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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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FIFA is getting nervous with the status quo of violence in Rio and Sao Paulo. Brazil also worries, and therefore the government started to put into place a task of security measures. The first one is the use of drones to secure the next Confederations Cup in June, where all the champions of all continents [...]
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According to The Sunday Times, Argentina is developing missile technology that could threaten the Malvinas/Falkland Islands. The british newspaper has learnt that military scientists in Argentina are building a rocket capable of being fired into space to an altitude of about 250 miles. Experts believe such technology could, in time, develop into a missile with [...]
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Recent surveys reflect public safety has not been the priority of the current Brazilian government. The surveys are talkinf about little investment public safety, high rates of crime and homicide, low percentage of homicides cleared by the justice system, increased sense of insecurity of the population, according to an article published by 180graus.com The article [...]
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Uncertainty is hanging over Venezuela three days ahead of the scheduled swearing-in of President Hugo Chavez, who is struggling to recover from his fourth cancer surgery in 18 months in Cuba. The country’s main opposition coalition insists that Chavez must take at least a temporary leave if his health keeps him from taking the oath [...]
In January 2010 several Colombian men were indicted in the U.S. on money-laundering charges. Initially, it looked like a bust of another nexus of drug traffickers and moneylaunderers. But to U.S. authorities the case was anything but ordinary. Prosecutors alleged, one of the alleged criminals helped run a money-laundering ring using UK-based international banking group [...]
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Although the streets of Caracas remain strewn with campaign flyers and posters, the winners and losers of Venezuela’s intense presidential battle are already looking ahead to regional elections in December and wondering how the president’s precarious health may affect his next six years. President Hugo Chávez, the 58-year-old former military officer and South American socialist, [...]