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Below are key statements and reports by U.S. government agencies related to the United States' security relationship with the world.

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U.S. military personnel deliver aid to hospital in Ecuador

Friday, March 14, 2008
The supplies will help resupply the Napoleon Billa Hospital in Chone as it recovers from flood waters that had risen up to four feet high in the areaEnglish
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Capt. Ashley Norris
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Press Briefing by Ambassador John Veroneau, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Dan Fisk, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs for the National Security Council, and Chris Padilla, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

Friday, March 14, 2008
The free trade agreement, in our view, is critical to helping Colombia address the continuing threats it faces. First and foremost is the threat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, the FARCEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The White House
Tag(s): 
Free Trade
U.S. Policy

Press Availabilty in Santiago, Chile

Friday, March 14, 2008
We have had a series of conversations with Chile about forms of alternative energy sources, particularly in the area of bio-fuels. But we know that nuclear energy is a very controversial subject English
Country(s): 
Chile
Author(s): 
Thomas A. Shannon
Assistant Secretary For Western Hemispher
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Colombian Minister of Defense Visits Pentagon

Friday, March 14, 2008
The meeting was closed as the two affirmed their solid commitments to working together in combating shared threats to the region posed by narco-terroristsEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of Defense
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

USAID Millennium Challenge Program Bolsters Paraguayan Customs

Friday, March 14, 2008
Ambassador Cason participated in a ceremony at the Port of Asuncion to mark the donation of six new customs patrol boats provided by the Millennium Challenge CorporationEnglish
Country(s): 
Paraguay
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Embassy Paraguay
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

(Video) Testimony of Adm. James Stavridis, commander, U.S. Southern Command, before the House Armed Services Committee

Thursday, March 13, 2008
English
Publisher / Source: 
Google Video
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

President Bush Meets with U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Discusses Trade

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
This is the latest step in a disturbing pattern of provocative behavior by the regime in Caracas. It has also called for FARC terrorists to be recognized as a legitimate army, and senior regime officials have met with FARC leaders in VenezuelaEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Venezuela
Tag(s): 
Free Trade
U.S. Policy

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Essential To Our National Security

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement will advance our national security by strengthening a key democratic ally and sending a clear message to the regionEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The White House
Tag(s): 
Free Trade
U.S. Policy

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Western Hemisphere

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
English
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
U.S. Policy

Preview of 2008 partner nation engagements

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Another busy season is set to begin that will see U.S. forces train and work alongside personnel from partner nations throughout Central America, South America and the Caribbean as SOUTHCOM conducts another year of security cooperation engagementsEnglish
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Remarks on the Merida Initiative

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Through the Merida Initiative, we intend to work with our partners to enhance law enforcement and address drug trafficking and related criminal activity in the regionEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
David T. Johnson
Assistant Secretary For International Narc
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Daily Press Briefing Transcript

Monday, March 10, 2008
It’s an example of countries working together to resolve questions diplomatically and using some of the political institutions of the hemisphereEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

[PDF] Fiscal Year 2007 DoD Foreign Counterdrug Activity Report

Monday, March 10, 2008
Section 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (P. L. 106-398) as amended, requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on Department of Defense expenditures that support foreign counterdrug activitiesEnglish
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of Defense
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Ask the Ambassador: Clifford M. Sobel, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil

Friday, March 7, 2008
This is a very good time in U.S.- Brazil relations, and I look forward to working in 2008 to consolidate and build on the important accomplishments of 2007English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State

(PDF) Memorandum of Justification Concerning Certification for Counternarcotics Assistance for the Bolivian Military

Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Bolivian military has shown respect for human rights and cooperated with civilian judicial authoritiesEnglish
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
U.S. Policy

(Video) Testimony of Adm. James Stavridis, commander, U.S. Southern Command, before the Senate Armed Services Committee

Thursday, March 6, 2008
English
Publisher / Source: 
Google Video
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Secretary Rice`s Travel to Brazil and Chile, March 13-15

Thursday, March 6, 2008
We joined the consensus at the OAS and I think the OAS has created a very positive approach to resolving the differences between Colombia and EcuadorEnglish
Country(s): 
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Tom Casey
Deputy Spokesman
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Media Roundtable with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen

Thursday, March 6, 2008
My personal view is that there's relatively little likelihood of a military conflict between them. And my further impression is that the Colombians can take care of themselvesEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of Defense
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

(PDF) U.S. Southern Command 2008 Posture Statement

Thursday, March 6, 2008
With the approval of the Secretary of Defense, we are initiating action toward reorganizing the command along more interagency lines — with interagency, multinational, and even limited private sector partnering as core organizing conceptsEnglish
Author(s): 
Adm. Jim Stavridis - Commander
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Southern Command
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

(PDF) Human Rights Vetting Approval: Colombian Security Forces Units Annual Certification

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
As of July 31, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the units of the Colombian Security forces listed below selected to receive USG assistance English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

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