Policy Event: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Edward Schaefer, in Colombia

	Time: 07/18/2008 - 00:00 - 07/20/2008 - 00:00 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Edward Schaefer, will travel to Colombia to promote the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. By Abigail Poe at 06/24/2008 - 11:21	Recent News September 2 Entire Region - U.S. exports up, but losing market share in Latin America Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald Argentina - Un acusado que acusa, Pagina/12 Brazil, Colombia - Santos: Las FARC son asunto de Colombia Yana Marull, AFP, El Nuevo Herald Colombia - Entre el Optimismo y la Euforia Rodrigo Botero Montoya, El Colombiano Cuba - House candidates David Rivera, Joe Garcia can't escape Cuba factor Patricia Mazzei, Lesley Clark, The Miami Herald Mexico - For Mexico's president, cartels aren't only concern, MSNBC - Mexico's crackdown on organized crime is working, Calderon says Ken Ellingwood, The Los Angeles Times Venezuela - Jewish community in Venezuela shrinks by half, MercoPress View all links from September 2. September 1 Entire Region, Colombia - How to update U.S.-South American defense agreements Stephen Johnson, Foreign Policy Argentina - Argentine to increase budget defence 50%, recovering losses of Falklands war, MercoPress Colombia - Un pulso a las verdades en los Montes de Maria, Verdad Abierta Colombia, Venezuela - Denuncian envio de armas a las FARC Antonio Maria Delgado, El Nuevo Herald Mexico - Cocaine's cowboys, Financial Times (UK) View all links from September 1. August 31 Brazil - Un nuevo mapa del mundo Celso Amorim, El Universo (Ecuador) Colombia - Santos garantizo fuerte combate contra las Farc si no reflexionan Juan Carlos Monroy Giraldo, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) Mexico - Tenth of Mexico's federal police fired Jo Tuckman, The Guardian Venezuela - Will Chavez steal parliamentary elections? Carlos Alberto Montaner, Firmas Press, The Miami Herald View all links from August 31. August 30 Brazil - Serra in disarray �campaigns� for Lula da Silva�s protege Dilma, MercoPress Colombia - La agenda de Santos Hernando Gomez Buendia, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia) - Guerra de pandillas controladas por los narcos desangra a Medellin Federico Rios, EFE, El Nuevo Herald Dominican Republic - Vincho revela EU liga 17 oficiales al narcotrafico Ramon Perez Reyes, Listin Diario (Dominican Republic) Haiti - Plans and Benchmarks for Haiti, The New York Times Mexico - Drug War on the Poor Laura Carlsen, CounterPunch - Mexico needs U.S. help -- but not troops Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald - Massacre in Tamaulipas, The New York Times Peru - Leading Again, Peru President Still Unpopular Simon Romero, The New York Times Venezuela - Venezuela, only economy next with Haiti that will contract in 2010, MercoPress View all links from August 30. August 27 Argentina - Video: La Presidenta ataco a los diarios y dijo que hoy envia el proyecto, La Nacion Central America Regional, Mexico - Mexican drug cartels expand reach in Central America Sarah Grainger, Reuters Colombia - U.S.-Colombia base pact on the rocks Edward Schumacher-Matos, The Washington Post Mexico - Migrant misery, in Mexico, The Los Angeles Times Paraguay - Paraguay: ¿sigue activo el EPP? Eduardo Arce, BBC Mundo Suriname - Suriname president falls ill, cedes power to No. 2 , Associated Press, Houston Chronicle Venezuela - US terms unexplainable Venezuela's arms purchases , El Universal (Venezuela) - Venezuela: la policia "no garantiza la seguridad" Yolanda Valery, BBC Mundo View all links from August 27. 27 articles tagged "U.S. Policy" in the past 7 days
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