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Friday, January 16, 2015 - 08:50
Brazil has embraced the digital age with more gusto than most. It is one of the top users of social media and recently signed-off on a bill of rights for the Internet, the Marco Civil.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 08:47
When Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto visited President Obama on Jan. 6, hundreds of Mexican Americans demonstrated outside the White House. Hundreds more picketed at Mexican consulates across the U.S.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 08:45
Brazil was swept into an unprecedented wave of protests in 2013 against a hike in public transportation fares. Millions of people took to the streets in June of that year, and their numbers grew as police reacted with increasing violence.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 08:44
Since the emergence of the Guadalajara cartel in the 1980s as one of the country’s largest drug trafficking organizations, Mexican organized crime has continued to expand its reach up and down the global supply chains of illicit drugs.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 08:07
Kazakhstan is conducting military drills simulating a response to a would-be separatist threat amid jitters over the Ukrainian crisis.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 08:00
Kyrgyzstan's security forces -- who are also undertaking work with returnees from Syria -- the Islamist recruiters are changing their tactics. "Here, the [security] bodies are powerless, they do not have the technology to continually monitor the actions of the radicals. It's all about money. It would be good if the state could pay more attention to this issue," said Eden Usubaliev, director of Prudent Solutions, a think tank in Kyrgyzstan
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 07:56
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall spoke on human trafficking at Center for Strategic and International Studies
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 07:53
Russian and Armenian officials, who claim to be cooperating on an investigation, so far have offered mixed messages on who holds the right to take the soldier to trial.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 07:53
Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf speaks on sentence of Saudi human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 07:51
The Department of State has designated ‘Abdallah al-Ashqar as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.