Hot Topics
AA: Honduras and a Divided Latin America 12/07/09
AA: Thousands demand closing of ‘School of Assassins' 12/06/09
BO: MORALES SAYS WIN IS FOR THE BOLIVIAN PEOPLE 12/08/09
BO: OAS, EU stress transparency of Bolivia's general elections 12/06/09
BR: Giuliani to help Rio in pre-Olympic crime fight 12/04/09
CL: Chile President Bachelet's Approval Drops To 77% In Nov -Poll 12/02/09
EC: Correa vows to ‘erase' FARC influence from border area 12/06/09
PE: Peru's fat hangover: Garcia denies police killings 12/04/09
UN: UN-occupied Haiti's two-faced democracy 12/05/09
VE: Russia prepared to build Kalashnikov arms factory in Venezuela 12/02/09
VE: Chavez Converts Banking Crisis Into Anti-Corruption Drive 12/07/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AA: Latin America continues to be a Vulnerable Open Frontier 12/07/09
BR: Drug Traffickers Torch Bus in Brazil 12/02/09
CO: Colombian soldier held by Venezuelan forces 12/04/09
CO: Security Guard Wounded in Guerrilla Attack in Colombia 12/07/09
GT: Mob killings in Guatemala fuel political debate 12/07/09
PE: Peru: Violence Targets Anti-mining Activists 12/07/09
Special Operations
AA: SOUTHCOM Blue, Green Team Leaders Unite 12/03/09
CU: CUBA: Island launches 3 days of intense military exercises 12/03/09
GY: First ever female paratrooper graduates 12/03/09
Security Forces
BR: In Brazil's Slums, Police Try A Softer Touch 12/02/09
BR: Police Break Up International Ring that Took 4500 Brazilians Illegally to the US 12/07/09
CO: The race to clear Colombia's landmines 12/06/09
PE: Peru, US review military cooperation agenda 12/03/09
VE: Venezuelan Government Triples Police Wages 12/06/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: Dominican President to Mediate Colombia-Venezuela Conflict 12/02/09
AA: Colombia Military Bases Threaten South America 12/02/09
AA: Mexican president meets Canada's governor general on bilateral ties 12/07/09
AA: OAS COMMEMORATES PEACE TREATY BETWEEN CHILE AND ARGENTINA 12/04/09
BO: Bolivia rejects ‘savage capitalism' 12/05/09
CR: Costa Rican Candidates Sharpen Their Messages 12/03/09
HN: Ousted Honduras president sees world support crumble 12/03/09
PE: Chinese naval fleet concludes goodwill port call in Peru 12/08/09
Crime
AA: Organised crime groups flooding Scotland with Brazilian prostitutes 12/05/09
AA: When Crime Comes to Paradise 12/04/09
BR: Brazil church leaders convicted of money smuggling 12/02/09
CL: 6 Accused in 1982 Poisoning Death of Chilean Leader 12/07/09
CO: Alleged Colombian Captors of U.S. Hostage Arrested 12/04/09
GT: Guatemala colonel given 53 years for civil war crime 12/04/09
HT: Italian journalist fatally shot at Haitian bank 12/06/09
SV: Average Daily Murder Rate in El Salvador Falls 12/02/09
VE: Venezuela tackles crime, 20% of which committed by the police force 12/07/09
