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Amid a barrage of grim security news, Mexican President Felipe Calderón delivers his annual state of the union address.
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- The State Department certified on Friday that Mexico’s human rights performance is improving, ...
Every year, the U.S. State Department is required by law to certify that Colombia's human rights performance is improving in order to free up 30 percent of military aid in the foreign aid budget. A coalition of Colombian and U.S. human rights groups recently issued a public statement (PDF) calling on the United States not to certify that Colombia is meeting the required human rights conditions. The statement explains that "not only has Colombia failed to meet the conditions, it has taken a significant step...
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A response to a Freedom of Information Act request omits the names of WHINSEC instructors from the Americas.
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Adam talks with Maureen Meyer, the Washington Office on Latin America's Associate for Mexico and Central America, about the worsening wave of violence in Mexico, and the U.S. and Mexican government's security and justice reforms.
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August has been a troubled month for freedom of the press in the Americas. Here are a few examples.
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Unidentified gunmen shot and killed veteran radio broadcaster Israel Zelaya Díaz in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Zelaya is at least the eighth Honduran reporter killed so far this year amid an atmosphere that
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