Adam talks about a U.S.-backed coca eradication offensive in Peru, a delivery of U.S. helicopters and equipment to Guatemala, and a series of events affecting human rights and the judicial system in El Salvador.
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This post was written by CIP intern Benjamin Fagan.
The following is a round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week.
Brazil
- Tuesday was Teachers Day in Brazil, and protests erupted in multiple cities with marchers ...
A roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Central Eurasia over the last week:
Central Asia:
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American officials are reportedly close to an agreement to move some operations from the United States’ air base in Kyrgyzstan to Romania. AFP quoted U.S. officials that “the final details are being worked out” to set up the transit of troops in and out of Afghanistan at the Mihail
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On Tuesday October 8th, the African Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee convened a hearing to discuss, “Security and Governance in Somalia: Consolidating Gains, Confronting Challenges and Charting the Path Forward.” The hearing was organized in response to a September 21st al-Shabaab orchestrated attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall and took place just days after a failed Oct. 4th counterterrorist raid by U.S. Navy SEALs...
- UPI reported that the U.S. deployed 200 Marines to the Naval Air Station at Sigonella, Italy to facilitate special operations in North Africa. Tom Dispatch noted that this naval air station is a “crucial component of U.S. operations in Africa,” from which the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa operates. Amongst their recent deployment have been Botswana, Liberia, ...
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the Middle East and North Africa over the last week:
Egypt:
- Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi spoke on the phone on Monday to discuss the security relationship between the United Stated and Egypt. Following last week’s decision to suspend some U.S. assistance to Egypt, Egypt’s Foreign Minister ...