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On July 28, 2014 Amnesty International USA published a blog by Colby Goodman, Senior Research Associate at the Security...

This week Guatemala’s President called for a “Plan Central America” security package, the FBI ramped up its anti-gang efforts in Central America, and the U.S. issued indictments against Shinning Path guerrilla leaders in Peru. Read these highlights and more below. 

Kyrgyzstan voiced concern over decreased U.S. security assistance, while NATO officials continue to discuss cooperation with Georgia and Azerbaijan. Read these stories and other news highlights in the Central Eurasian region below.

 

This week, conflicts in Libya, Israel and Gaza, and Syria continued to intensify as...

Since 2002, the Defense Department has invested billions in building Colombia's air defense as a key tool in counternarcotics activities.  A recently released DoD report shows the Pentagon is continuing this strategy in Colombia and is expanding efforts for Colombian pilots to train other Latin American militaries to stem drug trafficking. 

The United States and its European allies have made a number of recent moves to bolster military cooperation with Georgia as tension continues to fester between Russia and the West.

 

From July 9-11, the head of U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), General Paul Selva, ...

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