Carina Solmirano, a researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), talked to Adam Isacson and Lucila Santos about military expenditure in Latin America following the release of SIPRI Yearbook 2011.
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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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The director of the new South American Center for Strategic Defense Studies, Alfredo Forti, speaks at the Center's inauguration.
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On May 27, 2011, the South American Defense Council (SADC)...
Recent news from Mexico: Public security in Monterrey, security and the economy, arms trafficking, and the spread of Mexican organized crime.
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The assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, Arturo Valenzuela, let it be known that he will be leaving his post soon, to resume teaching at Georgetown University in the fall.
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Valenzuela told Costa Rica’s La Nación newspaper that “There is no priority more important for the president, Barack Obama, and the secretary of state
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