SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 28 Jan 10

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Hot Topics

AA: How Hugo Chavez’s revolution crumbled 01/24/10

AA: Time to Stop Ignoring Chávez 01/25/10

AR: Argentina’s Redrado Denies Threat To Reveal Dollar Lists-Lawyer 01/26/10

BO: Violence and democracy in Bolivia 01/26/10

BR: Brazil starts beefing up security for Olympics 01/26/10

HN: Honduras: Court Clears Military Officers of Charges 01/26/10

PE: AIRLIFT OF FLOOD STRANDED TOURISTS IN PERU CONTINUES 01/27/10

PE: Peru Rebel Chief Announces Suspension of Armed Attacks 01/28/10

PE: Peru: Police announce public demonstrations for Feb. 5 01/25/10

Below the Fold: Instability, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Jan 29

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 20 January 2010

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Hot Topics

AA: Cuba, China, Venezuela send immediate assistance 01/20/10

AA: Oscar Heck: The Colombian government is NOT avoiding an armed conflict… 01/17/10

AA: UN report paints grim picture of conditions of world’s indigenous peoples 01/21/10

AA: US waves white flag in disastrous ‘war on drugs’ 01/16/10

AA: Venezuela donates 1 million gallons of fuel to Haiti via Dominican route 01/19/10

BR: Brazil promises to find killers of journalist and compensates family 01/19/10

BR: Why Can’t Brazilian Generals Admit Their Guilt in Human Rights Violations? 01/16/10

CL: Chileans Seek Change: Interview with the Pres. of the Communist Party of Chile … 01/16/10

CL: What Happened in Chile? 01/21/10

CO: Venezuelans Expelled from Colombia for Intelligence Gathering 01/19/10

PE: Transport Strikes Continue To Affect Parts Of Peru 01/19/10

SV: El Salvador issues official apology for civil war abuses 01/16/10

VE: Chavez escalates claims that US using relief effort to invade Haiti 01/20/10

VE: Thinking: If it weren’t for Cuban intelligence, Chavez would not be in office … 01/17/10

VE: Venezuela: Go Hugo, Go! 01/19/10

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Jan 21

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 13 January 2010

Categories: SOUTHCOM

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Hot Topics

AA: Latin America’s Military Factor 01/12/10

BO: Bolivia banks on ‘Coca Colla,’ fizzy coca-leaf drink 01/10/10

CL: Chilean Government to Sue for Human Rights Violation 01/08/10

CL: ‘Chile’s Berlusconi’ looks to the presidency 01/10/10

CO: Chiquita settles Colombia terrorism lawsuits 01/08/10

CO: Colombian Judicial Ruling “Controversial” 01/12/10

CU: Contractor Jailed in Cuba Was Aiding Religious Groups, US Says 01/12/10

CU: Cuba’s `industry of robbery’ 01/08/10

HT: Haiti at a glance 01/13/10

HT: Haiti Hit by Powerful Earthquake; Buildings Damaged 01/12/10

HT: Haiti Quake New Blow for Country Mired in Misery 01/13/10

NI: Nicaraguan election tribunal stands for now: Ortega 01/09/10

VE: Venezuela Devalues “Bolivar Fuerte” 01/13/10

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Jan 13

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 5 January 2009

Categories: SOUTHCOM

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Hot Topics

AA: Fears grow of South American arms race 01/01/10

AA: South America: Media has become a political battleground 01/03/10

BR: Brazil: Planned Probe into Military Abuses Not About Vengeance 01/02/10

EC: Ecuador’s Correa: Plan Underway To Destabilize Government 01/04/10

HN: Protection for Honduran Journalist Requested 01/03/10

JM: Jamaica Will Monitor Extremist Muslim Cleric 01/04/10

VE: Chavez accuses Colombia, US of plot 01/02/10

VE: Venezuela says US violating airspace from Curacao 12/31/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Jan 5

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 29 December 2009

Categories: SOUTHCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Casino Gambling: Russia’s Export to Latin America 12/26/09

AA: Newsweek predicts death of Fidel Castro and coup in Venezuela 12/25/09

AA: Mexico’s civil war has killed more than 15,000 12/28/09

AA: World briefs (Morales Moves to Legalize Coca Plots) 12/27/09

BR: Brazil Aims to Prevent Land Grabs in Amazon 12/26/09

BR: Petrochina and Petrobras join forces to study ethanol production in Brazil 12/28/09

CL: An Independent Candidate Jolts Chile’s Democracy 12/28/09

CO: FARC’s Plan to Booby Trap Colombia 12/27/09

VE: Venezuelan Seeks to Revive anti-Chavez Movement 12/26/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 29

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 23 Dec 09

Categories: SOUTHCOM

Hot Topics

AR: Argentina’s Biggest Police Force Under Investigation 12/21/09

BR: VBTP: A New APC for Brazil 12/22/09

PE: PERU TO BUY BRAZILIAN FIGHTER PLANES 12/21/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 23

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 15 Dec 09

Categories: SOUTHCOM

Hot Topics

AR: Argentine ex-spy on trial in deaths of French nuns 12/10/09

BO: EVO MORALES WARNS OF THE DANGER OF US BASES IN COLOMBIA 12/11/09

BR: Brazil to name “Truth committee” to look into torture crimes under military rule 12/15/09

CL: Chilean president appeals for tranquil elections on Sunday 12/11/09

CL: Conservative leads in Chile election 12/14/09

CO: The FARC and the ‘Peace Community’ 12/13/09

CO: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is still weakening… 12/14/09

CU: Cuba Detains a US Contractor 12/11/09

EC: Ecuador’s Rafael Correa: Copenhagen Climate Hero or Environmental Foe? 12/13/09

HT: Popular candidates kept off ballot in Haiti 12/11/09

PE: Venezuelan journalist asks for political asylum in Peru 12/10/09

SV: El Salvador diplomats plan for US immigration reform 12/13/09

VE: ELN members seek refuge in Venezuela, says Colombia 12/14/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 15

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 8 Dec 09

Categories: SOUTHCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Honduras and a Divided Latin America 12/07/09

AA: Thousands demand closing of ‘School of Assassins’ 12/06/09

BO: MORALES SAYS WIN IS FOR THE BOLIVIAN PEOPLE 12/08/09

BO: OAS, EU stress transparency of Bolivia’s general elections 12/06/09

BR: Giuliani to help Rio in pre-Olympic crime fight 12/04/09

CL: Chile President Bachelet’s Approval Drops To 77% In Nov -Poll 12/02/09

EC: Correa vows to ‘erase’ FARC influence from border area 12/06/09

PE: Peru’s fat hangover: Garcia denies police killings 12/04/09

UN: UN-occupied Haiti’s two-faced democracy 12/05/09

VE: Russia prepared to build Kalashnikov arms factory in Venezuela 12/02/09

VE: Chavez Converts Banking Crisis Into Anti-Corruption Drive 12/07/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 9

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 1 Dec 09

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Hot Topics

AA: Calderon: Drugs Can’t Be Eliminated but Crime Can 11/27/09

AA: Ibero-American countries form cross-border crime fighting alliance 11/26/09

BR: Jobs, economics complicate Brazil’s Amazon fight 11/26/09

BR: Iranian Leader’s Visit to Brazil Takes the Gloss off Lula’s International Image 11/29/09

CO: Colombian Warlord Shows Up at Hearing with $100K for Victims 12/01/09

CO: Colombia’s FARC Rebel Leaders Clashing Over Money, Santos Says 11/30/09

CU: Cuba arrests son of late revolutionary leader 11/29/09

HT: Two-faced Democracy in Haiti 11/26/09

UY: Ex-guerrilla easily wins Uruguay presidency 11/30/09

UY: Uruguay May Elect Former Guerrilla Mujica on Vow to Aid Schools 11/26/09

VE: The Bolivarian Revolution and peace 11/27/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Dec 1

SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 25 Nov 09

Categories: SOUTHCOM

Hot Topics

AA: Pentagon Manhunters: America’s New Murder, Inc.? 11/23/09

AA: Iran’s military forces stage war games 11/22/09

AR: Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA 11/20/09

AR: In Argentina, One Person Dies Every 28 Hours from Police Repression 11/21/09

BR: Brazil should use caution 11/25/09

BR: Italian ex-militant ends hunger strike in Brazil 11/24/09

PE: PERU: Parties Thwart Public Demand for Women in Politics 11/24/09

VE: Venezuela: A new phase and greater dangers — which way forward? 11/20/09

VE: Venezuela’s Chavez Calls for International Organisation of Left Parties 11/23/09

VE: Venezuela’s Debt for Russian Weapons and Tanks 11/23/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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Nov 25
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