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(ISA Intelligence and Consulting, 28/11/2007)
The US deportation of illegal immigrants involved in criminal gangs is not working.
(International Relations and Security Network, 26/11/2007)
In a region where the military is often asked to perform police duties, a regional police force has formed to combat that tendency, but a number of challenges remain.
Venezuela: Emerging opposition collage
(International Relations and Security Network, 19/11/2007)
Venezuela's former defense minister, Raul Baduel, may become the unwilling leader of a new opposition movement that speaks not to the middle class but to Chavez's core supporters.
Colombia: Elections mark changed country
(International Relations and Security Network, 05/11/2007)
The recent mayoral and provincial governor elections in Colombia mark a new reality in a country where guerrillas have been weakened and paramilitaries rendered less violent.
Guns: The Bloody US-Mexico Market
(International Relations and Security Network, 31/10/2007)
With over 2,100 deaths between January and October 2007 related to drug trafficking and the use of weapons purchased in the US, Mexico pins its hopes on the future success of the Merida Initiative to combat drug and gun trafficking.
Governance in Guatemala Increasingly Threatened by Organized Crime
(Power and Interest News Report, 19/10/2007)
Many Guatemalans hoped that general elections in early September would replace the current president, Oscar Berger, with a reformist leader, but a string of murders quickly doused any reason to believe that a new leader would bring peace to Guatemala.
The Cautious Birth of a New Bank
(International Relations and Security Network, 15/10/2007)
South America's Banco del Sur as a hopeful, if cautious, step towards regional integration and away from Washington-controlled development money has a great chance for success but it could just as likely fail.
Correa, Chavez Comparison Unfair
(International Relations and Security Network, 03/10/2007)
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has often been compared as a Chavez equal, but this label is inaccurate and does not reflect his, or Ecuador's, reality.
