Category archives for: Dominican Republic

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, [...]

Top United Nations officials call for war on organized crime in Central America

The Americas Post - Does the UN have any real hope of accomplishing more than hand-wringing?

Senior United Nations officials yesterday drew the world’s attention to threats posed by transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America and called for concerted global efforts to combat the scourge, which they said was spreading to other regions. “Countries in Central America face a tide of violence, born of transnational organized crime and [...]

Peru to buy 10 Super Tucano light attack aircraft

The Americas Post - The Embraer Super Tucano is for those who need an airstrike on a budget

Peru is interested in buying 10 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to patrol its Amazon borders, the Brazilian Minister of Defense said Tuesday, opening a new market for Brazilian manufacturer Embraer in Latin America. The announcement was made by Defense Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia after meeting with Peruvian counterpart Alberto Otarola to discuss the [...]

Amnesty International slams Dominican cops

The Americas Post - Dominican police respond to demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks.  Photo:  KINT News

Amnesty International released a highly critical report on Tuesday, saying the national police force kills and tortures with impunity in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican national police were responsible for 15 percent of violent deaths recorded annually in the Dominican Republic from 2005 to 2010, according to the report.  The London-based human rights group said [...]

Widespread suspensions in FIFA bribery scandal

The president of the Dominican Soccer Association, Osiris Guzman, has been suspended for 30 days by the FIFA Ethics Commission, in relation to a potential bribery case. On August 11, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) initiated proceedings against 16 managers of the Caribbean Soccer Union who were suspected of taking US$40,000 in bribes in [...]

Montevideo: 11th Summit of Latin America Interpol Working Group on cyber & tech crime

During the inauguration in Montevideo, Uruguay of the XI International Conference of the Interpol Working Group on Technology Crime (including cybercrime) , the President of the Interpol Working Group Mr. Miguel Angel Justo (from Argentina) said that “the police of the countries of Latin America must bring their national legislation on tech crime to the conference, [...]

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