The integration in the Americas should be the result of a positive interdependence among countries. Since the Declaration of Washington, the american states are in a process of growing interrelation. Nowadays, the Americas have a Democratic Charter to live up to, and the most important thing is our right to democratic self-determination and the [...]
2010 Jan 31 | Posted in
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In spite of the critical situation in the region, due to the confrontation of Colombia with Venezuela and Ecuador, the integration of The Americas continue in aspects of positive interdependence that are very important, like Public Health and the struggle against the pandemic of swine influenza. In that respect, in Quito , the Summit [...]
2010 Jan 31 | Posted in
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Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil peacefully gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power [...]
2010 Jan 31 | Posted in
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International journalists, diplomats, NGO representatives and spokesmen of the Haitian government agreed that the situation in Haiti is chaotic after the earthquake that devastated Port au Prince, whose deaths exceed 50,000 sources, according to the Panamerican Health Organization. A man looks for a body among hundreds of earthquake victims at the morgue in [...]
In recent weeks, much has been written in the media about the purchase of armaments and military technology by some South American countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela. On the subject of the arms race in our subcontinent, I would like to make a few comments, some of them are strictly personal opinions [...]
2010 Jan 31 | Posted in
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Last weekend, a french-spanish filmmaker whose documentary about the violent street gang of the Maras in El Salvador provoked controversy earlier this year has been found shot in the head. The body of Christian Poveda, 52, was discovered in a car in Tonacatepeque, a poor rural area 10 miles outside the capital San Salvador. [...]
2010 Jan 31 | Posted in
Border and Regional Conflicts,
CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN,
Corruption, Asset Recovery & Transparency,
Counter Narcotics,
CRIME,
Criminal Investigation,
Drug Cartels,
DRUGS,
Hemispheric Security,
Illegal Drugs Trafficking,
Kidnapping For Ransom,
Mara Salvatrucha & other Gangs,
Migration Smuggling,
Money Laundering,
Mutual Legal Assistance,
Prison System,
Security Issues,
Sexual Explotation,
Slavery,
STRATEGIC SECURITY,
Transnational Organized Crime TOC,
Treatment Drug Addicts,
US,
Wanted TOC Criminals,
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By Colleen W. Cook – Analyst in Latin American Affairs According to the Mexican government there are seven drug cartels operating in Mexico. The Mexican government reports that the major cartels – Gulf, Sinaloa, and Juárez — are present in much of Mexico. The Juárez cartel has been found in 21 Mexican states and its [...]
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MALENA MARCHAN (CHILE/ECUADOR/USA) Journalist, graduated with honors from the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. Currently heads COTOPAXI COMMUNICATIONS, an independent production and media services company based in Miami. Also writes for EL NUEVO HERALD and is a producer for MARIA ELVIRA LIVE, a news and analysis television program broadcast all over the United States. In [...]