The most important topic discussed during the Caribbean Nations Security Conference, hosted by the United States Southern Command and Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain, from February 23-24, was countering illicit trafficking, a trans-national challenge which requires trans-national cooperation and partnerships. Diálogo spoke more in depth about this and [ … ]
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Green Light for Integration of Lima Stock Exchange with Those of Chile and Colombia
The Peruvian Congress approved twelve modifications to the country’s income-tax laws in a public session, clearing the way for the integration of the Lima Stock Exchange with those of Chile and Colombia.
Rwanda: Police Keep Weapons in Check
Rwanda is addresing the illegal small arms and light weapons, or SALW, that are threatening the East Africa region, which has about 500,000 arms.
The Future of Local Police in Brazil – DEDIC Program Showing Success
Fighting crime is a neighborhood effort in Rio de Janeiro. A new policy in the city is a model for citizen services, providing individual attention to victims of crime and opening the way for residents to report crimes. In March 2010, the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro state inaugurated [ … ]
DEA: Makled-Garcia Controlled Drug Airstrips
Accused trafficker arrested in Colombia; sought by U.S., Venezuela He’s jailed in Colombia and wanted in the United States and Venezuela. And while it appears Venezuela will prevail in efforts to extradite Walid Makled-Garcia, an indictment filed earlier this month in a New York federal court offers an interesting glimpse [ … ]
All Partners Access Network (APAN): Your Social Networking Site for Knowledge, Resources and Collaboration
Can a social networking site save lives? Can a social networking site save lives? Can it guide rescue teams to a precise location in Port-au-Prince, Haiti thirteen days after a devastating earthquake shakes the city, and rescue survivors? Yes. Posts by users of APAN (All Partners Access Network) on January [ … ]
Aid Through Text Messages
Kenyan citizen journalists developed Ushahidi, a website to map violence during election time based on reports submitted via the Web and mobile phones. Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, has also been used to map xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2008; monitor elections in Burundi, India, Mexico and Sudan; [ … ]
Uribe Reminds The G-8 That Drug Trafficking Continues To Be A Shared Problem
Drug trafficking has ceased to be a problem limited to consumers and producers, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe declared at the G-8 summit, at which U.S. president Barack Obama assured him that the pending U.S.-Colombian free-trade agreement will be ratified. Drug trafficking has ceased to be a problem limited to consumers [ … ]
Scientists Draw First Genetic Roadmap Of Amphibian
Scientists have completed the first genetic blueprint of an amphibian, a clawed African frog, which they say is among the last vertebrates to have its DNA sequenced. Researchers hope the work will shed light on the effects of chemicals called endocrine disruptors on humans and help preserve endangered frog species.
U.S. Supreme Court Gives Green Light To Noriega’s Extradition To France
By rejecting his last appeal, the United States Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, where he is charged with money laundering.
Honduran President And Military Agree To Reinforce Fight Against Drug Trafficking
Honduran president Porfirio Lobo and the high command of the armed forces agreed to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking in light of the increase in this criminal activity, official sources announced.
Bullets for Cocaine
The arrests of Syrian Monzer al-Kassar in Spain in 2007 and Russian Viktor Bout in Thailand in 2008 shed light on how easy it is to smuggle weapons into Latin America.