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	<title>Latin American Thought &#187; drug war</title>
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		<title>Colombian Trafficker Arrested in Rio</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/21/colombian-trafficker-arrested-in-rio/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2010/04/21/colombian-trafficker-arrested-in-rio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 16 April, a joint task force of Brazilian and US agencies (including the Drug Enforcement Administration) arrested Nestor Caro Chapparo, aka Felipe, as he was leaving his luxury apartment in Rio&#8217;s upscale Copacabana neighborhood.
This is the second consecutive month Caro Chapparo has made headlines. Last month, a video was leaked showing a number of [...]]]></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>
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		<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>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>
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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>
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		<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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
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		<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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		<title>Anti-drug bases in Panama and the Drug War in 2010</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/12/30/anti-drug-bases-in-panama-and-the-drug-war-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/12/30/anti-drug-bases-in-panama-and-the-drug-war-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest stories emerging from the Americas in 2009 was Colombia&#8217;s decision to let the United States access military installations throughout Colombia in efforts to combat narcotrafficking. The move exacerbated already tenuous relations between Colombia and Venezuela, with the latter claiming that US presence in Colombia was a direct threat to sovereignty, another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The International Reach of Organized Crime</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/11/27/the-international-reach-of-organized-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/11/27/the-international-reach-of-organized-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/?p=150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, LatAmThought wrote a commentary about the international reach or criminal organizations in the Americas. Last week, we published an article on the International Relations and Security Network about the indirect presence of Mexican Cartels in the Andes.
The amount of drug seizures in Bolivia have increased in 2009. Additionally, raids on drug-processing labs [...]]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/2009/09/12/the-dangers-of-prison-transfers/</guid>
		<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>Europe-LatAm Cooperation &#8211; A Fresh Approach to an Old Problem?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/05/05/europe-latam-cooperation-a-fresh-approach-to-an-old-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/05/05/europe-latam-cooperation-a-fresh-approach-to-an-old-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>

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		<title>The End of the Drug War?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/03/16/the-end-of-the-drug-war/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/03/16/the-end-of-the-drug-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Chaskel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arms trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://latamthought.org/2009/03/16/the-end-of-the-drug-war/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ U.S. policy on drugs is as close to center stage as it has been probably since ten years ago, when Plan Colombia was first debated in Congress. This is mostly due to the rising levels of violence in Mexico, with over 6,000 people murdered last year in drug-related killings, and the crossing of  [...]]]></description>
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