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Monday, April 23, 2007 - 00:00
Lisa Haugaard is Executive Director of the Latin America Working Group, Adam Isacson coordinated the Columbia program for the Center for International Policy, and Joy Olson is Executive Director of The Washington Office on Latin America.
Thursday, April 5, 2007 - 00:00
In mid-March, the Ohio-based banana company Chiquita Brands admitted to paying $1.7 million to Colombian right-wing death squads who have killed thousands, including union organizers.
Monday, March 12, 2007 - 00:00
The United States could play a decisive new role in helping a crisis-ridden Colombia move toward being a modern democracy. In the wake of George W Bush's brief visit to Bogota, Adam Isacson assesses the chances of a policy shift in Washington.
Monday, March 12, 2007 - 00:00
President Bush visited Guatemala Monday, after pledging Sunday on a stopover in Colombia to seek more aid for the country to fight drug traffickers. Experts discuss the growing drug trade and the administration's efforts to curtail it.
Friday, March 9, 2007 - 00:00
President Bush will be in Colombia this weekend to show support for America's strongest ally in the region. Kai Ryssdal talks to foreign-policy analyst Adam Isaacson about the U.S.-Colombia relationship.
Thursday, March 1, 2007 - 00:00
Ten years ago, our organizations launched a project to monitor U.S. military programs in Latin America. We did so out of concern that poor access to information made public and congressional oversight of such programs impossible. A myriad of funding mecha
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 00:00
Adam Isacson, director of programs at the Center for International Policy in Washington, discusses the Bush administration's 2008 foreign aid proposal for Latin America.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 - 00:00
Dear Mr. Secretary-General: The Government of Ecuador has presented to you a formal protest against the aerial herbicide fumigations that Colombia is carrying out on its side of both countries' common border. The OAS Permanent Council will be considering
Friday, November 17, 2006 - 00:00
The State and Defense Departments have just released their annual Foreign Military Training
Report (FMTR) covering 2005. 1 The report, required by Congress, documents the U.S. training
of foreign forces through a wide variety of military-aid programs.
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 00:00
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<br />November 13, 2006 To: Colleagues and Legislative Staff From: Adam Isacson, CIP Colombia Program Re: Notes for the 11/13-14 visit of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe In the wake of last week's midterm election results, the president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, will visit Washington today and tomorrow. His government, the largest U.S.