Resources - Policy Statements
This section presents links to what people are saying about U.S. security policy around the world. Select one of the four types of policy statements from the menu at the right to filter the results below.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The intercept and search of the fishing vessel resulted in the seizure of 1,086 kilograms of cocaine, valued in excess of $75 million.
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Country(s):
Costa Rica
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Military, non-government agency planners and prospective participants in the upcoming Continuing Promise 2013 humanitarian assistance deployment worked on the details of the operation.English
Country(s):
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Peru
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Overdick-Mejia is a major Guatemalan drug trafficker who was most recently aligned with Los Zetas, one of Mexico’s most violent and increasingly powerful drug cartels.English
Country(s):
Guatemala
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Polisario collaborates with the likes of Cuba , whose military rations food in the camps in exchange for loyalty to the regime and indoctrinates children who have been stolen from their parents. English
Country(s):
Cuba
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Serious religious freedom violations continue in Cuba ..... Violations by the Cuban government include: detention, sporadic arrests, and harassment of clergy and religious leaders, as well as interference in church affairs. English
Country(s):
Cuba
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Caribbean Banking Centers, who now own $240.4 billion of U.S. debt. By the way, the Caribbean Banking Centers are the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. This is who owns us.English
Country(s):
Bahamas
Brazil
Ecuador
Panama
Venezuela
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
"I'm very concerned about the Caribbean vulnerability. [In response] to shifts in any illicit trafficking that could be on the horizon and likely is, I'm confident we can take steps now to ensure continued regional security," said SOUTHCOM commEnglish
Country(s):
Caribbean Regional
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
While the United States has done a great deal over the last decades to help combat rising crime in Latin America, now it is clear that if a new administration does not accelerate and refocus its programs exclusively on citizen security in the region, it cEnglish
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Erin Logan has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service as principal director for counternarcotics and global threats, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), Washington, D.C.English
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
U.S. support for Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean, a competitive grants program to enhance hemispheric cooperation on sustainable community development. English
Country(s):
Caribbean Regional
Central America Regional
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The government alleged, as its basis for forfeiture, that the condominium was involved in a money laundering transaction, that the property constitutes or was derived from proceeds traceable to drug trafficking.English
Country(s):
Mexico
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
"HSBC is being held accountable for stunning failures of oversight - and worse - that led the bank to permit narcotics traffickers and others to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through HSBC subsidiaries, and to facilitate hundreds of millionsEnglish
Country(s):
Cuba
Mexico
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
I rise here to ask for the immediate release of U.S. Marine Jon Hammar, who has been unreasonably imprisoned by Mexican authorities since August, where, for a time, he was actually being shackled to his bed.English
Country(s):
Mexico
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A transition to a demilitarized justice and a community-focused approach to U.S. security assistance will help Mexico establish more effective and long-lasting tools for combating crime and violence.English
Country(s):
Mexico
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The desire Rousseff showed to pay a visit to the White House early in 2013, when she called to congratulate Obama for his reelection in November, was seen as an early sign of a more productive dialogue with Washington.English
Country(s):
Brazil
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
It seems clear that the primary purpose of Chavez's weekend return to Caracas was to consolidate support for Maduro within the pro-government coalition and leave no doubts among the population as to who he wants to succeed him.English
Country(s):
Venezuela
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Monday, December 10, 2012
We don't currently have any plans to reestablish relations at the ambassadorial level with Caracas.English
Country(s):
Colombia
Cuba
Venezuela
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Monday, December 10, 2012
El general Jose Roberto Leon Riano, director de la Policia, asegura que si bien ese es un asunto de las autoridades estadounidenses, resulta llamativo que alla se exploren esas opciones mientras en Colombia se siguen poniendo muertosSpanish
Country(s):
Colombia
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Within Congress, there is no – really absolutely none -- opposition to border security policy and operations, despite persistent waste, lack of due diligence, corruption, immigrant abuse, and inability to set forth a strategy and performance measuresEnglish
Country(s):
Mexico
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Ironically, some of the worst offenders of human rights, such as Cuba, Venezuela, China, and Russia, have had the audacity to sit as members on the United Nations Human Rights Council.English
Country(s):
Cuba
Venezuela
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