http://www.adamsbriefing.com/blog/ CIP's running commentary about U.S. policy toward Colombia and Latin America, with a focus on peace, security and military issues. Copyright 2006 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:40:28 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This RSS feed won't work anymore. Go to http://cipcol.org and add the new feed for Plan Colombia and Beyond. http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/blog/archives/000354.htm http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/blog/archives/000354.htm Admin Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:40:28 -0500 I'm just back from my South America trip, and I see that CIP's website had its worst-ever meltdown in my absence. We were down for a few days, and this weblog has required some serious reconstruction. If you're able to... http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000354.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000354.htm Admin Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:40:28 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000352.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000352.htm Peace and Conflict Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:34:34 -0500 Between tomorrow and Monday the 13th, I'm going to be in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Paraguay, with an 18-hour layover in Santiago too. I will post to this blog as much as free time and Internet access allow, but there... http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000351.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000351.htm Admin Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:58:11 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000350.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000350.htm Peace and Conflict Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:43:40 -0500 Arms transfers are a frequent topic in Latin America's news lately, much more than we've seen during the past ten years or so. The United States - which often gets accused, correctly, of being the world's arms supermarket - is... http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000349.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000349.htm Beyond Colombia Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:16:13 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000348.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000348.htm In other news Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:46:46 -0500 Here, thanks to a FOIA request, is a list of US-funded base construction projects paid for in 2005 with Defense Department counternarcotics funds. It comes from a report, required by Congress in the 2006 Defense Authorization law, that was supposed... http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000347.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000347.htm U.S. Policy Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:47:43 -0500 The State and Defense Departments have finally released, and posted to State's website, the Foreign Military Training Report covering 2005. There, you will find out that the United States gave military, police, or defense-policy training to 10,393 Colombians last year.... http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000346.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000346.htm U.S. Policy Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:52:17 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000345.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000345.htm U.S. Policy Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:47:17 -0500 It has been interesting to see much recent speculation about Paraguay, a country that usually gets absolutely no attention in Washington. A series of unusual facts and unsubstantiated rumors have many Latin America-watchers wondering what is going on: According to... http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000344.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000344.htm Beyond Colombia Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:50:30 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000343.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000343.htm In other news Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:12:47 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000342.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000342.htm Peace and Conflict Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:30:24 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000341.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000341.htm In other news Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:00:47 -0500 Over the past few days, following my return to Washington, I've gathered and read through more than 130 articles that have appeared so far this month in Colombia's press about the current movement toward dialogue between the Colombian government and... http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000340.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000340.htm Peace and Conflict Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:27:00 -0500 http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000339.htm http://adamsbriefing.com/blog/archives/000339.htm In other news Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:49:43 -0500