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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Adam Isacson evaluates the Santos government

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Washington Office on Latin America outlines its concerns regarding the framework for peace and justice within the militaryEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Alfredo Molano Jimeno
Publisher / Source: 
Washington Office on Latin America
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security
U.S. Policy

Mexico: Freedom of expression still under attack as six journalists killed

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Six journalists have been killed in less than a month in Mexico, highlighting the authorities' ongoing failure to uphold freedom of expression.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Mexico should investigate murder of abducted journalist

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Reporting on crime is the most dangerous work for Mexican journalists.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Colombia: On Assignment in Buenaventura

Monday, May 21, 2012
The fear and violence gripping Buenaventura is palpable as we walk through the neighborhoods hosting the displacedEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Shaina Aber
Publisher / Source: 
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA

How the US fuels Latin America's surveillance technology

Monday, May 21, 2012
United States efforts to ferret out narco-traffickers by providing surveillance technology to foreign governments have backfired in the past.English
Author(s): 
Katitza Rodriguez
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Intelligence
U.S. Policy

(PDF) Statement of Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr., Director, BORDERS, The University of Arizona

Monday, May 21, 2012
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Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. House of Representatives
Tag(s): 
Border Control
U.S. Policy

Testimony of Maureen Meyer, Senior Associate for Mexico and Central America at the Washington Office on Latin America on Human Rights in Mexico, Before the United States Congress

Monday, May 21, 2012
Withholding the conditioned funds until meaningful progress on these areas is made would send a clear message that the United States is concerned about the gravity of the human rights violations.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Testimony of Tlachinollan Human Rights Center Before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives

Monday, May 21, 2012
It is clear that President Calderon's effort to combat organized crime, with the military as the centerpiece, is not the solution to the crisis of violence but rather it has contributed to the violence itself.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Testimony of Nik Steinberg, Mexico Researcher for Human Rights Watch, on “Human Rights in Mexico” before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Monday, May 21, 2012
What we have found is a public security policy that is badly failing on two fronts. It has not succeeded in reducing violence. Instead, it has resulted in grave human rights violations.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Testimony of Lisa Haugaard, Executive Director of the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Monday, May 21, 2012
Forty-nine human rights defenders were killed in 2011 and 6 were forcibly disappeared.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere &quot;Cuba’s Global Network of Terrorism, Intelligence and Warfare&quot;

Monday, May 21, 2012
Cuban intelligence operations in the United States have been enduring, aggressive and painfully successful.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Written Testimony of Christopher Scott Simmons, Founding Editor of Cuba Confidential, Before a Hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee on Foreign Affairs

Monday, May 21, 2012
In many respects, Cuba can be accurately characterized as a violent criminal organization masquerading as a government.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Mexico: UN and regional experts urge government to take action to protect journalists

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Mexican Government should implement a new law to protect journalists and human rights defenders, a group of United Nations and regional experts stressed today.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
UN News Centre
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

La SIP condena el secuestro del periodista hondureno Alfredo Villatoro

Thursday, May 10, 2012
La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) condeno hoy el secuestro del periodista hondureno Alfredo Villatoro y pidio al presidente de Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, que actue de &quot;forma inmediata&quot; para lograr su liberacion y garantizar su vida.Spanish
Country(s): 
Honduras
Publisher / Source: 
Terra (Argentina)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Secretario General de la OEA inauguro reunion de la Comision Interamericana para el Control de Abuso de Drogas

Thursday, May 10, 2012
El Secretario General de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, inauguró hoy la 51 Reunión Ordinaria de la Comisión Interamericana para el Control de Abuso de Drogas (CICAD).Spanish
Publisher / Source: 
Organization of American States
Tag(s): 
International Community

Carta de Sicilia sobre asesinato de Regina

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
El espantoso y reprobable asesinato de Regina Martinez no es mas que la reiterada confirmacion del estado de descomposicion en que se encuentra el Estado y los partidos.Spanish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Javier Sicilia
Publisher / Source: 
Proceso (Mexico)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Security

Noting 'disturbing trend' in Mexico, UN rights office condemns murder of journalist

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
&quot;We strongly condemn the murder of Regina Martinez, and are concerned that this disturbing trend of murdering media workers ... undermines the exercise of freedom of expression in the country.&quot;English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
UN News Centre
Tag(s): 
International Community
Human Rights

Carta de Human Rights Watch al Presidente y Congreso

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tengo el honor de dirigirme a Uds. para hacerles llegar mi preocupacion sobre el proyecto de enmienda constitucional que se conoce como &quot;Marco Juridico para la Paz&quot;.Spanish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
El Tiempo (Colombia)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Judicial Reform

Hostages in Our Own Territories

Monday, April 30, 2012
Civilians in rural areas are trapped in regions where all of the armed groups are active. These groups operate in and around Afro-Colombian and indigenous territoriesEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Washington Office on Latin America
Tag(s): 
Security

Brazil: Historic efforts by federal prosecutors to challenge decades of impunity for military regime

Thursday, April 26, 2012
The efforts of federal prosecutors to initiate criminal investigations into past human rights violations marks a crucial moment in Brazil's history.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
Amnesty International
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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