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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[El Salvador]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[border issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Juan Manuel Santos]]></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>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>

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		<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>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>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>Creative thinking on the drug war?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/02/25/creative-thinking-on-the-drug-war/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/02/25/creative-thinking-on-the-drug-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Chaskel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cartels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ciudad juarez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The taboo that kept some from outright admitting that current antinarcotics policies have failed has all but disappeared.  A recent report by former Brazilian President Crdoso, former Colombian President Gaviria, and former Mexican President Zedillo made precisely this point and an op-ed by the three this week in the WSJ with the headline &#8220;The War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manta: What Next?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2009/02/16/manta-what-next/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2009/02/16/manta-what-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nationalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Correa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


“We won’t renew the contract in 2009”, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said in December 2006, roughly three weeks before his inauguration as Ecuador’s seventh president in the past 10 years. Citing sovereignty issues, Correa claimed “[Ecuador] would extend the treaty only if the United States allows us to put an Ecuadorian base in Miami.” With [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Felipe Calderon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   
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>Argentina and the Drug Trade</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/12/14/argentina-and-the-drug-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2008/12/14/argentina-and-the-drug-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliot Brockner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meth]]></category>
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The nation most known for its meat and tango is facing the possibility of adding something more to the notoriety list: a haven for drug smuggling. Within the last two weeks, Argentine customs officials and police have seized over 1000 kilos of cocaine in the port of Buenos Aires, destined for Spain for distribution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pass FTA and amend Plan Colombia, from the Washington Times</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/12/02/pass-fta-and-amend-plan-colombia-from-the-washington-times/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2008/12/02/pass-fta-and-amend-plan-colombia-from-the-washington-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastian Chaskel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alvaro Uribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times published an op-ed yesterday that I co-authored with Shannon O&#8217;Neil. It originally appeared here and I am including the entire text below.
The Washington Times
Monday, December 1, 2008
O’NEIL/CHASKEL: Pass FTA and amend Plan Colombia
Shannon O’Neil and Sebastian Chaskel
Two years ago President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe negotiated a free trade agreement (FTA). [...]]]></description>
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