This week Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela is visiting Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. According to the State Department's press release, the Assistant Secretary will "meet with senior officials to discuss issues of mutual interests, including security cooperation,...
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Adam gives an overview of issues that may come up as the Obama administration's top diplomat for Latin America travels to the Andes on April 4-11, 2010. Featuring commentary from Lisa Haugaard, director of the Latin America Working Group.
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Adam discusses the Obama administration's new security aid program for 15 Caribbean countries. Here is a link to the 2011 Congressional Budget Justification document referred to in the podcast.
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Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) recently introduced legislation (S. 3172) in the Senate intended to direct a more focused approach to regional counternarcotics programs. The "Counternarcotics and Citizen Security for the Americas Act of 2010" (S.3172) differs widely from H.R.2134, the "Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2009,"...
Abigail and Adam discuss Secretary of State Clinton's visit to Mexico, rethinking the Mérida Initiative, Southcom testimony in Congress, and allegations of Venezuelan ties to Colombia's FARC.
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