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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>
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		<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>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>
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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>Reclaiming Brand Mexico</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/06/13/re-claiming-brand-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nation Branding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roberto Newell Garcia of the Woodrow Wilson Center has published a great report titled &#8220;Restoring Mexico&#8217;s Reputation.&#8221;
The basic premise of Newell&#8217;s argument is that Mexico is facing a number of problems, but that the one that gets far and away the most coverage &#8211; organized crime/drug-related violence &#8211; is not necessarily the most important. Citing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US-LatAm Relations</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/05/21/us-latam-relations/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2011/05/21/us-latam-relations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My apologies in advance: the last thing the world needs is another blog post on US-Latin American relations. With that out of the way, there really are some interesting developments going on that warrant mention.
The NYTimes reports on a recent private dinner between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and six former Latin American presidents. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Soft Power in Latin America: Yet Another Information Network</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/05/17/iranian-soft-power-in-latin-america-yet-another-information-network/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2011/05/17/iranian-soft-power-in-latin-america-yet-another-information-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soft Power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2008, LatAmThought wrote about Iran&#8217;s presence in Latin America. The topic has generated significant interest in recent years, as the Islamic Republic has continued to strengthen ties with Latin American countries, particularly Venezuela, and remains a very real thorn in the side of any potential negotiations between the United States and many countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Media&#8217;s Role in International Diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2011/05/14/the-medias-role-in-international-diplomacy/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2011/05/14/the-medias-role-in-international-diplomacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 19:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nation Branding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two recent stories out of Latin America highlight some of the stranger ways the media plays a role in international diplomacy.
The first is minor. Living in Peru blog has an article on a recent diplomatic dispute between Bolivia and Peru:
&#8220;Bolivia&#8217;s Minister of Culture Elizabeth Salguero has requested clarification on the &#8220;plagiarism&#8221; of a Bolivian song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Partner by Default to Partner of Choice: Shifting US Policy in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/13/from-partner-by-default-to-partner-of-choice-shifting-us-policy-in-latin-america/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/13/from-partner-by-default-to-partner-of-choice-shifting-us-policy-in-latin-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.-Latin America relations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 26, US Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield said the US is close to signing bi-lateral military accords with two unspecified countries in Latin America.
In October 2009, following a failed attempt to keep the details secret, the US and Colombia hastily announced a deal allowing US troops and advisors to use seven military bases [...]]]></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>
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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>Venezuelan-Colombian Relations at World Politics Review</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/11/venezuelan-colombian-relations-at-world-politics-review/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/03/11/venezuelan-colombian-relations-at-world-politics-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Diplomatic relations between Colombia and Venezuela have been at the front lines since a Spanish judge accused Venezuela of assisting FARC rebels on March 1, two years to the day after a raid by Colombian soldiers in Ecuador prompted one of the worst regional diplomatic disputes in recent memory.
The accusations are hardly new; in fact, [...]]]></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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