Document (4 Pages): Healing the Americas with an Open Source Agency 2.0
En Espanol: 2013 Sanando a las Américas con una Agencia de Fuente Abierta
AAIntelligencia Marzo 2013: AAIMARZO2013

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Healing the Americas with an Open Source Agency
Can Chile Lead the Americas Toward Open Source Everything?
Robert David STEELE Vivas, CEO, Earth Intelligence Network
Editor’s Note: The author spoke in Chile in November 2010, sponsored by the National Academy for Political and Strategic Studies (ANAPE), on the topic of “Impact of Globalization on Intelligence: Context & Challenge. His complete briefing, in video and in graphics, both in Spanish, is free online at http://tinyurl.com/SteeleCHILE. Here the author summarizes his presentation to the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) in Washington, D.C. Now led by a Canadian general, the IADB will soon be led by Chilean General, Werther Araya Menghini. The original briefing in English can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/IADB-Abierto. An explanation of the logo and coat of arms can be found at http://tinyurl.com/OSE-LOGO.
In my view, the Organization of American States (OAS) is near death. Its possible replacement, the Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC), is newly-born and has no voice just yet. The Inter-American Defense Board (IADB), independent of the OAS and now a subordinate part of the OAS, is in limbo, lacking vision, money, or merit. Only 26 of the 34 members of the OAS are also members of the IADB. The Inter-American Defense College (IADC), located in a single building near the US National Defense University at Fort Leslie J. McNair, is the one substantial element of the IADB, and is open to all members of the OAS, not only to those represented within the IADB.
I propose for consideration by Central and South America, and the Caribbean, three ideas:
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