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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, [...]

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Panama and El Salvador agreed intelligence exchange and common security strategy against Organized Crime.

Panama and El Salvador agreed in sharing a security strategy that involves all countries in the region to tackle organized crime, reported the Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez after a meeting in Panama City. “What we’ve decided is a regional strategy against organized crime , that respects no borders and, therefore, the answer has to [...]