Human Rights
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) "recently sent Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority staff to 24 countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East to examine how increased funding and new programs are being implemented in the field."
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) asked committee staff to travel to several regions to "assess whether the
State and Defense Departments are working together overseas in a way that contributes to overarching U.S. foreign policy goals."
Recommends that the Mérida Initiative aid package to Mexico be increased and focused on building police and judicial capacities.
The regional combatant command's "capstone document" that "serves as our blueprint for enhancing U.S. relationships with, and the capabilities of, our partner nations."
Reflections on U.S.-Latin American relations and engagement from the 2006-2009 commander of U.S. Southern Command.
Republican Senate committee staff report on Colombia's internal conflict and its relationship to Colombia's difficult relationship with its neighbors in the wake of a cross-border attack on a guerrilla leader in Ecuador.
Senate Republican staff examine plans to provide assistance to Mexico under the Merida Initiative and what would become the Central America Regional Security Initiative.
A detailed report evaluating U.S. aid to Mexico since the 2007 launch of the Merida Initiative. Includes a detailed table of aid that had been delivered, or was pending delivery.
Review of funding allocated to Mexico and Latin America under the Mérida Initiative.
The report analysis (1) how the drug threat has changed in recent years, (2) problems the United States has had in providing its assistance toColombia in the past, and (3) challenges the United States and Colombia face