Hot Topics
AA: Uruguay #1 for Prosperity in South America; Venezuela and Bolivia the Worst 10/26/09
CL: Chile president proposes limiting military courts 10/27/09
CO: Uribe requests repatriation of Colombians murdered in Venezuela 10/26/09
DO: Lucrative charcoal spurs Dominican- Haitian crime cartels 10/26/09
HN: Honduran forces blast recordings of sound effects outside Brazilian embassy 10/22/09
HN: Censorship vs. hate speech in troubled Honduras 10/24/09
TT: Govt spends $.5m to deport Africans 10/23/09
VE: Venezuela to Save Water, Power as El Nino Curbs Rain 10/22/09
VE: Torture Case of PSUV Activist Fuels Debate Over Police Reform in Venezuela 10/22/09
VE: Venezuela complains about Colombia spying 10/26/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AA: Colombia knows of 12 FARC bases in Ecuador 10/24/09
AA: CENTRAL AMERICA: The World's Most Violent Region 10/23/09
CO: Colombia requests Venezuela's collaboration after border killing 10/27/09
CO: Colombian Paramilitary Forces Threaten Venezuela 10/23/09
CO: Demobilized paramilitaries reassemble in central Colombia 10/23/09
PE: Peru: ‘Free trade', cocaine and terrorism 10/25/09
VE: COLOMBIA: Leftist Rebels Flee To Venezuela 10/25/09
VE: Colombian Soccer Players Found Dead in Venezuela 10/27/09
Special Operations
CL: Louisiana Air Guard Participates in Multi-national Training in Chile 10/23/09
HT: UN peacekeepers: Helping to bring Haiti out of poverty and isolation 10/23/09
Security Forces
BR: Brazilian police arrest over 270 suspected drug dealers 10/27/09
CO: FARC Commander Killed in Colombia 10/27/09
GT: Guatemalan Police Rescue Kidnapped Woman 10/23/09
GT: Guatemalan, US military forces detain submarine with 10 tons of cocaine 10/22/09
JM: Security forces stage massive operation across Kingston 10/23/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: Colombia asks to investigate Ecuadorean judge 10/23/09
AA: Mexico – A second meeting on organized crime is held by Colombia, Guatemala … 10/26/09
EC: Vice President of Ecuador expresses thanks for Cuban cooperation 10/22/09
NI: US says concerned by Nicaragua election ruling 10/22/09
PE: Peru's García Fails to Recover Lost Trust 10/25/09
UY: Uruguay vote pits ex-guerrilla against former conservative president 10/25/09
VE: Hugo Chávez is up to no good 10/26/09
Crime
BR: A list of alleged drug leaders sought by Brazil 10/23/09
BR: Rio battles entrenched crime prior to Olympics 10/23/09
CO: Gang warfare provokes exodus in northern Colombia 10/22/09
CO: Rebel leader's daring escape is blow to Colombia's government 10/25/09
CR: Two More Police Officers Arrested For Turning Criminal 10/26/09
DO: Haitian Man Beaten to Death in Northwestern Dominican Republic 10/24/09
UY: Former Uruguayan Dictator Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison 10/23/09
