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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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Procuraduria acuso a dos militares por masacre de 'paras' en Llorente (Narino)

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Los hechos se registraron el primero de diciembre del 2003, cuando miembros del Bloque 'Libertadores del Sur' de las autodefensas irrumpieron en este corregimientoSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Gobierno ha actuado con transparencia y contundencia, reitera Mindefensa a la oposicion en el senado

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
El ministro de Defensa, Juan Manuel Santos, reitero este martes la transparencia del Gobierno en el caso de las interceptaciones telefonicas por miembros de la Dipol, durante un nuevo debate sobre el temaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional d
Tag(s): 
Policing

Colombia would let U.S. extradite drug lord

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Colombia will not stand in the way of a U.S request for the extradition from Brazil of captured Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, its foreign minister saidEnglish
Country(s): 
Brazil
Colombia
Wire Service: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
U.S. Policy
Extraditions

Familiares de guerrilleros se reuniran en Caracas con Hugo Chavez

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
La senadora Piedad Cordoba, quien actua como facilitadora, prepara mas acciones en busca del acuerdo humanitarioSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict
Foreign Policy

SOUTHCOM medics treat 1,300 patients in Peru

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Members of Joint Task Force-Bravo´s medical disaster relief team will depart Pisco, Peru today following a three-day deployment English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Senior Airman Shaun Emery
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Wire Service: 
Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Campana contra el despeje, promovida por el Ministro de Agricultura, genera polemica

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Andres Felipe Arias inicio su cruzada dias antes de que el presidente Uribe autorizo los buenos oficios de Piedad CordobaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Peru Family’s Struggle Reflects Hardships After Quake

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Despite planes full of aid arriving from countries around the world, Peruvians throughout the earthquake-ravaged zone are struggling to get the basic food and water they needEnglish
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Alexei Barrionuevo
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

Afectados acusan a Texaco de querer detener juicio por danos ambientales

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
El Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia, que representa a los presuntos afectados por los supuestos danos atribuidos a la estadounidense Texaco en el oriente ecuatoriano, acuso hoy a esa compania de querer paralizar el juicio al recusar al juez Spanish
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Publisher / Source: 
El Comercio (Ecuador)
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Environment

Ex ministro colombiano desafia a las FARC

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
El ex ministro colombiano del interior Fernando Londono reto a la guerrilla de las FARC a demostrar que su jefe historico Manuel Marulanda Velez (''Tirofijo'') esta vivoSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Nuevo Herald
Wire Service: 
Agence France-Presse
Tag(s): 
Violence

Yucatan weathers Dean's fury

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Despite 165-mph winds and widespread damage, no deaths are reported. Officials cite education and their preparationsEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Hector Tobar
Publisher / Source: 
The Los Angeles Times

Ofrecio Castro avion para trasladar a Cuba a jefe maximo de las FARC

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
El jefe insurgente colombiano rechazo la invitacion para viajar a Cuba porque tenia temor de que "en el aire lo interceptaran los gringos y se lo llevaran para Estados Unidos"Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Universal (Mexico)
Wire Service: 
Notimex
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Pacto militar con China

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
La ministra Nilda Garre fue recibida ayer por el poderoso ministro de Defensa chino con honores militaresSpanish
Country(s): 
Argentina
Publisher / Source: 
Clarin (Argentina)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Bush dismisses talk of an EU-like bloc

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The president and the leaders of Canada and Mexico deny plans for a North American entity that would erode U.S. sovereigntyEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
James Gerstenzang
Publisher / Source: 
The Los Angeles Times
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Rehenes de las FARC murieron en rio Cajambre

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
La muerte en junio de 11 de los 12 diputados rehenes de las FARC pudo ocurrir en medio de un combate entre los insurgentes que los custodiaban y un Comando JunglaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Constanza Vieira
Wire Service: 
Inter-Press Service
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Violence

Is the party in Panama over?

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Panama's developers hoped to lure U.S. retirees with cheap prices. Then came speculators, 380 tower projects representing more than 40,000 condos, rising prices and the possibility of a bustEnglish
Country(s): 
Panama
Author(s): 
Jim Landers
Publisher / Source: 
The Miami Herald
Wire Service: 
Dallas Morning News
Tag(s): 
Security

North American Summit Convenes

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
While U.S. officials applauded Calderon's "courage" in fighting powerful drug cartels, Fisk said he expected that no U.S. aid package for combating drugs would be announced at the summitEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Michael A. Fletcher
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

En horabuena

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Por fin el presidente Uribe decidio jugarsela en serio por el intercambio humanitarioSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Aura Lucia Mera
Publisher / Source: 
El Pais (Cali Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

US tries to woo Latin American students

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Heightened security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has made it harder for Latin American students to get visas to study in America, but Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is visiting Chile and BrazilEnglish
Country(s): 
Brazil
Chile
Author(s): 
Alan Clendenning
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo!
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Bush talks to Canadian, Mexican leaders

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
With Mexico, the United States is working on an aid package for its neighbor to help stem its drug trade and associated violence. No final deal is ready to be announcedEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
MSNBC
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Se inicio el tercer juicio contra ‘Simon Trinidad’

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
En una corte federal de Estados Unidos se realizo ayer la seleccion de los doce miembros del juradoSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Pais (Cali Colombia)
Wire Service: 
EFE

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