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	<title>Latin American Thought &#187; border issues</title>
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		<title>misLEDEing</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2012/03/18/misledeing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully  The Daily Show or Colbert Report will pick up on this one. I took a picture of this headline during Sunday afternoon cable news network programming:

The price of gas is a major story here in the US, and drug related violence is a major story in Mexico, particularly among US media. My skepticism about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The FARC&#8217;s announcement to halt kidnapping: why?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2012/02/27/the-farcs-announcement-to-halt-kidnapping-why/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2012/02/27/the-farcs-announcement-to-halt-kidnapping-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Chaskel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The FARC&#8217;s announcement  last Sunday that the organization will no longer kidnap civilians was a surprise to most observes and experts of the region. The mainstream media has reported on the event, but has been unsuccessful at explaining why the FARC would do this. In the past 48 hours, online media and blogs have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Extraditions and Colombian-Panamanian Ties</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2012/01/04/on-extraditions-and-colombian-panamanian-ties/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2012/01/04/on-extraditions-and-colombian-panamanian-ties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuzadas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much has been made about Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos&#8217; success at mending relations with his neighbors to the east and south. Rightly so. Given the difficult situation he inherited from his predecessor, this is no small feat.
But Santos&#8217; newest diplomatic test may now come from the north.
On Jan. 3, Panamanian Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil in Latin America: Emerging political risks?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/11/06/brazil-in-latin-america-emerging-political-risks/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2011/11/06/brazil-in-latin-america-emerging-political-risks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Risk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Romero has written a solid article on the front page of yesterday&#8217;s NYT about how Brazil&#8217;s rise and activity in Latin America is creating diplomatic problems with some its regional neighbors. The article itself is worth reading in its entirety, as it points to an interesting trend in regional politics, but for brevity&#8217;s sake, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Ciudad Mier, deploying troops is not enough</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/09/05/in-ciudad-mier-deploying-troops-is-not-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2011/09/05/in-ciudad-mier-deploying-troops-is-not-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in November 2010, a small town on the US-Mexico border, Ciudad Mier, made headlines when most of the town&#8217;s residents left because of intense fighting between the Zetas and Gulf cartels. Both groups wanted the plaza, which is a strategic smuggling corridor for weapons, cash, and money between the United States and Mexico, and [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=396</guid>
		<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>Far-Reaching Demonstrations Against AZ Law</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/05/14/far-reaching-demonstrations-against-az-law/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/05/14/far-reaching-demonstrations-against-az-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calle 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB 1070]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How divisive is Senate Bill 1070?
There was a universal rejection of the law by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), as well as protests on both sides of the border:

But the protests have spread to countries where a large diaspora stands to be impacted by the law. On 14 May, hundreds of Ecuadorians  in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selective Impunity</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/29/selective-impunity/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/29/selective-impunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ciudad juarez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[El Chiguire Bipolar has a good take on the concept of selective impunity.
In the Onion-like fashion for which the blog is known, it tells the story of Maria Angelica Guerrero, a two-time victim of lightning kidnappings and exasperation at the police&#8217;s ineffectiveness. Thinking creatively, she attempts to get her kidnapper to speak negatively about Hugo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merida 2.0: A New Phase in U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/26/merida-2-0-a-new-phase-in-u-s-mexico-security-cooperation/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/26/merida-2-0-a-new-phase-in-u-s-mexico-security-cooperation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dora Beszterczey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Responding to a growing sense that an exclusive focus on a military-led fight against drug trafficking organizations is failing to curb violence on the other side of our southern border, the United States and Mexico formally announced a shift in their counternarcotics strategy that had been in the works since the fall of 2009. The “new stage” in bilateral cooperation will aim to strengthen civilian law enforcement institutions and rebuild communities crippled by poverty and crime.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Playa del Carmen: Tourism and Diplomacy in Ecuador and Colombia</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/02/seeing-beyond-playa-del-carmen-tourism-and-diplomacy-in-ecuador-and-colombia/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/02/seeing-beyond-playa-del-carmen-tourism-and-diplomacy-in-ecuador-and-colombia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nation Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Correa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s Rio Summit between high ranking dignitaries of the Americas &#8211; The United States and Canada conspicuously excluded &#8211; produced a number of notable events:

The      announcement of the creation of a Brazil-led regional bloc to convene in      July 2011
Universal      [...]]]></description>
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