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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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A pala y mano Colombia buscar exterminar hoja de coca

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Colombia anuncio el mes pasado un cambio de estrategia en su lucha antidrogasSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Luis Jaime Acosta
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo!
Wire Service: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
U.S. Policy

Catorce colombianos familiares de secuestrados se reuniran con Chavez

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Un total de catorce colombianos conforman la delegacion de familiares de secuestrados por la guerrilla de las FARC que el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chavez, recibira manana en CaracasSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
El Universal (Venezuela)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Conflict
Foreign Policy

Pillaje y robos a vehiculos continuan en San Clemente

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Pese al anuncio oficial de otorgar mayor seguridad, en los distritos mas castigados por el terremoto continuan los actos de pillajeSpanish
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Romina Mella Y Marco Sanchez
Publisher / Source: 
La Republica (Peru)
Tag(s): 
Security

Militares colombianos habrian sido entrenados en EEUU

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Los oficiales del ejercito colombiano arrestados o investigados por lazos con el narcotrafico fueron entrenados por Estados Unidos como parte de sus planes para combatir a las guerrillas izquierdistas y los cartelesSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Toby Muse
Publisher / Source: 
El Nuevo Herald
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Military

Peru president vows to rebuild quake zone

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Looting plagues city of Pisco after destructive temblor that killed 540English
Country(s): 
Peru
Publisher / Source: 
MSNBC
Wire Service: 
Associated Press

¿Cuanto vale la seguridad?

Sunday, August 19, 2007
De acuerdo con estas investigaciones, la violencia genero un costo agregado equivalente a 14,2% del PIB de la region y las perdidas en capital humano provocadas por el crimen fueron cercanas al 2% del PIB regional.Spanish
Author(s): 
Eduardo Lora
Publisher / Source: 
El Comercio (Ecuador)
Tag(s): 
Security

Piedad por el intercambio

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Como la enemiga mas acerrima del gobierno termino de facilitadora para el acuerdo humanitario. ¿Podra hacer lo que nadie ha podido?Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Semana (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Colombia es el pais que mas ayuda ha enviado a damnificados por terremoto

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Colombia es el pais que mas ayuda humanitaria ha podido enviar a los damnificados del terremoto del miercoles en el sur de Peru, dijo hoy el Presidente Alan GarciaSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Peru
Publisher / Source: 
La Tercera (Chile)
Wire Service: 
ANSA
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Procuraduria destituyen a oficial del ejercito por nexos con paramilitares

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Se trata del mayor Jorge Enrique Jimenez Troncoso, quien asimismo fue inhabilitado por 20 anos para el ejercicio de cargos publicosSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Military
Conflict

El turno de la Armada

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Sigue la purga en las Fuerzas Militares: un contraalmirante y varios oficiales estan siendo investigados por posibles vinculos con el cartel del norte del ValleSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Semana (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Military

Tirofijo, un fantasma en las filas de las Farc

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Desaparici�n de Marulanda a�n despierta especulacionesSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Colombia sheds messy drug spraying at last

Sunday, August 19, 2007
The U.S.-financed spraying was meant to hit the drug crops. But it was clear to me after three days that it wasn't very accurateEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
David Adams
Publisher / Source: 
The St. Petersburg Times
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
U.S. Policy

Audio: U.S. Militarization of Latin America

Monday, April 23, 2007
Lisa Haugaard is Executive Director of the Latin America Working Group, Adam Isacson coordinated the Columbia program for the Center for International Policy, and Joy Olson is Executive Director of The Washington Office on Latin America. English
Publisher / Source: 
Chicago Public Radio
Wire Service: 
WBEZ
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations
U.S. Policy

Audio: Underreported: Anti-Union Violence in Colombia

Thursday, April 5, 2007
In mid-March, the Ohio-based banana company Chiquita Brands admitted to paying $1.7 million to Colombian right-wing death squads who have killed thousands, including union organizers. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
The Leonard Lopate Show
Publisher / Source: 
WNYC
Tag(s): 
Free Trade
Security
Conflict

The United States and Colombia: the next plan

Monday, March 12, 2007
The United States could play a decisive new role in helping a crisis-ridden Colombia move toward being a modern democracy. In the wake of George W Bush's brief visit to Bogota, Adam Isacson assesses the chances of a policy shift in Washington.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adam Isacson
Publisher / Source: 
OpenDemocracy.net
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

President Bush Vows to Fight Drug Trade in Latin America

Monday, March 12, 2007
President Bush visited Guatemala Monday, after pledging Sunday on a stopover in Colombia to seek more aid for the country to fight drug traffickers. Experts discuss the growing drug trade and the administration's efforts to curtail it.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
PBS NewsHour
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Bush makes a quick stop in Colombia

Friday, March 9, 2007
President Bush will be in Colombia this weekend to show support for America's strongest ally in the region. Kai Ryssdal talks to foreign-policy analyst Adam Isaacson about the U.S.-Colombia relationship.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
American Public Media
Wire Service: 
Marketplace
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Isacson: U.S. Needs 'Humility' in Latin America

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Adam Isacson, director of programs at the Center for International Policy in Washington, discusses the Bush administration's 2008 foreign aid proposal for Latin America.English
Publisher / Source: 
Council on Foreign Relations
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

"Elecciones legislativas en EE.UU.: Que esta en juego para Colombia"

Saturday, November 4, 2006
Casi todos los analistas en Washington estan diciendo que las elecciones legislativas del martes pueden darle al Partido Democrata el control de al menos una camara del Congreso estadounidense, despues de 12 anos en la minoria. Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adam Isacson
Publisher / Source: 
El Espectador (Colombia)
Wire Service: 
Center For International Policy
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

"Diez amenazas a la luna de miel"

Sunday, August 6, 2006
El gobierno de Álvaro Uribe no hubiera podido tener relaciones mas cercanas con el de George Bush durante los ultimos cuatro anos.Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adam Isacson
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Wire Service: 
Center For International Policy
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

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