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Hot Topics
AA: Latin America's Military Factor 01/12/10
BO: Bolivia banks on ‘Coca Colla,' fizzy coca-leaf drink 01/10/10
CL: Chilean Government to Sue for Human Rights Violation 01/08/10
CL: ‘Chile's Berlusconi' looks to the presidency 01/10/10
CO: Chiquita settles Colombia terrorism lawsuits 01/08/10
CO: Colombian Judicial Ruling “Controversial” 01/12/10
CU: Contractor Jailed in Cuba Was Aiding Religious Groups, US Says 01/12/10
CU: Cuba's `industry of robbery' 01/08/10
HT: Haiti at a glance 01/13/10
HT: Haiti Hit by Powerful Earthquake; Buildings Damaged 01/12/10
HT: Haiti Quake New Blow for Country Mired in Misery 01/13/10
NI: Nicaraguan election tribunal stands for now: Ortega 01/09/10
VE: Venezuela Devalues “Bolivar Fuerte” 01/13/10
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AA: COLOMBIA: They Were Expendable 01/09/10
GY: Deploying the army in Buxton contributed to instability in Guyana – Granger 01/10/10
HN: Honduras: Entrenched Corruption Stymies Hope 01/11/10
PE: Chief of Peruvian maximum-security prison killed 01/09/10
VE: Chavez says Venezuela jets intercepted U.S. plane 01/09/10
VE: Violence Relentlessly Takes Toll Across Venezuela 01/08/10
Special Operations
HT: Filipino peacekeepers trapped in Haiti 01/13/10
Security Forces
AA: The Militarization of Mexican Police Forces to Continue 01/11/10
JM: Major Gun and Ammo Found at Jamaica's Port Bustamante 01/13/10
VE: Venezuela to reinforce troops on Colombia border with Russian tanks 01/10/10
Foreign Affairs
AA: Neighbors Challenge Energy Aims in Bolivia 01/10/10
AA: Afghanistan And Colombia: Another Tale Of Two Cities 01/10/10
AA: Venezuela Nixes Potential Aggression to Colombia 01/10/10
AR: Argentine gov't appeals rulings on central bank 01/09/10
BO: Struggle, continuity and contradiction in Bolivia 01/08/10
BR: Brazil truth commission arouses military opposition 01/10/10
HN: Honduras' Top Court to Hear Case Against Military 01/11/10
Crime
AA: Crime Rates Rise in Caribbean 01/08/10
AA: Halting drug war corruption: What Mexico can learn from Colombia 01/12/10
AA: NarcoIslam: Hezbollah Traffics Drugs to Finance Terrorism 01/11/10
CO: Colombia: Extrajudicial Executions to Be Clarified 01/09/10
CO: Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced to Prison in US 01/10/10
GT: Guatemala: Ex President of Congress to Trial 01/08/10
JM: Jamaica sets crime record: 1680 killed in 2009 01/10/10
PE: IIAP to open office aimed at combating coca leaf production in isolated region 01/12/10