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	<title>Latin American Thought &#187; Guatemala</title>
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		<title>Why Guatemala&#8217;s Pérez Molina Is Considering Legalizing Drugs</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2012/02/15/why-guatemalas-perez-molina-is-considering-legalizing-drugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Kitroeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mauricio Funes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otto Perez Molina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina has been acting strange lately. Just one month after his inauguration, he is already ruffling U.S. feathers, and making waves in the politics of the region in unexpected ways.
Pérez Molina’s military past and hard-line “mano dura” security policy made many worry that he would backtrack on justice reforms led by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ríos Montt&#8217;s Incriminating Self-Defense</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2012/02/01/rios-montts-incriminating-self-defense/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2012/02/01/rios-montts-incriminating-self-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Kitroeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genocide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otto Perez Molina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rios Montt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial]]></category>

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Barring any last minute appeals, General (ret) Efraín Ríos Montt will be prosecuted for crimes against humanity during his tenure as de facto President of Guatemala in the early 1980s, the most violent years of the country’s civil war. At a preliminary hearing last Thursday, Judge Patricia Flores declared the 85 year old Ríos Montt fit to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideas, not money, will make Central America safer</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/06/24/ideas-not-money-will-make-central-america-safer/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2011/06/24/ideas-not-money-will-make-central-america-safer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicaragua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boz has a great point about the fresh funding headed to Central America:
I think a lesson is that there is no amount of money that the US could put on the table and no amount of attention the US could give that would guarantee Central America&#8217;s success in fighting organized crime. 
The US is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central America, crime, and what the Americas are doing about it</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/01/28/central-america-crime-and-what-the-americas-are-doing-about-it/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2011/01/28/central-america-crime-and-what-the-americas-are-doing-about-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicaragua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organized crime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 3 March 2009, The Wall Street Journal published an Op-Ed titled “In Praise of Mexico’s War on Drugs”. Although it was written nearly two years ago, it is still a highly relevant and recommended read.
A day later, LatAmThought wrote the following in response to the article
Bret Stephens&#8217; commentary &#8220;In Priase of Mexico&#8217;s War on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>33 in Haiti are tip of insidious iceberg</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/02/05/33-in-haiti-are-tip-of-insidious-iceberg/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/02/05/33-in-haiti-are-tip-of-insidious-iceberg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most horrific stories from the Haiti earthquake that has captured the public’s attention was the arrest of 10 American nationals for attempting to smuggle 33 Haitian children into the Dominican Republic without proper documentation, presumably for adoption abroad. The Christian Science Monitor has good coverage on one of the underreported parts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dangers of Prison Transfers</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/09/12/the-dangers-of-prison-transfers/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/09/12/the-dangers-of-prison-transfers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gangs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The (dare I say, even sarcastically) classic 1997 movie Con Air is based on the premise of a prison transfer gone awry. In the movie, a group of criminals hijack the airplane on which they are being transported from one prison to another. The movie highlights the dangerous nature of violent criminals and their ability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras is unique, but not alone</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/08/07/honduras-is-unique-but-not-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/08/07/honduras-is-unique-but-not-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/2009/08/07/honduras-is-unique-but-not-alone/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than a month on, the 28 June coup in which Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed by the Honduran military has morphed into an internal power struggle being carefully brokered by international mediators. The situation in Honduras remains precarious for a slew of reasons that have been widely reported and analyzed from all ends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Smuggling and the Importance of Successful Nation Branding</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/03/08/coffee-smuggling-and-the-importance-of-successful-nation-branding/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/03/08/coffee-smuggling-and-the-importance-of-successful-nation-branding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

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At first glance, the Honduran-Guatemalan border at El Florido appears no different from any other international land border crossing in Latin America. Migrant day workers mix with road-weary truckers, soldiers, little kids selling everything from candy to cigarettes, and myriad other overland travelers destined for points unknown. Customs officials dutifully check documentation of each person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s Drug War?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/01/11/mexicos-drug-war/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/01/11/mexicos-drug-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felipe Calderon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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On 12 January, US President-Elect Barack Obama will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderón to discuss the future of US-Mexican relations. The two have a lot to talk about. Mexico is limping out of one of its most violent years in history, in which 5,630 people were killed in drug and gang-related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Window of Opportunity for Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/03/22/a-window-of-opportunity-for-guatemala/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2008/03/22/a-window-of-opportunity-for-guatemala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Colom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/2008/03/22/a-window-of-opportunity-for-guatemala/</guid>
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Guatemala’s bloody civil war came to an end with the signing of Peace Accords in 1996. Since then, civil society organizations have been bravely grappling with the legacy of this horrific conflict by endeavoring, among other things, to treat the victims of genocide. The Commission for Historical Clarification –Guatemala’s version of a truth and reconciliation [...]]]></description>
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