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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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Capturada responsable de atentado en Neiva contra presidente Uribe

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Las Fuerzas Militares senalan a Smith Duarte Cano de ser miembro de la cuadrilla movil ‘Teofilo Forero’ de las Farc y de haber participado en el atentado del 21 de abril de 2005 contra el Presidente de la RepublicaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
CNE (Presidencia de Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Violence

Chavez offers to talk to Farc

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The relatives of hostages kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), have met Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan presidentEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict

FARC Hostages Died in Military-Rebel Shootout

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The deaths of 11 of the 12 regional lawmakers being held hostage by Colombia’s FARC rebels may have occurred in the midst of fighting between the insurgents guarding the hostages and the "Junglas", an elite military unitEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Constanza Vieira
Wire Service: 
Inter-Press Service
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Batallon Cuscatlan realiza ejercicio sobre ataque con explosivos improvisados

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
La Unidad de Respuesta Inmediata del VIII Batallon Cuscatlan desarrollo un ejercicio sobre ataque con explosivos improvisados que los insurgentes de Iraq usan habitualmente contra los convoySpanish
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
andAacute;lvaro Castaneda
Publisher / Source: 
La Prensa Grafica (El Salvador)
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Venezuela's Chavez seeks to mediate release of Colombia's rebel-held hostages

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Relatives of hostages held for years by Colombian rebels met Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in hopes he might be able to help negotiate the captives' releaseEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict

Priest abducted by outlaw group; diocese issues plea for release

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The Diocese of Colombia has made an urgent plea for the release of one of its priests, the Rev. Ricardo Morales Gaviria, who was abducted August 20 by outlaw militiasEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Episcopal News Service
Tag(s): 
Violence

SOUTHCOM medics treat more than 200 Peruvian patients Saturday

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Medical personnel from Joint Task Force Bravo, from Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, saw more than 200 patients during their first three hours of operation Aug. 18English
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

Policia brasilena sospecha que socios de 'Chupeta', como 'don Diego', estarian en ese pais

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Diego Leon Montoya, alias 'don Diego', despues de la captura de Ramirez Abadia, paso a ser el narcotraficante mas buscado por las autoridades estadounidensesSpanish
Country(s): 
Brazil
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
U.S. Policy
Extraditions

"Marulanda, te habla Chavez: No te conozco; donde quiera que estes, espero una senal tuya"

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
De esa forma, el presidente venezolano comenzo a explorar los caminos para alcanzar un acuerdo humanitarioSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Edulfo Pena
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict

Iturriaga Neumann reitera criticas e insiste que no incurrio en violaciones a los DDHH

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
El ex jefe del Departamento Exterior de la disuelta Direccion de Inteligencia Nacional (Dina), general (R) Raul Iturriaga Neumann (69) emitio hoy una declaracion desde el Penal de Punta Peuco, reiterando su inocenciaSpanish
Country(s): 
Chile
Publisher / Source: 
La Tercera (Chile)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Frutos de mi tierra

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
¿Con que derecho hacemos juicios morales sobre la conducta de estos servidores publicos sin analizar las causas? ¿Acaso a la sociedad colombiana le importa un apice que ellos sean carne de canon de nuestras violencias, gente prescindible? Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Saul Hernandez Bolivar
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Military

Colombian hostage's mom encouraged by Chavez offer to help

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The mother of Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt, who has been held hostage by Colombian rebels since 2002, said Tuesday she is hopeful Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez can helpEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Fabiola Sanchez
Publisher / Source: 
The Miami Herald
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict

Mexico y EU buscan plan antinarco sin envio de tropas

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
"No es como el Plan Colombia, es diferente", dijo el presidente de EU, George Bush. Su homologo Felipe Calderon expuso que no significara presencia de soldados vecinos en suelo mexicanoSpanish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Wire Service: 
Agence France-Presse
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

Centroamerica prepara batallon para participar en misiones de paz

Monday, August 20, 2007
Una vez conformado el Batallon, se evaluara la participacion, en conjunto o por separado, en diferentes misiones de paz que las Naciones Unidas mantienen en el mundoSpanish
Publisher / Source: 
El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua)
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Military
U.N. Peacekeeping

Desconocidos asesinan concejal colombiano

Monday, August 20, 2007
Un grupo de hombres armados asesino, frente a su familia, al concejal colombiano Javier Andrade Polo, en hechos registrados en el departamento del Huila Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Violence

Descubren televisor-bomba en dos casas cargadas con explosivos en Ricaurte (Narino)

Monday, August 20, 2007
El televisor-bomba, de 21 pulgadas, fue encontrado en una de las casas, que como la otra fue desactivada por expertos antiexplosivosSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Violence

Liberales en Cesar decidieron retomar campanas electorales tras reunion con el Ministro de Defensa

Monday, August 20, 2007
El Ministro y los altos mandos militares viajaron para aliviar la tension que se vivia tras el asesinato del ex congresista Anuar Yaver CortesSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Violence

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