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Security and U.S. Policy in Latin America
"Just the Facts" is a joint project of the Center for International Policy, the Latin America Working Group and the Washington Office on Latin America. We keep track of U.S. policy toward Latin America and its impact, especially where security is concerned. See our U.S. aid database and much more at www.justf.org.
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The Week Ahead: Peru's New President, Press Freedom in Ecuador, U.S. Congress
- Adam discusses challenges facing newly inaugurated President Ollanta Humala in Peru; Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa's lawsuit against a newspaper; cuts in U.S. aid to Mexico and other ways that the U.S. Congress is affecting Latin America policy.
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Duration: 18:04 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week Ahead: Free trade, drug reports, Hugo Chávez
- Adam goes over the Colombia and Panama free-trade agreements currently stalled in Congress, UN and U.S. findings about cocaine production, and increasing uncertainty in Venezuela about Hugo Chávez's health.
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Duration: 11:03 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week Ahead: U.S. weapons in Mexico, Central America security conference, Bolivia coca
- Adam looks at a new Senate report on U.S. weapons' illegal flow into violence-wracked Mexico, next week's citizen security conference of Central American governments and donor nations, and security and coca-growing developments in Bolivia.
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Duration: 15:23 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
"Consolidating Peace" in Colombia?: Presentation by Adam Isacson
- Audio of Adam Isacson's presentation on efforts to "consolidate" security and governance in Colombia, given on June 13, 2011 at "Colombia 2020," a conference organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Duration: 24:04 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
Trends in Latin American military spending: a conversation with SIPRI's Carina Solmirano
- South America's military budgets rose 5.8% in 2010, faster than any other region, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's latest yearbook. Adam and Lucila Santos of WOLA talk with Carina Solmirano of SIPRI about her findings.
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Duration: 11:07 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week Ahead: Ollanta Humala, OAS Citizen Security, Mexico violence
- Adam reviews Ollanta Humala's first moves as Peru's president-elect, the OAS General Assembly and upcoming Central American summit focused on citizen security, and trends in Mexico's violent organized crime.
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Duration: 17:33 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week Ahead: Peru elections, Colombia working group, Brazil forestry law
- Adam looks at Peru's presidential vote, which is four days away; the "high level partnership dialogue" that has many Colombian diplomats visiting Washington; and a bill before Brazil's Congress that may make it easier to cut down the Amazon rainforest.
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Duration: 11:51 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
"Successes, Failures and Losses": Daniel Mejía on drug policy
- Adam talks with Daniel Mejía, an economist from Colombia's Universidad de los Andes, who just co-edited a book, "Éxitos, fracasos y extravíos," which thoroughly critiques, and proposes alternatives to, the U.S.-backed anti-drug policy in Colombia.
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Duration: 14:31 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week Ahead: Zelaya's return, Colombia's Victims' Law, PDVSA Sanctions
- Adam looks at the Cartagena Accord allowing deposed President Manuel Zelaya to return to Honduras, the Victims and Land Restitution Law that passed Colombia's Senate, and the impact of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela's state oil company.
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Duration: 13:16 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week Ahead: Massacre in Guatemala, Peru elections, is Colombia in an armed conflict?
- Adam discusses what we know about an apparent Zetas massacre of 27 people in Guatemala's Petén, the campaign for Peru's June 5 presidential runoff, and an argument between President Juan Manuel Santos and former President Álvaro Uribe.
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Duration: 11:09 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week Ahead: Changes at State Department, Ecuador Referendum, Mexico MarchThe Week Ahead: Changes at State Department, Ecuador Referendum, Mexico March
- Adam discusses Assistant Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela's resignation, Ecuador's referendum results, and the anti-violence march in Mexico.
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Duration: 13:35 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The Week: Colombia free trade "Action Plan," Walid Makled, violence in Mexico
- Adam gives an update on the Colombian FTA debate, the extradition of a Venezuelan narcotrafficker from Colombia to Venezuela, another mass grave in Mexico, Uruguay's amnesty law, and Peru's elections.
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Duration: 10:31 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
U.S. policy in Mexico: a conversation with Bruce Bagley
- At a conference in Mexico sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Adam talks with Professor Bruce Bagley, chairman of the Department of International Studies at the University of Miami and a longtime expert on U.S. counterdrug policy in the Americas.
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Duration: 11:55 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The week: Elections in Haiti, Colombia's luxury military prison, Mexico's army and public security
- Adam looks at the preliminary result of Haiti's election, revelations of plush conditions for Colombian military human rights abusers, and a UN human rights body's recommendation that Mexico take the armed forces out of internal security.
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Duration: 14:32 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The week: Elections in Peru and elsewhere, Mexico border, and more
- In a cross-post with the new WOLA podcast, Adam looks at Peru's upcoming, and up-for-grabs elections; Washington's discussion of the Homeland Security and Pentagon role in Mexico border security; political violence in Colombia; and much else.
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Duration: 18:59 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
President Obama's Trip and the Week Ahead
- Adam reviews President Obama's stops, major policy speeches, and pending issues in Chile, Brazil and El Salvador. Plus, a look at elections in Haiti and Peru.
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Duration: 24:54 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
Organized crime in the Americas: Steven Dudley of insightcrime.org
- Adam talks to Steven Dudley, co-founder of the recently launched website insightcrime.org, about this new resource and organized crime and narcotrafficking trends in the region.
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Duration: 20:14 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
Antinarcotics Efforts in the Hemisphere
Recording of a presentation by WOLA's Adam Isacson, given at George Washington University's Elliott School on February 28. The handout referenced in the piece is available at http://www.justf.org/files/pubs/110228_handout_sm.pdf.
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Duration: 15:45 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
U.S. relations with Argentina
- An incident surrounding the contents of a U.S. military plane has Washington's relations with Argentina in crisis. Adam discusses the episode, and its context, with Lucila Santos of WOLA.
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Duration: 12:11 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 80 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
The week ahead: February 14-18, 2011
- The Obama administration's 2012 aid request to Latin America. Two hearings about U.S. policy toward the region in Congress this week. A bizarre episode highlights problems in U.S. relations with Argentina.
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