Resources - News

This section includes the latest news relating to U.S. security policy around the world. Updated daily, the news provided in this searchable database highlights the most relevant security developments from around the world. 

Date Range
***To filter by region, select a region from the View Site by Region menu at the top of the page

Polemica en Paraguay por acuerdo Bolivia-Venezuela

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Senalo con respecto al caso de la fuerte inversion realizada por el gobierno de Chavez para modernizar las FFAA bolivianas, que es necesario que los cuatro miembros plenos del Mercosur (Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay) definan una politicaSpanish
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Paraguay
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
La Razon (Bolivia)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy

Uribe y Chavez hablaran sobre rehenes de la FARC dice canciller colombiano

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Los presidentes de Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, y de Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, trataran el proximo viernes sobre los secuestrados por la guerrilla de las FARC y la integracion comercial y energeticaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
El Universal (Venezuela)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict
Foreign Policy

U.S. wants Colombian warlord for drug trafficking

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Colombia's foreign minister on Monday said the U.S. is requesting the extradition of a paramilitary warlord who was kicked out of Colombia's peace process last weekEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Joshua Goodman
Publisher / Source: 
The Houston Chronicle
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Extraditions
Judicial Reform

Decomisan cinco toneladas de cocaina en Ecuador

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Al menos cinco toneladas de cocaina fueron decomisadas en los ultimos dias en este pais con la ayuda del Agencia Antidrogas de Estados UnidosSpanish
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Publisher / Source: 
La Tercera (Chile)
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
U.S. Policy

Panamanian Cabinet ministers step down

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
All 14 members of Panama's Cabinet have resigned amid mounting pressure on the president to fire ministers following a tainted medicine scandalEnglish
Country(s): 
Panama
Publisher / Source: 
USA Today
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

EE.UU solicita en extradicion a 'Macaco'

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
El fiscal general, Mario Iguaran, dijo que comenzo una gestion judicial que incluye la presentacion, por parte de las autoridades norteamericanas, del soporte de su solicitudSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Espectador (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Extraditions
Judicial Reform

Lula ally faces corruption trial

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Jose Dirceu was accused of involvement in an illegal fundraising scheme through which the government maintained support in CongressEnglish
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
BBC (UK)
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Politics and Security

US seeks Colombian paramilitary

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
A US court has requested the extradition of former Colombian paramilitary boss Carlos JimenezEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC (UK)
Tag(s): 
Extraditions
Judicial Reform

Alo Presidente - episode 291: When Chavez reclaimed Las Malvinas

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
What prompted the ire was a Guardian query about a draft constitution and its most contentious provision: the abolition of presidential term limitsEnglish
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Rory Carroll
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian (UK)
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Kirchner's party wins again

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Argentina's government got another boost ahead of October national elections as official returns Monday showed a loyalist governor winning reelection in a thunderous landslide -- 78 percent to 5English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Publisher / Source: 
The Miami Herald
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

The Trial (And Errors) of Hugo Chavez

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Venezuelans are debating whether Chavez is putting this windfall revenue to good use or squandering it through disorganization, corruption and misplaced prioritiesEnglish
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Steve Ellner
Publisher / Source: 
In These Times
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

EEUU reclama importante jefe ''para'' preso en Colombia

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Estados Unidos pidio ayer en extradicion por trafico de cocaina al primer jefe paramilitar que ha sido excluido por el gobierno colombiano del proceso de paz que lo resguardaba, entre otras cosas, de ser entregado a la justiciaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Gonzalo Guillen
Publisher / Source: 
El Nuevo Herald
Tag(s): 
Extraditions
Judicial Reform

Reports: Israeli wanted in Colombia on terror-related charges detained at Moscow airport

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
It was not immediately clear whether the man detained in Moscow was Yair KleinEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The International Herald-Tribune
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Security

Uribe reta a Farc con los ex diputados

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
El presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez reto anoche a las Farc, a que desmienta el informe del DAS sobre la culpabilidad de ese grupo subversivo en el asesinato de los once diputadosSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia)
Wire Service: 
Colprensa
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Farc reporta la muerte de 26 militares de FF.MM de Colombia

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Segun el Frente 48 de las Farc, adscrito al Bloque Sur de esta organizacion insurgente, sus unidades guerrilleras dieron de baja a soldados, policias y erradicadores de plantas de coca.Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Agencia de Noticias Nueva Colombia
Tag(s): 
Violence

Editorial: Uraba, compromiso por la vida

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
La masacre de seis trabajadores bananeros y mujeres cabeza de familia en Currulao, y el secuestro de Justo Pastor Pena Ruiz y de Porfirio Albeiro Duque Zuluaga en la carretera al Mar, entre Mutata y Chigorodo, son una senal de alarmaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Violence

Washington quiere a "Macaco"

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Una corte de Estados Unidos solicito al gobierno de Colombia la extradicion del ex jefe paramilitar Carlos Mario JimenezSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC (UK)
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Extraditions
Judicial Reform

"Negociar sin ceder"

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
¿Que tanto estan dispuestas las partes a ceder en estos puntos? ¿Que formula puede satisfacer tanto la posicion de no ceder territorio como la pretension de las Farc de autoprotegerse? Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Leon Valencia
Publisher / Source: 
El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Justicia de Estados Unidos confirmo su interes en pedir extradicion de 'Macaco' por narcotrafico

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
La solicitud se produjo tres dias despues de que el Gobierno saco de Justicia y Paz a Carlos Mario Jimenez Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Extraditions
Judicial Reform

Mas seguridad para Via al Mar

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
El doble secuestro en Mutata es una voz de alerta, dicen en UrabaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Juan Carlos Monroy G
Publisher / Source: 
El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Violence

Pages