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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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
This bulletin addresses the issue about the demarcation of indigenous territories, victimization and criminalization of their leaders and also of the organizations representing themEnglish
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Venezuela
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
La definicion de blanco legitimo es de la mayor importancia porque determina contra quien la Fuerza Publica puede utilizar la fuerza letal. Lamentablemente, la definicion sigue teniendo problemasSpanish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
[T]he failure to successfully return the land in Curvarado and Jiguamiando is not an indication of the complexities of the scenario; it is a political decision to support an abusive economic development modelEnglish
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Colombia
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Imposed in 2003, exchange control has rendered a progressive overvaluation of the Bolivar, which has led to a wave of imports targeted for consumption rather than investment, as well as capital flightEnglish
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Venezuela
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Indeed not only did Jaua meet with Kerry yesterday, Maduro softened his approach to tensions with ColombiaEnglish
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Venezuela
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Friday, June 7, 2013
If an unprepared gendarmerie is deployed, the casualties will be high, defections will be many, and a take-over of the gendarmerie by organized crime will surely follow. Faced with this alternative, the military will continue to be on the front linesEnglish
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Mexico
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Durante los tres anos del desplazamiento, las familias vivieron el desarraigo en un casco urbano marginal, sin tierras para cultivar y por lo tanto, sin ingresos para subsistir con dignidadSpanish
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Colombia
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
The number of people who have been detained and accused of crimes related to drugs has dramatically increased. But they must struggle to defend themselves with often poor, or no, legal representationEnglish
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Mexico
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Confronting a nightmare: Disappearances in Mexico highlights the country's ongoing pattern of disappearances amid the government's efforts to rein in organized criminal groupsEnglish
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Mexico
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
National drug control policies that impose criminal penalties for personal drug use undermine basic human rights, Human Rights Watch said todayEnglish
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
In Brazil's eyes, being a 'regional steward' is not only a worthy goal in its own right, it is also a way to gain prominence on the global stageEnglish
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Brazil
Monday, June 3, 2013
Mirar los temas de Justicia y Verdad desde las victimas es indispensable para entender el desafio de la paz, el posconflicto y la reconciliacion Spanish
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Colombia
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Temas que el vicepresidente de EE.UU. y el mandatario colombiano deberian discutir: el papel de Washington frente al proceso de paz, el fuero militar y el Plan de Accion LaboralSpanish
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Colombia
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Friday, May 24, 2013
The challenges the Pena Nieto administration faces are tremendous. But there has been progress, and continued cooperation by the United States of Mexico's effort is warranted. English
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Mexico
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Los casos de ejecuciones extrajudiciales siguen ocurriendo en Colombia. En 2012 se presentaron 20 casos con 52 victimas en contraste con 2011 donde se presentaron 17 casos con 85 victimasSpanish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Otorgar, restringir o condicionar el ejercicio de derechos politicos a los ex guerrilleros sera parte obligatoria de la transicion hacia la vida civil una vez se produzcan los acuerdos de paz Spanish
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Colombia
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Falta algo entre as duas potencias - algo que podemos chamar de ausencia de ambicaoSpanish
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Brazil
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Three possible scenarios for the fragmentation and/or criminalization of the FARC are studied in this paper. English
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Colombia
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Los latinoamericanos debemos de sentirnos orgullosos de haber puesto en la carcel a estos tres dictadoresSpanish
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Argentina
Guatemala
Peru
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Preferimos contestar la carta suya, que propone conversar, porque la otra nos anuncia –ahora si con toda la claridad– que somos objetivo militar de esos frentes de las FARCSpanish
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Colombia
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