Earlier this month, the Washington Office on Latin America released a new report on arms purchases in South America. "Arms-R-Us: South America Goes Shopping" provides a country-by-country look at recent weapons agreements. The report looks at the effects of increasing arms sales on an already tense environment, and it points out the potentially negative impact if these changes are not accompanied by communication and...
Adam discusses Chile's use of the military in the earthquake's aftermath, highlights of Secretary Clinton's 6-country trip, charges of terrorist links to Venezuela, the annual State Department Narcotics Report, and narco-corruption in Guatemala's police.
Links to some of the documents mentioned:
- Secretary Clinton's remarks on her trip to the region
- Spanish judge's indictment claiming Venezuelan cooperation with the FARC and ETA ( ...
Adam interviews Roxana Altholz of the University of California at Berkeley Law School Human Rights Clinic, author of "Truth Behind Bars," a hard-hitting report on 30 Colombian paramilitary leaders' extradition to the United States, which has complicated efforts to win justice for their victims.
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Yesterday, the Department of State released its 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. This annual report submitted to Congress "describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2009." Volume I of the 2010 report includes new statistics on the coca cultivation and counter-drug efforts in the Andean region. Here are our most up-to-date statistics on...
Abigail and Adam discuss the Cancún summit, human rights in Venezuela, reelection in Colombia, and Hillary Clinton's trip to the region next week.
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Adam reviews recent arms sales from Brazil, Europe, Israel and the United States to several countries throughout the region.
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