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Last Update: Mon Feb 5 23:02:57 2007 | | + Interesting poll numbers +
Invamer-Gallup in Colombia put out a new poll last week of 1,000 Colombians in 4 cities. (See a summary of its findings on [...] meanwhile, to see that Colombia's much-maligned human-rights groups are now one of the most favorably viewed entities in the country. |
| + On the road again... +
Between tomorrow and Monday the 13th, I'm going to be in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Paraguay, with an 18-hour layover in Santiago [...] Internet access allow, but there may be several periods of silence over the next twelve days or so. Thanks for your understanding. |
| + New CIP report: "Plan Colombia - Six Years Later" +
We have just released a new twenty-page "International Policy Report" on Colombia. Plan Colombia - Six Years Later ( [...] U.S.-funded Plan Colombia operations began. He also went to Medellín, Colombia's second-largest city which, due to its sharpl |
| + Not quite an arms race, but still troubling +
Arms transfers are a frequent topic in Latin America's news lately, much more than we've seen during the past ten years or so. [...] the Defense Security Assistance Agency notes big sales to Chile ( PDF ), Colombia ( PDF ), and Brazil ( PDF ) since late September. |
| + Oliver North helping Ortega? +
Perhaps someone more expert in Nicaraguan politics - especially Nicaraguan right-wing politics - can explain this one.
Most [...] Hugo] Chávez."
A right-winger funded by Venezuela and splitting the opposition to Daniel Ortega? Sounds bizarre, but |
| + Counter-drug military construction projects in 2005 +
Here, thanks to a FOIA request, is a list of US-funded base construction projects paid for in 2005 with Defense Department [...] patrol missions. (PC9201) Total FY05 Funding: $0.04M. Colomi Army Camp Utilities Upgrade. Project provided water treat |
| + 10,393 Colombian military trainees in 2005 +
The State and Defense Departments have finally released, and posted
to State's website, the Foreign Military Training Report [...] PDF file identifying courses given and recipient military units is available
here
by clicking on "Western Hemisphere."
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| + Nicholas Burns: No cut in aid - but less "cheerleading" +
In a sit-down last week with reporters, the outgoing head of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. John Craddock, said that reductions in [...] reducing U.S. aid next year have been shelved for now. That, at least, was the message of Nicholas Burns, the acting number-two o |
| + Why Paraguay? +
It has been interesting to see much recent speculation about Paraguay, a country that usually gets absolutely no attention in [...] published a denial that the United States - as was widely rumored - planned to establish a military base there.
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| + Build your Spanish vocabulary with President Uribe +
If Spanish is your second language, President Uribe's recent rants against the FARC - who may or may not have planted a [...] killers and they are liars, they do not look you in the eye, and they are boastful nincompoops and mansalveros." ) |
| + Was it the FARC? +
Yesterday morning, someone wearing a military uniform set off a car bomb near the Colombian military's Nueva Granada War College in [...] after these revelations, it is unlikely that elements in the army would repeat the same type of stunt. Even if they were to plant a ne |
| + A preposterous - but perfectly legal - scenario +
It could happen so easily. While in Medellín in July, I met with a representative of the ELN guerrillas. I also met [...] - loud music at all hours, kept unclothed in a 50-degree room with cold water thrown on me, anything that is not "a substantial |
| + Next steps for talks with the FARC +
Over the past few days, following my return to Washington, I've gathered and read through more than 130 articles that have [...] become a first step toward a larger peace process. The FARC laid out conditions for a cease-fire, while Uribe spoke of meeting per |
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