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    <title><![CDATA[Americas Program |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[50% of the 99%]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/50-of-the-99</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/50-of-the-99#When:10:13:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The movement of the 99 percent that began in the United States made visible the human beings who suffer the brutal inequality and injustice of an economic system that, in crisis, required them to sacrifice even more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T10:13:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s False Dilemma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma#When:13:41:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is currently confronting a human rights crisis. Headlines document the overt violence that has claimed more than 50,000 lives since December 11, 2006 when President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drugs. Yet beneath the bloodshed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T13:41:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Republican Plan: Throw Money at the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/republican-plan-throw-money-at-the-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/republican-plan-throw-money-at-the-pentagon#When:17:38:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Washington debates about how to reduce the U.S. budget deficit, one agency is trying to get a free ride: the Pentagon. The arms lobby has been running a fear campaign designed to stave off cuts in military spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T17:38:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The G20 Under the Mexican Presidency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency#When:17:45:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico took on the presidency of the G20 in December 2011 at a moment of multiple crises. The nation shares the presidency with a “three-member management Troika of past, present and future chairs”, this year, France and Russia.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-16T17:45:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honduras: When Engagement Becomes Complicity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/honduras-when-engagement-becomes-complicity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/honduras-when-engagement-becomes-complicity#When:21:29:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Honduras on March 6 with a double mission: to quell talk of drug legalization and reinforce the U.S.-sponsored drug war in Central America, and to bolster the presidency of Porfirio Lobo]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-15T21:29:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Doing Biden’s Bidding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/doing-bidens-bidding</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/doing-bidens-bidding#When:14:27:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden landed in Mexico City last night and he’s left little doubt about his mission—to lock in the regional drug war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-06T14:27:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Genocide on Trial in Guatemala]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/genocide-on-trial-in-guatemala</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/genocide-on-trial-in-guatemala#When:12:26:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Victims and human rights activists cheered when, on January 26, a Guatemalan court charged Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt with genocide and crimes against humanity. The decision to bring the 85-year-old former dictator to trial is the latest stage in a long odyssey, stretching back to the early 1980s, when Guatemala experienced the bloodiest repression of its thirty-six-year civil war.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-29T12:26:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War’s Invisible Victims]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims#When:15:07:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are many kinds of war. The classic image of a uniformed soldier kissing mom good-bye to risk his life on the battlefield has changed dramatically. In today’s wars, it’s more likely that mom will be the one killed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T15:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Should We Care About Mexico?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico#When:16:15:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The cold, hard numbers of the poor and the dead are familiar. Instead we are told that we should care—or rather, worry—about Mexico for a very different reason. The State Department, the Pentagon, the press and members of Congress tell us, with increasing shrillness]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-16T16:15:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Threats, Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence#When:15:13:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is facing a major human rights and humanitarian crisis. Fifty thousand people have been murdered in the war on drugs just since 2007. Thousands more have been displaced, orphaned and forcibly disappeared]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-14T15:13:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ALERT: Spate of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders and Activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists#When:15:54:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexican human rights defenders have been under attack over the past weeks. The murders of Nepomuceno Moreno of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), whose son was forcibly disappeared apparently by government security forces in Sonora]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Asia Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-13T15:54:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiddling on Climate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate#When:15:33:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The image of Nero fiddling as Rome burned—albeit apocryphal-- has stuck as the metaphor for willfully irresponsible government.  Government representatives, gathered at climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, have been fiddling for the past week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-07T15:33:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[NAFTA Is Starving Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nafta-starving-mexico#When:12:29:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) became the law of the land, millions of Mexicans have joined the ranks of the hungry]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T12:29:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cockamamie Iran-Mexico Terrorist Plot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot#When:15:57:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Oct. 12 the New York Times, USA Today and other papers ran front-page stories about the discovery of a plot by Iranians allegedly associated with the Quds Revolutionary Forces of the government to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington D.C. by hiring the Mexican drug cartel, the Zetas, to do the job]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T15:57:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drug War Madness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drug-war-madness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drug-war-madness#When:16:15:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1936, a church group commissioned a film to strike fear in the hearts of young people tempted to smoke marijuana. The film portrayed the supposed dangers of marijuana in wildly exaggerated scenes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-07T16:15:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Return of the Dinosaurs in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/return_dinosaurs_mexico#When:13:38:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The first question I get from the foreign press on these elections is: why would the Mexican people choose to return to a party known for authoritarian rule? It isn't a question I can answer completely, but here are a few considerations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-15T13:38:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements#When:13:52:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress could vote any day now to strike a new blow against already-battered U.S. workers and the unemployed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:52:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Development and Migration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration#When:14:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-27T14:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Horror and Hope Meet Hand in Hand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand#When:16:15:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[500,000 women raped in Rwanda. 64,000 in Sierra Leone. 40,000 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4,500 in the Democratic ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Africa, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:15:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexicans Reject US-Backed Drug Was]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was#When:16:37:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Mexicans made history on May 8 in a march through the nation’s capital, protesting the war ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:37:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Operation Fast and Furious Threatens Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal#When:16:51:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels – overseen by US government agents – threatens ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-09T16:51:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Strategic Alliances in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america#When:11:15:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The drug war has become the Pentagon's main way of occupying and controling Latin America, and to combat this ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T11:15:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond Solidarity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity#When:11:33:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In our work, our travels, our crossborder families and friendships, we learn to transit between languages, cultures and contexts to support something deeply human–the will to assert life in the face of violence and brutality.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:33:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Mexicogate?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate#When:11:41:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:41:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders#When:08:19:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the same way as thousands of women across the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-09T08:19:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting US/Mexico Relations Back on Track&#8230; in Wrong Direction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction#When:08:30:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The presidential meeting this week between Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-07T08:30:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence#When:08:48:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, Jan. 31, I crossed the border to hear Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak at the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:48:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Lead Latin America&#8217;s Growing Anti-Militarization Movements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-lead-latin-americas-growing-anti-militarization-movements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-lead-latin-americas-growing-anti-militarization-movements#When:09:11:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After hopes of a something closer to FDR’s Good Neighbor Policy of (relative) non-intervention, we find ourselves facing a new wave of militarization in Latin America–supported and promoted by the Obama administration.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-25T09:11:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Murdered Women of Juarez]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez#When:10:12:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home. What was left of Rubi’s body was found months later in a dump -- 39 pieces of charred bone.
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-19T10:12:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Climactic in Cancun]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti-climactic-in-cancun</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti-climactic-in-cancun#When:11:32:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The UN Climate Conference (COP16) in Cancun is turning out to be both anti-climactic and anti-climatic. There will be no major agreement to stop global warming this week
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-09T11:32:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Mexico City, a Message for Cancun]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-mexico-city-a-message-for-cancun</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-mexico-city-a-message-for-cancun#When:12:50:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, as U.N. negotiations on climate change geared up in the Caribbean beach resort of Cancún, thousands of people marched through the streets of Mexico City]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-07T12:50:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Legalizing Marijuana Would Weaken Mexican Drug Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-legalizing-marijuana-would-weaken-mexican-drug-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-legalizing-marijuana-would-weaken-mexican-drug-cartels#When:15:55:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the months leading up to today's vote on California's Proposition 19 to legalize recreational use of marijuana, opponents of legalization have issued a barrage ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-02T15:55:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Worlds Collide at Cancun Climate Talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worlds-collide-at-cancun-climate-talks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worlds-collide-at-cancun-climate-talks#When:16:18:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debate over climate change generally transpires within the cloistered confines of expensive hotels, executive boardrooms, and diplomatic halls. As seen in the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-27T16:18:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lethal Force on the Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lethal-force-on-the-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lethal-force-on-the-border#When:09:16:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sergio Hernandez Guereca's short life revolved around the U.S.-Mexico border that ultimately led to his death. On June 7, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a U.S. Border ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-18T09:16:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s State of Impunity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-state-of-impunity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-state-of-impunity#When:11:36:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When international human rights observers rounded a curve on a remote road in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, they found the way blocked by boulders. They decided ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-11T11:36:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Phase 2 of the Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/phase-2-of-the-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/phase-2-of-the-drug-war#When:11:46:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When the top brass of US and Mexican security met in Mexico City March 24, they took historic steps to ratchet up US involvement in Mexico's failed drug war. At the same time, ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-10T11:46:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia&#8217;s Elections: Under the Gun]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombias-elections-under-the-gun</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombias-elections-under-the-gun#When:12:07:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Colombia's congressional elections on March 14 were hailed by the United Nations as the most peaceful in years. The victory of the coalition led by President Alvaro ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-23T12:07:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Lack of Resolve]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-lack-of-resolve</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-lack-of-resolve#When:16:06:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Mel Zelaya is right to refuse to be delivered back to his presidential chair, trussed and bound like a capon, an impotent symbol of a democratic façade. If Secretary of State Clinton permits the coup regime to impose conditions on the return of the constitutional president]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-31T16:06:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Harmony, for the Moment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-harmony-for-the-moment</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-harmony-for-the-moment#When:16:57:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It shouldn’t surprise us that the Bush administration and the Republican majority in the U.S. Congress were very pleased with Ãlvaro Uribe’s reelection.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-11T16:57:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Failing Grades: Evaluating the Results of Plan Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failing-grades-evaluating-the-results-of-plan-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failing-grades-evaluating-the-results-of-plan-colombia#When:16:32:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On July 13, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law an emergency bill giving Colombia $860 million “to seek peace, fight drugs, build the economy, and deepen democracy.”
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-09-01T16:32:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Security: An electoral liability for Uribe?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/security-an-electoral-liability-for-uribe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/security-an-electoral-liability-for-uribe#When:11:10:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A bit more than a year before the Colombian presidential elections, President Uribe is doing so well in the polls that his likely opponents are either hoping that the Constitutional Court blocks his re-election, or they simply have their gaze truly fixed on 2010.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-27T11:10:05+00:00</dc:date>
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