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Interview with Abel Barrera Hernández, Founder and Director of the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center of the Montaña
Abel Barrera Hernández, founder and director of the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center of the Montaña, is the 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureate for his work on human rights and justice issues for the indigenous people of his home state of Guerrero, Mexico. Foreign Policy Digest Americas ...
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New Alliances, Same Dirty War: The Real Cost of the Merida Initiative
The governments of the United States and Mexico established the Merida Initiative as a bilateral agreement designed to combat drug-trafficking, initially funding $1.6 billion USD for Mexico and Central America. Established in 2007, the agreement was fundamentally oriented toward supporting a process of militarization that allowed Mexican President Felipe Calderón ...
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Brazil’s Foreign Policy Awakens: Is the United States ready? Is Brazil ready?
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, the former union leader turned center-left president of Brazil, left power on New Year’s Day after 8 years in office, his approval ratings over 80 percent. Many officials who served under the popular president will stay on in the government of Lula’s handpicked successor, Dilma ...
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Lack of Strong Cyber Security Exacerbates Domestic Issues in Latin America
In advance of a United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) conference in Mexico last October, ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Touré said his goal was to have a “cyber peace treaty.” This followed up on his stated desire to achieve an international agreement in which nations pledged not to cyber-attack each ...
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In Humanitarian and Political Fracases, Don’t Forget Haiti’s Environmental Issues
Since the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, the world’s attention has turned to the Caribbean country. In only fifteen months, what started as an environmental disaster morphed into a humanitarian nightmare with international ramifications of the first order.
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