Mayors from across Latin America and the Caribbean are part of a new Cities Alliance for Citizen Security that combines best practices for violence and crime prevention. Bogotá Mayor Samuel Moreno and the Inter-American Development Bank hosted an event in the Colombian capital this year to form the group to [ … ]
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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; [ … ]
Lynn Thanks Vinson’s Crew for Service, Adaptability During Haiti Mission
Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III today thanked the crew of the USS Carl Vinson for their efforts to rescue Haitian people following the earthquake there, actions he said demonstrated the adaptability that makes America’s military the best in the world.
U.S. and 15 Caribbean nations gather for Tradewinds 2010
Approximately 450 U.S., U.K., and Caribbean nations’ security forces will participate in the 26th annual Tradewinds exercise, April 12-26 at the Belize Defence Force Price Barracks. An additional component of the exercise will be conducted in Jamaica. Fifteen Caribbean nations will participate along with the U.S. and U.K.
Campanella With Oscar In Hand: “It Feels Like A Kind Of Daze”
“It feels like a kind of daze,” said Argentine director Juan José Campanella, director of El secreto de sus ojos [The Secret in Their Eyes], while he held the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film awarded Sunday at the eighty-second Academy Awards.
Alejandro Sanz Buys Mattresses for Street Youths in Mexico City
Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz visited a youth shelter in the Mexican capital and donated new mattresses for its sixty residents, the charitable foundation CIE announced.
United States Promises to Transfer Military Technology in Order to Win Contract, Brazil Says
The United States has promised to transfer the military technology associated with F-18 fighter jets to Brazil if Boeing wins the contract for thirty-six airplanes that the South American country is seeking to buy, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said today.
ETA Traffics in Colombian Cocaine, According to the Italian Writer Saviano
The Basque armed separatist organization ETA traffics in Colombian cocaine to raise money and buy arms, the Italian journalist and writer Roberto Saviano has affirmed in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
Kirchner Proud of Argentine Film’s Oscar Nomination
Argentine president Cristina Kirchner said that she is proud that El secreto de sus ojos [The Secret in Their Eyes] has received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film, and she affirmed that she is a fan of the seventh art.
Mission Haiti and The Loss of a Friend
To be selected to participate in peace missions abroad is considered a distinction among Latin American military personnel. For the majority, it is not the salary in American dollars that attracts them, but the possibility of raising the profile of their countries abroad, as well as participating in humanitarian and [ … ]
Going to the World Cup
Eight of the 32 teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup come from the Americas, which is home to some of the best players in the world, such as Brazil’s Kaká, Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Uruguay’s Diego Forlán. The International Federation of Association Football event, dating back to 1930, [ … ]
Brazil To Decide Fighter Jet Buy At Start Of 2010: Lula
Brazil is to decide the winner of a seven-billion-dollar contest to supply it with 36 high-tech fighter jets in the beginning of 2010, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.