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Merida 2.0: A New Phase in U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation

By Dora Beszterczey | Published: March 26, 2010
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.
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Interpol, the US, and Brazil

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: March 25, 2010
Brazil and the United States have had a troubled relationship in the past year, between a bitter trade feud, a high profile child abduction case, and currently, disagreements on Iran. But the latest international debacle between the two countries involves a powerful Brazilian politician and a New York lawyer. It began in 2007, when the Manhattan [...]
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Do Colombians Care About Democratic Values and Human Rights?

By Sebastian Chaskel | Published: May 14, 2009
Recently released Gallup opinion data on Colombia received media attention because it is the first to show that if President Uribe were not to run again for the presidency and the elections were to take place tomorrow, Sergio Fajardo and Juan Manuel Santos would be toe to toe for the presidency. However, the data has [...]
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Challenges Ahead for Paraguay’s New President

By Eliot Brockner | Published: August 23, 2008
On 15 August Paraguay welcomed the first president who was not a member of the Colorado party in 61 years with the swearing in of 57 year-old former Bishop Fernando Lugo. The former clergy member had to resign his position as Bishop before being allowed to run, due to a law in Paraguay that does not allow clergy [...]
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