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You need two to tango: with Mexico backing out, Obama is also downplaying narcotics as region’s overriding issue.

Last week, Mr. Obama returned to capitals in Latin America with a vastly different message. Relationships with countries racked by drug violence and organized crime should focus more on economic development and less on the endless battles against drug traffickers and organized crime capos that have left few clear victors. The countries, Mexico in particular, [...]

More CCTV cameras are coming in the U.S. after Boston Terror.

A recent poll showed that only 40% of Americans supported more cameras in the name of public safety – and only 12% wanted fewer cameras. And yet, more cameras are coming in the United States. Police officers in Denver, Phoenix, Chicago and other cities are relying more on surveillance video to help fight crime. READ [...]

Boston: Armored vehicles like this were key in detention of Marathon terrorists.

Lenco Armored Vehicles is the producer of this armored vehicle that assisted Boston Police in the detention of terrorist suspect no. 2.  Lenco is a designer and manufacturer of armored tactical vehicles. The Lenco BEAR and BearCat are used everyday by Law Enforcement, Military and Government Agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

Calculating Defense cuts: Lockheed announced $825 million in sales reduction in 2013.

  Lockheed Martin said to Financial Times that the US government’s spending cuts would reduce its sales for the year by $825m, as it became one of the first big military contractors to put a figure on the impact of the across-the-board reductions. READ WHOLE ARTICLE IN FT

Arrests in Canada shows al Qaeda has connections in Iran.

Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, canadian police said Monday. The case bolstered allegations by some governments and experts of a relationship of convenience between Shiite-led Iran and the predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network. Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and [...]

Helicopter equipped w/FLIR thermal equipment monitored 2nd suspect during standoff in Boston.

Thermal-imaging devices have been used to watch the second suspect in this week’s Boston Marathon bombings as he was holed up in his last hiding place, the boat. Authorities said a helicopter equipped with a thermal imager (FLIR — a forward-looking infrared device —) spotted the heat signature of a person inside a tarp-covered boat, sitting [...]

Marathon Terrorists: After manhunt, black hut killed, white hut captured.

BOSTON — In a direct appeal for help from the public, the F.B.I. on Thursday released pictures and video of two young men who officials believe may be responsible for the explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 170 during the Boston Marathon. Officials said they have images of one of the men [...]

John Kerry: U.S. has not decided whether to recognize Maduro as President of Venezuela.

The United States is refusing to acknowledge Nicolas Maduro as the rightfully elected President of Venezuela in a razor-thin victory. The U.S. is also calling for a “credible and transparent process to reassure the Venezuelan people regarding the results.” Shortly thereafter Venezuela’s Supreme Court announced there would be no recount. Secretary of State John Kerry [...]

Chavez is dead and Venezuela is in a deep crisis.

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with cancer, the venezuelan  government announced. His departure  alters the political balance in Venezuela,  and in Latin America, where Mr. Chávez led a group of populist governments. With the president’s death, the Constitution says that the nation should “proceed to [...]

Bolivia and Brazil signed military joint actions, while Senator Pinto still in exile.

March 3rd.- The governments of Bolivia and Brazil on Saturday signed joint actions to combat drug trafficking and organized crime, protection of migrants and regional integration. The initiatives were defined in meeting by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Patriota (Brazil), and David Choquehuanca (Bolivia) in the bolivian city of Cochabamba. Choquehuanca said that in [...]

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