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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. 

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Minister: Colombia Self-Sufficient Thru 2014

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Colombia will be able to supply itself with oil through 2014, three years longer than previously forecast, mining and energy minister Hernan Martinez Torres saidEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Rigzone
Tag(s): 
Security

Morales defends Bolivia changes

Thursday, August 23, 2007
More than 18 months after being elected president of Bolivia, Evo Morales defends his record English
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Author(s): 
Lola Almudevar
Publisher / Source: 
BBC (UK)
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Sucre frena la Asamblea y la deja con futuro incierto

Thursday, August 23, 2007
La movilizacion de diversos sectores sociales que en Sucre reclaman por su demanda de capitalidad plena, paralizo ayer indefinidamente el trabajo de la Constituyente, que ahora tiene un futuro inciertoSpanish
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Publisher / Source: 
La Razon (Bolivia)
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Plan Colombia: diferentes balances

Thursday, August 23, 2007
¿Ha servido el Plan Colombia para reducir el narcotrafico hacia Estados Unidos?Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Hernando Salazar
Publisher / Source: 
BBC (UK)
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
U.S. Policy

Goni: FFAA estan permanentemente "atentos" para evitar espionajes

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Luego que en la revision de la extradicion de Alberto Fujimori en la Corte Suprema se conociera uno de los testimonios de Vladimiro Montesinos en donde revela el espionaje a los telefonos de militares y politicos chilenosSpanish
Country(s): 
Chile
Peru
Author(s): 
Cristian Chandia
Publisher / Source: 
La Tercera (Chile)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Asesinos de seis personas en Currulao (Antioquia) buscaban a paramilitares desmovilizados

Thursday, August 23, 2007
En las tres horas que estuvieron en el caserio, mataron a una amiga de un antiguo jefe del 'Bloque Bananero', a la suegra de un desmovilizado y a una joven cercana a otroSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Violence

Piden a Chavez interceder por los secuestrados en Venezuela al igual que Colombia

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Lideres opositores y ganaderos venezolanos instaron hoy al presidente del pais, Hugo Chavez, a resolver el "grave problema" del secuestro en VenezuelaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo!
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Security
Foreign Policy
Conflict
Foreign Policy

Alcalde de Turbo (Antioquia) critica falta de Fuerza Publica

Thursday, August 23, 2007
El lugar, escenario de la masacre de cinco personas en el caserio de Currulao, ha estado bajo el mando de las Auc y las FarcSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Espectador (Colombia)
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Violence

Desmovilizado jefe paramilitar 'Carlos Tijeras' reconocio 21 crimenes

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Para Jose Gregorio Mangones Lugo su accionar en las autodefensas fue un trabajo "comun y corriente"Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Judicial Reform

Fujimori con amnesia: “Supe de la matanza de Colina por la prensa"

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Culpa al gobierno de Garcia por masacre de Barrios Altos y dice -cinicamente- que los militares "lo hicieron por represalia"Spanish
Country(s): 
Chile
Peru
Author(s): 
Ana Veliz
Publisher / Source: 
La Republica (Peru)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Comfort Sailor shares mission with family in Ecuador

Thursday, August 23, 2007
A Sailor born and raised in Ecuador and deployed with hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) shared his work with family members in Manta English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeff Hall
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Wire Service: 
USNS Comfort Public Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/tolima/21deagostode2007/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3691299.html

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Cinco ex jefes paramilitares del bloque Tolima de las Auc guiaron a la Fiscalia y a antropologos del CTI hacia el lugar donde enterraron a algunas de sus victimas. El trabajo, que ya completa dos dias, ha permitido el hallazgo de dos osamentas en lSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Violence

Hermoza Rios: Fujimori si sabia de crimenes de Colina

Thursday, August 23, 2007
El ex jefe de las FFAA y del Ejercito Nicolas Hermoza Rios –uno de los militares que por anos compartio el poder con Alberto Fujimori– dijo, a la justicia peruana, que el extraditable conocia de los operativosSpanish
Country(s): 
Chile
Peru
Author(s): 
Ana Veliz
Publisher / Source: 
La Republica (Peru)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Seabees renovate Ecuadorian school

Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Seabees installed fans, replaced lights, repaired toilets and roofing, painted walls, produced two handicapped ramps and replaced both basketball and soccer nets during their five-day visitEnglish
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Karsten
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Wire Service: 
USNS Comfort Public Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

La actual campana repite los riesgos de las elecciones pasadas, reconocen analistas

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Los peligros advertidos son el clientelismo, la compra de votos, la transhumancia electoral, la financiacion irregular de campanas y el fraude en la mecanica electoralSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)

Venezuela niega contacto con las Farc

Thursday, August 23, 2007
El canciller venezolano, Nicolas Maduro, nego versiones de la prensa de ese pais sobre un supuesto mensaje de Raul Reyes al presidente Hugo ChavezSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
El Espectador (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict
Foreign Policy

U.S. military assessment team arrives in Belize following Hurricane Dean

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Approximately 20 Soldiers and Airmen from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, deployed here as part of an initial assessment team following Hurricane DeanEnglish
Country(s): 
Belize
Author(s): 
Tech. Sgt. Sonny Cohrs
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Wire Service: 
Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Suspected Colombian rebel group kills 3 women, 2 men

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Gunmen hunted down and killed five farmers in a Colombian region plagued by violence and drug trafficking in an attack authorities blamed on the nation's largest rebel groupEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Violence

Comfort Arrives in Colombia, Continues Mission

Thursday, August 23, 2007
After seeing thousands of patients in seven of 12 countries, hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Colombia, Aug. 22, to continue its four-month humanitarian assistance deploymentEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelly E. Barnes
Publisher / Source: 
Navy News Stand
Wire Service: 
USNS Comfort Public Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

U.S. troops deploy to Belize

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Approximately 25 Airmen and Soldiers from Joint Task Force-Bravo here deployed to Belize Aug. 21 to assess the damage caused by Hurricane DeanEnglish
Country(s): 
Belize
Author(s): 
1st Lt. Erika Yepsen
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Wire Service: 
Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

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