalar-comision-de-la-verdad Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Honduras Wire Service: Agence France Presse Publisher: La Jornada (Mexico) (Tags -> International Community, Politics And Security: : ) La conformacion de la Comision esta establecida en el punto 6 del Acuerdo de San Jose y buscara determinar las causas y consecuencia del golpe de Estado.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/americas/04honduras.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Honduras Author: Elisabeth Malkin Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) At the end of his first week in exile, former President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras said Wednesday that his newly inaugurated successor had done nothing to remove those who carried out the coup.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/656141.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Mexico Publisher: El Universal (Mexico) (Tags -> Drug Seizures, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy: : ) Agentes de la Oficina de Aduanas y Proteccion Fronteriza en Arizona han encontrado droga oculta en lugares 'poco usuales', entre ellos, sillas de ruedas, panales, frascos de chiles jalapenos, estatuas de yeso y botes de leche.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/04/virtual-fence-on-mexican-border-in-jeopardy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Nation-TheWashingtonTimesAmericasNewspaper+%28Nation%2FPolitics+-+The+Washington+Times%29 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Mexico Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The Washington Times (Tags -> Migration, U.S. Policy: : ) Having spent $672 million so far with little to show for it, Washington has ordered a reassessment of the whole idea.http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/politica/67549 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Nicaragua Author: Matilde Cordoba, Leyla Jarquin Publisher: El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Los analistas usan diferentes terminos para explicar lo que sucede con el Estado de Derecho en Nicaragua, y, al final, llegan a una misma conclusion: Impera el Estado de hecho.http://www.larepublica.pe/politica/03/02/2010/corea-del-sur-dona-peru-ocho-aviones-caza-37 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Peru Wire Service: EFE Publisher: La Republica (Peru) (Tags -> Arms Transfers: : ) Corea del Sur anuncio hoy que entregara a Peru de forma gratuita ocho cazas de ataque A-37 retirados de sus operaciones para impulsar la cooperacion en materia de Defensa.http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/politics/Hoekstra-discusses-missionary-deaths Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Peru Publisher: Wood T.V. (Tags -> U.S. Policy: : ) Hoekstra has long criticized the CIA for its role in helping Peruvian fighter pilots target the plane.http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/justice-denied-cia-shootdown-missionaries/story?id=9737718&page=3 Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Peru Publisher: ABC News (Tags -> U.S. Policy: : ) For almost nine years, the CIA misled Congress, the White House and the dead woman's parents about how and why the agency defied the rules established to make sure innocent people were not killed.http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/02/03/pm-frum-commentary/ Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Venezuela Author: David Frum Publisher: Marketplace (Tags -> : : ) Commentator David Frum has just come back from a State Department-sponsored trip to Venezuela. And he sent along these observations about the curious state of its economy.http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/andres-oppenheimer/story/1461759.html Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Venezuela Author: Andres Oppenheimer Publisher: The Miami Herald (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) To oust Chavez in 2012, Venezuela's opposition will need to find an outsider, a local version of Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro.http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/chavez-arremete-contra-twitter-estadios-beisbol/134517.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-04 Country: Venezuela Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) El martes, tres asociaciones de prensa bajo el lema "Venezuela zona de desastre para el ejercicio de la libertad de expresion", convocaron una protesta en la red de microbloggin Twitter.http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/644137.html#storylink=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Entire Region Author: Jorge Sainz Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Europes Role, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy: : ) Los riesgos decisivos que enfrenta America Latina en el futuro inmediato son la consolidacion del Estado como garante de la justicia y los riesgos de quiebra democratica, opino Arturo Valenzuela.http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/02/03/pol_ava_rusia-principal-prov_03A3384851.shtml Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Countries: Entire Region, Venezuela Publisher: El Universal (Venezuela) (Tags -> Arms Transfers, Russian Foreign Policy: : ) El auge se debe en parte a las limitaciones a la ventas de armas impuestas por Estados Unidos -tradicionalmente el primer proveedor de la region- a varios paises, como Venezuela, por considerar que no cooperaban suficientemente en la lucha contra el terrohttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aad99c68-1062-11df-a8e8-00144feab49a.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Argentina Author: Jude Webber Publisher: Financial Times (UK) (Tags -> Border Disputes, Energy: : ) Argentina yesterday summoned the British ambassador in Buenos Aires to issue a "vehement protest" about the imminent start of drilling for oil and gas around the disputed British-ruled Falkland islands.http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/02/03/opinion/o-02132441.htm Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Argentina Publisher: Clarin (Argentina) (Tags -> Civil-Military Relations, Public Security: : ) Las declaraciones publicas del ex presidente Eduardo Duhalde, quien planteo sumar a las fuerzas armadas para garantizar la seguridad interior, merecieron el repudio de todo el arco politico y mostraron un limite para este tipo de propuestas autoritarias yhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/02/100203_0603_brasil_paraguay_frontera_avion_espia_irm.shtml Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Countries: Brazil, Paraguay Author: Eduardo Arce Publisher: BBC Mundo (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) El gobierno paraguayo no se muestra preocupado y asegura que son iniciativas normales que realiza su vecino en el contexto del ejercicio de su soberania.http://www.larepublica.pe/politica/03/02/2010/bachelet-y-pinera-revisaran-la-contrademanda-chilena-0 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Countries: Chile, Peru Publisher: La Republica (Peru) (Tags -> Border Disputes: : ) A pocas semanas de que venza el plazo para que el gobierno chileno presente su contrademanda ante el Tribunal Internacional de La Haya, la presidenta Michelle Bachelet y el electo mandatario Sebastian Pinera analizaran la argumentacion.http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/carloscastillocardona/ha-llegado-el-desencanto_7102887-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Carlos Castillo Cardona Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : 2010 Elections: ) El falso dinamismo, la fragil entereza y la ceguera, aparentados por la oscura realidad de estos tiempos, cambian hacia el agotamiento, el desgaste y la iluminacion incipiente.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/antioquia/atentan-contra-el-ex-para-candidato-a-la-camara-fernando-soto_7105288-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Juan Fernando Rojas T. Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : 2010 Elections, Demobilization And Reintegration, Recent Violence: Antioquia) La explosion tuvo lugar en la sede politica de Soto, quien resulto ileso luego de la detonacion.http://www.lasillavacia.com/elblogueo/clopez/6309/revancha-ciudadana Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Claudia Lopez Publisher: La Silla Vacia (Tags -> : 2010 Elections, Para-Politics: ) ¿Usted quiere que haya seguridad democratica? Los parapoliticos y corruptos no se la van a dar. Ellos encubren a los criminales y mafiosos que destruyen su seguridad y los ayudan a ellos.http://www.eltiempo.com/elecciones2010/juan-manuel-santos-dijo-que-solo-se-inscribira-como-candidato-presidencial-si-uribe-se-lo-pide_7103967-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Edulfo Pena Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : 2010 Elections, Reelection Debate: ) Santos dejo entrever que es partidario de inscribirse para competir por la Presidencia en mayo proximo.http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/otroscolumnistas/el-referendo-va-mal_7103287-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Camilo Gonzalez Posso Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : 2010 Elections, Reelection Debate: ) Lo cierto es que hay otros signos de desgaste de la candidatura del Presidente y que indican que crecen sus dificultades, no solo para lograr ganar en el referendo, sino para ganar las presidenciales.http://www.verdadabierta.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=2174 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Verdad Abierta (Tags -> : DAS Scandal: ) En el juicio contra Jorge Noguera, el ex jefe paramilitar alias 'Don Antonio' revelo como se filtro informacion de inteligencia del DAS hacia el Bloque Norte de las AUC.http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo185467-noguera-revelo-entregaba-informes-sobre-actividad-sindical-presiden Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : DAS Scandal: ) El Presidente de la Republica, Álvaro Uribe Velez, recibia informes periodicos y permanentes acerca del ejercicio de actividades sindicales en todo el pais de parte del Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, DAS, informo su ex director.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/caribe/fincas-del-para-cuco-vanoy_7105027-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Jorge Quintero Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Displacement: ) La finca Guasimal, desde donde se planearon masacres paramilitares como la de El Salado y que fue ocupada por anos por comandos paramilitares en el sur de Bolivar, es hoy objeto de una nueva pelea.http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2010/02/03/paramilitaries-heirs-0 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Human Rights Watch (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups: ) The New Face of Violence in Colombiahttp://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/gobierno-no-ha-hecho-suficiente-para-combatir-sucesores-paras-hrw/134492.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Human Rights Watch, Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups: ) Medellin, el Uraba chocoano, Meta y Narino son las cuatro zonas mas azotadas por la nueva generacion del paramilitarismo en Colombia, segun un informe de la Human Rights Watch.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/hrw-denuncia-tolerancia-de-miembros-del-gobierno-y-la-fuerza-publica-con-nuevas-bandas-criminales_7107749-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Sergio Gomez Maseri Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups: ) Fiscales y miembros de la Policia de "alto rango" denunciaron ante esta ONG la supuesta complicidad con las bandas que han reemplazado al paramilitarismo en varias regiones del pais.http://www.elespectador.com/articulo185637-hrw-confirma-los-paramilitares-siguen-cometiendo-atrocidades Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups: ) HRW determina que los nuevos grupos criminales actuan en 24 de los 32 departamentos del pais.http://www.mindefensa.gov.co/index.php?page=181&id=10224&PHPSESSID=7ef2e7ae4a5bbecc2e0094ae322c9112 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Ministerio De Defensa Nacional De La Republica De (Tags -> : Emerging Criminal Groups, FARC: ) "Es un resultado muy importante, porque la 'Teofilo Forero' es la banda mas criminal, mas terrorista, mas violenta que tiene las Farc."http://www.semana.com/noticias-justicia/indemnizaciones-falsos-positivos-seran-pagadas-uniformados-condenados/134483.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases: ) El Consejo de Estado ordeno que los integrantes de la Fuerza Publica que sean condenados por ejecuciones extrajudiciales, paguen de su propio bolsillo las sanciones que la justicia le imponga al Estado.http://www.semana.com/noticias-justicia/vencimiento-terminos-libertad-otro-militar-involucrado-falsos-positivos/134476.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, Justice System: ) Este caso se suma a los mas de 40 uniformados que han sido absueltos por esta misma razon.http://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/alcalde-macarena-desmiente-hallazgo-fosas-2000-cadaveres/134485.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, Mass Graves: ) Vargas explico que en el lugar, aproximadamente de una hectarea, solo reposaban los restos de unas 1.000 personas y de ellas, 346 han "llegado como muertos de las confrontaciones en la zona."http://www.elespectador.com/columna185578-simplemente-no-entienden Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Arlene B. Tickner Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Human Rights Cases, U.S. Policy: ) Quienes hayan organizado el "agasajo" para 46 militares implicados y liberados en casos de "falsos positivos" -con aromaterapia, masajes, lechona y payasos incluidos- simplemente no entienden que en el exterior ello puede ser interprethttp://www.mindefensa.gov.co/index.php?page=181&id=10223&PHPSESSID=7ef2e7ae4a5bbecc2e0094ae322c9112 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Ministerio De Defensa Nacional De La Republica De (Tags -> : Human Rights, Politics And Security: ) El Ministro de Defensa Nacional, Gabriel Silva, rechaza el contenido del informe publicado en el dia de hoy por la Organizacion Human Rights Watch.http://www.lafuerzainformativa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=531:movimiento-de-victimas-presenta-informe-sobre-la-ley-de-justicia-y-paz&catid=40:derechos-humanos&Itemid=56 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Johnatan Jesus Clavijo Publisher: La Fuerza Informativa (Tags -> : Justice and Peace Process: ) El balance sobre la ley de justicia y paz presentado por el MOVICE senala la continuidad y supervivencia de estructuras paramilitares que "siguen operando y delinquiendo en las mismas zonas donde hacian presencia, con denominaciones nuevas como las dhttp://www.semana.com/noticias-politica/cinco-opciones-sierra-porto/134444.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Justice System, Reelection Debate: ) Estos son los caminos que, sobre el papel, puede elegir la ponencia del magistrado Humberto Sierra Porto sobre el referendo reeleccionista.http://www.armada.mil.co/?idcategoria=741364 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Armada Nacional De La Republica De Colombia (Tags -> : Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security: Cauca, Narino) Cinco capturados y dos laboratorios con capacidad para producir cerca de tres toneladas de cocaina mensual, fue el resultado de las operaciones realizadas en las ultimas horas, por unidades de la Fuerza Naval del Pacifico.http://www.elespectador.com/node/185595/print Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Juan Camilo Maldonado T. Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Narcotrafficking, Relations with Neighbors: ) En 2009, agentes policiales de 23 paises recibieron entrenamiento colombiano. Mexico encabeza la lista, con 4.500 policias capacitados.http://www.slate.com/id/2242962/pagenum/all/#p2 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Ray Fisman Publisher: Slate (Tags -> : Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy: ) Dube and Naidu's analysis provides a dark view of U.S. involvement in Colombia and suggests that the $5 billion we've sent to the country in the past couple of decades hasn't exactly been well-spent.http://www.elespectador.com/articulo185634-capturan-ex-alcaldesa-de-algarrobo-firmo-el-pacto-de-chivolo Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Para-Politics: ) Segun las autoridades la ex funcionaria desvio dineros para las Autodefensas.http://www.cgfm.mil.co/CGFMPortal/index.jsp?option=noticiaDisplay&idNoti=3139 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Comando General De Las Fuerzas Militares De La Rep (Tags -> : Politics And Security, U.S. Policy: ) En un esfuerzo por mejorar las condiciones de salud de la poblacion de San Vicente del Caguan y La Macarena, los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Colombia adelantan desde el 25 de enero y hasta el 3 de febrero una brigada de salud para atender a la poblacionhttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/antioquia/policia-realiza-sobrevuelos-nocturnos-en-las-comunas-de-medellin_7099267-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Public Security: ) Los visores permiten detectar movimientos en zonas totalmente oscuras dando informacion oportuna en tiempo real para tomar decisiones inmediatas.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/occidente/a-las-farc-atribuyen-carro-bomba-desactivado-en-pasto_7102588-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : Recent Violence: Narino) Dos cuadras del barrio San Diego Norte fueron evacuadas tras el hallazgo por parte de las autoridades de un carro bomba cargado con 13 kilos de explosivo.http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/5/20100203/twl-dos-policas-mueren-asesinados-por-pr-f6923c3.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Yahoo! (Tags -> : Recent Violence: Norte de Santander) Dos agentes de Policia colombianos fueron asesinados este martes por presuntos miembros del Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) en un municipio del departamento de Norte de Santander.http://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/ejercito-bombardeo-seguridad-alfonso-cano-canon-hermosas/134480.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> : Recent Violence: Tolima) En el hecho murio una de las mujeres mas importantes del Comando Conjunto Central, amante de Pablo Catatumbo.http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/02/02/mueren-tres-guerrilleros-de-las-farc-tras-bombardeo-ejercito-colombiano Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Wire Service: DPA, Reuters Publisher: La Jornada (Mexico) (Tags -> : Recent Violence: Tolima) Una guerrillera que fallecio el operativo efectuado en el departamento del Tolima, fue identificada como la amante Jorge Torres, alias "Pablo Catatumbo".http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo185635-uribe-santos-muy-capaz-y-podria-dirigir-al-pais Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Reelection Debate: ) Sin embargo, el Mandatario mantiene su encrucijada en el alma frente a la reeleccion presidencial.http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo185474-culpan-reeleccion-de-reduccion-de-dinero-el-plan-colombia Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Reelection Debate, U.S. Policy: ) El jefe de Cambio Radical advirtio que la reeleccion puede ser lo que presiono la disminucion de los recursos del Plan Colombia.http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/forolectores/el-tijeretazo_7103468-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : U.S. Policy: ) Todo indica que la ayuda de Estados Unidos contemplada en el Plan Colombia tendra un nuevo recorte, cercano a los 55 millones de dolares.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/politica/tengo-la-percepcion-de-que-eu-no-abandonara-a-colombia-dice-el-presidente-uribe_7106707-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : U.S. Policy: ) El mandatario pidio entender que esa nacion afronta un deficit que se ha elevado al 10%.http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/politica/colombia-hara-lobby-contra-recorte-de-eu-al-plan-colombia_7104408-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : U.S. Policy: ) Al conocerse la intencion del presidente Barack Obama de reducir en 55,5 millones de dolares la ayuda al Plan Colombia, el Gobierno colombiano anuncio que una comision viajara a Washington.http://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/lenvalencia/cambia-la-politica-de-estados-unidos-hacia-colombia_7102768-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Leon Valencia Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> : U.S. Policy: ) Al tiempo que se producen estos mensajes especialmente criticos de sectores del congreso norteamericano hacia el Gobierno colombiano, el presidente Barack Obama solicita recortar en 55,5 millones de dolares la ayuda hacia Colombia.http://www.elespectador.com/columna185559-genio-y-figura Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Colombia Author: Pascual Gaviria Publisher: El Espectador (Colombia) (Tags -> : Uribe Government Security Policies: ) Su propuesta de los 1.000 estudiantes-informantes demuestra que las urgencias de seguridad dejan ver de nuevo un Uribe algo pasado, un jefe de brigada dispuesto a algunos experimentos peligrosos.http://www.semana.com/noticias-colombia-in-the-world/it-is-comprehensible-that-venezuela-is-paranoid/134237.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Countries: Colombia, Venezuela Author: Thomas Sparrow, Camilo Jimenez Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Essays And Analysis: : ) Raul Zelik, a German expert on Latin American politics, has been invited to the Hay Festival in Cartagena to speak about Venezuela and Colombia. Semana.com interviewed him in Berlin, where he talked about the relationship between the two countries, about http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/oriente/deportado-de-venezuela-ex-paramilitar_7105167-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Countries: Colombia, Venezuela Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> Venezuelan Foreign Policy: Extraditions, Narcotrafficking, Relations with Venezuela: ) Detectives del DAS recibieron ayer en la tarde en el puente internacional Simon Bolivar a Óscar Jose Ospino Pacheco, 'Tolemaida', hombre cercano a Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias 'Jorge 40'.http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/chinchilla_leads_guevara_gains_in_costa_rica/ Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Costa Rica Publisher: Angus Reid Global Monitor (Tags -> Elections: : ) Laura Chinchilla remains the frontrunner ahead of this weekend's presidential election in Costa Rica but her main opponent is gaining momentum.http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/644559.html#storylink=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Costa Rica Wire Service: Agence France Presse Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> Elections: : ) Por primera vez hay posibilidades de que una mujer llegue al poder en la democracia mas estable de America Latina.http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6358&idArt=4486285 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: El Salvador Publisher: El Diario de Hoy (El Salvador) (Tags -> Civil-Military Relations, Public Security: : ) Segun el viceministro de Defensa los mareros aprovechan las restricciones legales que atan al Ejercito. Viceministro indica limitantes legales en el trabajo.http://www.newsweek.com/id/231922 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Author: Katie Paul Publisher: Newsweek (Tags -> Economy And Security, Natural Disasters, Politics And Security: : ) NEWSWEEK's Katie Paul chatted with Klein about what she -and the 20,000 people who have already joined the No Shock Doctrine for Haiti group on Facebook- are watching out for this time around.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020202537.html?wprss=rss_world/centralamerica Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Author: Mary Beth Sheridan Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> International Community, Natural Disasters: : ) Three weeks after a powerful earthquake destroyed Haiti's capital, aid officials are still seeking to reach hundreds of thousands of desperate people who apparently have not received food and shelter from an expanding international aid operation.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/03/world/AP-CB-Haiti-Earthquake.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> International Community, Natural Disasters: : ) "There's no top-down leadership... And since the Haitian government took control of our supplies, we have to wait for things even though they're stacked up in the warehouse."http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2138 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Author: Army Spc. A.M. LaVey Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) Haiti is beginning to transition to the next phase of its involvement in Operation Unified Response, following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked the island nation of Haiti about two weeks ago.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2139 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Author: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Emily Alley Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) The Comfort is working at its full operational capacity; officials say it would take a hundred more such ships to treat all of the estimated injured people in Haiti.http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=2140 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Author: John J. Joyce Publisher: U.S. Southern Command (Tags -> Natural Disasters: : ) U.S. Navy analysts and engineers are providing a constant real-time analysis of critical infrastructure in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean nations that is proving vital to U.S. Southern Command's (SOUTHCOM) planning and management of Haihttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203004.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy: : ) So far, the vast majority of the aid, more than 85 percent, has been earmarked or promised but not yet delivered or disbursed.http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/03/whos_paying_for_haiti Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Author: Josh Rogin Publisher: Foreign Policy (Tags -> Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy: : ) State Department P.J. Crowley told The Cable that the redirection of funds from other countries' accounts was necessary but would not have consequences on the ground unless there is a long delay in receiving supplemental funding.http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r111:E03FE0-0021: Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Haiti Author: Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA) Publisher: U.S. House Of Representatives (Tags -> Natural Disasters, U.S. Policy: : ) H.R. 417 would support the capacity building efforts by the Haitian government and civil society, supporting President Obama's commitment to support the people of Haiti in their efforts to not only recover from this human catastrophe but also to hold on thttp://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/america-latina/story/644568.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Honduras Wire Service: Agence France Presse Publisher: El Nuevo Herald (Tags -> International Community, Politics And Security: : ) El gobierno hondureno recibira este miercoles a un equipo tecnico de la OEA para agilizar la conformacion de la Comision de la Verdad, requisito para la reinsercion de Honduras en la comunidad internacional contemplado en el Acuerdo San Jose/Tegucigalpa.http://www.latribuna.hn/web2.0/?p=93302 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Honduras Wire Service: ACAN-EFE Publisher: La Tribuna (Tags -> U.S. Policy: : ) El congresista dijo ser partidario de "cerrar el libro" de la crisis desatada el 28 de junio de 2009 y que gestionara el restablecimiento de visados a funcionarios del gobierno interino que presidio Roberto Micheletti, revocados por Washington.http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-mexico-shakedown3-2010feb03,0,1685708.story Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Author: Tracy Wilkinson Publisher: The Los Angeles Times (Tags -> Kidnapping: : ) A cottage industry has exploded alongside the skyrocketing kidnapping rate: telephoned shakedowns that play on fears, in which the perpetrators scamming for pesos make random, scattershot calls.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-kidnap3-2010feb03,0,5209709.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fworld+%28L.A.+Times+-+World+News%29 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Author: Ken Ellingwood Publisher: The Los Angeles Times (Tags -> Kidnapping, Public Security: : ) A kidnapping attempt in northern Mexico led to a highway car chase and gun battle that left seven gunmen and a federal police officer dead.http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/febrero/03/mundo2248442.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Wire Service: EFE Publisher: La Nacion (Costa Rica) (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security, Public Security: : ) Senadores de oposicion dijeron que pediran a los funcionarios un replanteamiento de la estrategia en los operativos antidrogas, en los que participan decenas de miles de militares y policias federales.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/655922.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Author: Jose Gerardo Mejia Publisher: El Universal (Mexico) (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security, Public Security: : ) Convoca a los tres poderes de gobierno a reforzar de manera conjunta sus trabajos en contra de la delincuencia con el respaldo de la ciudadania.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-arrest3-2010feb03,0,3491996.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fworld+%28L.A.+Times+-+World+News%29 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Author: Ken Ellingwood Publisher: The Los Angeles Times (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Public Security: : ) The man tells reporters that assailants targeted the high-school party because members of a rival trafficking group were said to be in attendance.http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/02/02/world/international-us-mexico-drugs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Wire Service: Reuters Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Narcotrafficking, Public Security: : ) "Until we find who is responsible, you Mr. President are the assassin," read a banner scrawled with black ink as dozens of angry relatives, some dressed in black, gathered outside the bloodstained house where the massacre took place.http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/02/100202_0123_mexico_pri_jaw.shtml Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Author: Alberto Najar Publisher: BBC Mundo (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) El PRI tiene amplias posibilidades de ganar la presidencia en 2012.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/03/world/AP-LT-Drug-War-Mexico.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The New York Times (Tags -> Public Security: : ) Federal police acting on a report of a kidnapping went to a shopping mall in the city of Torreon Monday night and were met with gunfire.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/655875.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Publisher: El Universal (Mexico) (Tags -> Public Security: : ) Algunas versiones indican que los autores de la masacre de los 16 jovenes en ciudad Juarez fue un grupo paramilitar, algunos ven huellas del narco y otros simplemente dicen que pudo ser cuestion de azar.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/655836.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Mexico Author: Dinorath Mota Publisher: El Universal (Mexico) (Tags -> Public Security: : ) El lider del Senado celebra que por primera vez Calderon sea receptor de la necesidad de un cambio en la politica de seguridad para el pais.http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/67509 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Nicaragua Wire Service: Agence France Presse Publisher: El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) (Tags -> Environment: : ) Una comitiva de quince funcionarios y soldados se internaran en la reserva para arrestar a los colonos y traficantes de tierras.http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2010/02/02/uhora/local_2010020218483452.asp Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Panama Author: Getzalette Reyes Publisher: La Prensa (Panama) (Tags -> Politics And Security, Public Security: : ) El Consejo de Gabinete aprobo hoy el proyecto de ley que crea el Ministerio de Seguridad Publica y el Ministerio del Interior.http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=351489&CategoryId=10717 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Wire Service: EFE (Tags -> Economy And Security, Energy, Venezuelan Energy: : ) The $1 billion will finance 59 projects to do with the generation and distribution of electricity and another 50 for the operation and maintenance of the system.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020202225.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Wire Service: Associated Press Publisher: The Washington Post (Tags -> Extraditions, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy, Venezuelan Foreign Policy: : ) Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami hailed the deportations as evidence that President Hugo Chavez's administration is effectively fighting drug trafficking.http://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=139768 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Publisher: Globovision (Tags -> Media, Politics And Security, Press Freedom: : ) El embajador denuncio la existencia de una presunta alianza internacional de medios de comunicacion que buscan desprestigiar al Gobierno venezolano. A su juicio, en esta alianza estarian Fox News, CNN en Espanol, Miami Herlad, grupo de Diarios America, Elhttp://www.globovision.com/news.php?nid=139755 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Wire Service: EFE Publisher: Globovision (Tags -> Media, Politics And Security, Press Freedom: : ) Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF) considera que hay "demasiadas" frecuencias de television bajo el control del presidente Hugo Chavez, y propone que se limite a un solo canal, indico este miercoles la organizacion.http://www.aei.org/article/101607 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Author: Roger F. Noriega Publisher: American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Re (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) Although Chavez has proven in the past that he is an extraordinarily able manager of chaos, he may find that this combination of challenges will spawn dissatisfaction and unrest for the foreseeable future.http://en.mercopress.com/2010/02/03/chavez-former-closest-loyalists-call-for-his-resignation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=main Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Publisher: MercoPress (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) A group of one-time loyalists and close advisors of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez called on him to resign saying that after eleven years in power he had lost "the legitimacy and capacity to govern."http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/chavez-anuncia-prepara-para-gobernar-11-anos/134472.aspx Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Publisher: Semana (Colombia) (Tags -> Politics And Security: : ) En la celebracion del undecimo ano de su gobierno, el presidente venezolano anuncio que, si el pueblo lo permite, estara 11 anos mas.http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_58363.shtml Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Author: Eva Golinger Publisher: Axis Of Logic (Tags -> Politics And Security, U.S. Policy: : ) This year, in addition to mentioning the usual suspects - Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Al Qa'ida and Iraq - the report dedicates significant space to Venezuela.http://www.rsf.org/Presidential-speeches-should-have.html Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Publisher: Reporters Without Borders (Tags -> Press Freedom: : ) What right does the president, who already has his own Sunday programme, have to inflict his speeches on so many stations when one would suffice? Especially when he can impose a "cadena" whenever he likes and for as long as he likes. Used in thihttp://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/euycanada/washington-adviertesobre-presiones-de-venezuela_7105948-1 Publication Date: 2010-02-03 Country: Venezuela Wire Service: EFE Publisher: El Tiempo (Colombia) (Tags -> U.S. Policy: : ) El texto habla de una influencia regional de Chavez que podria haber llegado a su limite.