Resources - Policy Statements

NGOs and Academia

Below are key statements from non-novernmental or academic analyses related to the U.S. defense and security assistance to the rest of the world. 

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos discusses how ratification of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) will create jobs and further strengthen economic growth and securityEnglish
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Colombia
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Friday, April 4, 2008
Assistant Secretary Albert R. Ramdin, speaking today at a conference in Argentina, touted the role of the Organization of American States in the recent conflicts between Colombia and Ecuador as demonstration of the strength of multilateralismEnglish
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Friday, April 4, 2008
The ICRC's head of operations for Latin America, Maria Dos Anjos Gussing, talks about a possible role for the ICRC in such an action should all parties agreeEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Sixteen years after the end of El Salvador's civil war, the whereabouts of hundreds of children who disappeared during the conflict remain unknownEnglish
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El Salvador
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Since 1991, around 2,300 union leaders have been killed in Colombia — a country which continues to lead the world in the murder of trade unionists. It must be noted that 433 of these unionists have been killed since President Alvaro Uribe took officeEnglish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Uribe Advisor’s Statements Contribute to Climate of Intolerance that Fosters ViolenceEnglish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Certainly, loose enriched uranium is something to worry about, but we need to keep our heads, not sensationalize, and get the science straight if we are to have any hope of making good decisions English
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Colombia
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
La concepcion de la lucha antisubversiva que ha venido implementando la administracion del presidente Álvaro Uribe Velez parte de una idea simple: todo se valeEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
An entity of the Organization of American States, the IADC offers approximately 60 students a year from member states of the Organization of American State the opportunity to attend the schoolEnglish
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Monday, March 24, 2008
I think that is the root of their connection, Chavez wants to project his Bolivarian revolution out. He is certainly sympathetic in a passing wayEnglish
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Colombia
Venezuela
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Monday, March 24, 2008
The US assistance and Mexican policies to fight crime cannot be at the expense of human rights. Amnesty International wants to see a shift in the balance of funds so that human rights are at the core of this aid packageEnglish
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Mexico
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
The immediate crisis has been averted. But the geopolitical divisions in the region threaten to lead to more conflicts in the near futureEnglish
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Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
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Friday, March 21, 2008
These union leaders, along with two other social leaders murdered around this time, were killed with the open encouragement of the Uribe AdministrationEnglish
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Colombia
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Irregular armed groups fight for control of the territory and its rich natural resourcesEnglish
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Colombia
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Rechazamos esta violacion a la integridad territorial de Ecuador, y por consiguiente reafirmamos el principio de que el territorio de un Estado es inviolableSpanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Ecuador
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Amidst Growing Violence and Disturbing Discord, the Internal Debate over Creating a New Security Posture Heats Up English
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Panama
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Colombia's raid on a guerrilla camp across its border exposes the region's dangerous political and military fracturesEnglish
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Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Senor Presidente de la Republica, los ciudadanos y organizaciones abajo firmantes, haciendo uso de nuestro derecho constitucional de dirigirnos a las autoridades haciendo peticiones respetuosas, queremos solicitarle la destitucion de su consejeroSpanish
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Colombia
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Monday, March 17, 2008
While debate over free trade has featured prominently in this election year, the Colombia FTA has become embroiled in a debate over the protection of labor rights and the Colombian government’s success in prosecuting a range of crimesEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Se necesita un intermediario entre el Gobierno y las Farc y dejar que Venezuela sea parte de un grupo de facilitadoresSpanish
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Colombia
Venezuela
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