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    <title><![CDATA[Americas | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgpress-room</link>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drilling Off Cuba, and How the Embargo Could be Very Costly for the US]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba#When:17:37:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is no standing agreement with Cuba on what to do in case of a blowout,” says Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuban President&#8217;s Daughter gets US Visa]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-presidents-daughter-gets-us-visa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-presidents-daughter-gets-us-visa#When:15:34:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's a very positive thing they give her the visa," said Wayne Smith, America's former top diplomat in Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T15:34:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[GFI Calls on G8 to Tackle Illicit Financial Flows at Camp David Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-calls-on-g8-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-calls-on-g8-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows#When:11:18:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) today called on leaders of the G8 to concretely tackle the issue of illicit financial flows and end tax haven secrecy when they meet this weekend at Camp David]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T11:18:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Call on Congress to Support Incorporation Transparency, Ban Anonymous U.S. Shell Companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/call-on-congress-to-support-incorporation-transparency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/call-on-congress-to-support-incorporation-transparency#When:10:46:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, 41 business and civil society groups sent a letter to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate urging them to co-sponsor the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 1483/ H.R. 3416)]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-16T10:46:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba drilling continues as US groups press spill response need]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need#When:12:54:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[That won’t be easy, observed Wayne Smith, a CIP senior fellow and director of its Cuba project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-11T12:54:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Mexican Money Peppers the World]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-mexican-money-peppers-world</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-mexican-money-peppers-world#When:15:32:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[GFI's Dev Kar is quoted extensively throughout this article about illicit financial flows in Mexico (in Spanish)]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-06T15:32:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones and the Dream of Remote Control in the Borderlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands#When:11:44:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More broadly, Barry states that that the CBP has failed to offer any documentation to support its claim that the drones are]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T11:44:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Companies Selling Drones to Undisclosed Foreign Governments]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-co-selling-drones-to-foreign-gov</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-co-selling-drones-to-foreign-gov#When:09:30:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry told the Texas Independent that many countries in Latin America, led by Brazil, are using drones and ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T09:30:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apple Tax Dodging Techniques Emblematic of Problem Costing U.S. $100 Billion, Poor Nations $1 Trilli]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-problem-costing-100-billion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-problem-costing-100-billion#When:17:24:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A front-page article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times drew attention to shady accounting techniques utilized by Apple Inc, the technology giant]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-30T17:24:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Walmart Checking Compliance with US Bribery Law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/walmart-checking-compliance-with-us-bribery-law</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/walmart-checking-compliance-with-us-bribery-law#When:09:25:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[GFI's Heather Lowe is quoted on NPR's Marketplace program in regards to the Wal-Mart FCPA fallout]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-25T09:25:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Even as It Hurts Mexican Economy, Bribery Is Taken in Stride]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/even-as-it-hurts-mexican-economy-bribery-taken-in-stride</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/even-as-it-hurts-mexican-economy-bribery-taken-in-stride#When:12:38:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“It is very much a part of business,” said Heather Lowe, legal counsel for the group. “It is an international business issue, but it hits Mexico significantly]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-23T12:38:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The summit; Mexico&#8217;s deadly drug war; A view from the Americas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-summit-mexicos-deadly-drug-war-view-from-americas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-summit-mexicos-deadly-drug-war-view-from-americas#When:11:38:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen discusses the Mexican drug war on CNTV]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-23T11:38:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;This Industry&#8217;s Voice on Capitol Hill&#8217;: The Drone-Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex#When:11:48:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Atlantic cites Tom Barry for providing background information for their latest drone article]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T11:48:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[GFI Welcomes New IRS Regulation to Help Clamp-Down on Tax Evasion, Gain Information on Foreign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-welcomes-new-irs-regulation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-welcomes-new-irs-regulation#When:14:54:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) applauded the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for last night adopting]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T14:54:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Four Green Groups Officially Back Obama&#8217;s Reelection Campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/four-green-groups-officially-back-obama</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/four-green-groups-officially-back-obama#When:14:19:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“...he'll drill, mine and frack as much as any Republican,” said Glenn Hurowitz, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T14:19:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICBM Coalition Of Rural Senators Fights Nuclear Weapons Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts#When:09:09:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["But pork barrel considerations remain more prevalent on Capitol Hill," said William Hartung, director of the Arms & Security Project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Asia, North Korea, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T09:09:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Historic Challenge to Drug War Looms at Cartagena Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/historic-challenge-to-drug-war-looms-at-cartagena-summit</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/historic-challenge-to-drug-war-looms-at-cartagena-summit#When:13:16:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Everybody knows that it's impossible to wipe out the illicit drug business without making it legal," said Laura Carlsen]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T13:16:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Progress on Labor and Human Rights Must Come before Colombia Free Trade Agreement Goes Into Force Co]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/progress-labor-human-rights-must-come-before-colombia-free-trade-agr</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/progress-labor-human-rights-must-come-before-colombia-free-trade-agr#When:13:30:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama should not declare that key elements of the Labor Action Plan (LAP) have been implemented at the Summit of the Americas.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-10T13:30:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Voz de America&#8221; Interviews Laura Carlsen on Drug Legalization Debate in Central America.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voz-de-america-interviews-laura-carlsen-on-drug-legalization-debate-in-cent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voz-de-america-interviews-laura-carlsen-on-drug-legalization-debate-in-cent#When:17:30:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen discusses the effects of the drug war in Central America and the current debate over possibly legalizing or decriminalizing drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T17:30:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposals to Legalize Drugs in Latin America Spark Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/proposals-to-legalize-drugs-in-latin-america-spark-debate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/proposals-to-legalize-drugs-in-latin-america-spark-debate#When:12:36:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen of the Americas Program at CIP, Johanna Forman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance debate drug legalization and discuss the issues surrounding the massive drug problem in the Americas]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas Program, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-20T12:36:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DPS Outsourced Key Border Security Tasks to Shadowy Private Contractor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dps-outsourced-key-border-security-tasks-to-shadowy-private-contractor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dps-outsourced-key-border-security-tasks-to-shadowy-private-contractor#When:12:48:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Tom Barry, "It would be hard to exaggerate the degree to which Governor Perry and DPS Chief McCraw have outsourced state border-security, homeland-security, and public-safety programs to Washington Beltway contractors."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-15T12:48:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Central America&#8217;s Women at War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/central-americas-women-at-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/central-americas-women-at-war#When:12:40:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign policy analyst Laura Carlsen, an American who has lived in Mexico for 25 years, agrees the country is in crisis and its leaders in denial]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-28T12:40:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reckoning With a Genocide in Guatemala]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/reckoning-with-genocide-guatemala</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/reckoning-with-genocide-guatemala#When:13:53:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen, the Mexico City-based director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, explains that there is a running debate about historical memory in the southern cone]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-10T13:53:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico cops nab suspect in 75 drug cartel killings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-cops-nab-suspect-in-75-drug-cartel-killings</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-cops-nab-suspect-in-75-drug-cartel-killings#When:11:55:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, a program of the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based think tank, said Monday that its analysis found that $872 billion in proceeds from crime]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T11:55:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Money laundering, tax evasion suck billions from Mexican economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/money-laundering-tax-evasion-suck-billions-from-mexican-economy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/money-laundering-tax-evasion-suck-billions-from-mexican-economy#When:11:25:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico lost $872 billion between 1970 and 2010, the Washington-based advocacy organization Global Financial Integrity said in an 80-page report]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T11:25:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dallas Morning News Exlcusive Mexico pays heavy price for tax evasion, report finds]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dallas-morning-news-exlcusive-mexico-pays-heavy-price-for-tax-evasion-repor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dallas-morning-news-exlcusive-mexico-pays-heavy-price-for-tax-evasion-repor#When:13:39:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a nation with nearly half the population living in poverty, more than $872 billion has been lost to the Mexican economy over four decades to tax evasion, corruption and criminals]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-28T13:39:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay 10th Anniversary: Obama&#8217;s Detention Law Could Fill Prison Obama Tried to Close]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-bay-10th-anniversary-obamas-detention-law-could-fill-prison-obam</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-bay-10th-anniversary-obamas-detention-law-could-fill-prison-obam#When:13:45:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["With any of this, the concern is what the next administration will do," said Stephen Miles of the progressive national security coalition Win Without War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T13:45:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[More Predator drones fly U.S.-Mexico border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/more-predator-drones-fly-us-mexico-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/more-predator-drones-fly-us-mexico-border#When:01:05:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Congress and the taxpayers ought to demand some kind of real cost-benefit analysis of drones,” said Tom Barry, director of the TransBorder Project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T01:05:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legal U.S. gun sales to Mexico Arming Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels#When:11:43:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["I think most Americans are aware that there's a problem in terms of the drug traffickers in Mexico, increases in violence," said Bill Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T11:43:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Call for Cuba’s Removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism#When:10:29:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy and the Latin America Working Group convened a conference today calling for the removal of Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T10:29:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle#When:15:25:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T15:25:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Navy&#8217;s Amphibious Fleet Could fall Short of Goals, CBO Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says#When:16:03:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung, a defense specialist at the Center for International Policy, told Government Executive that the report seemed "to acknowledge]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-28T16:03:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analyst: Keep Defense Cuts in Place, Avoid &#8216;Exaggerated Rhetoric&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1#When:16:05:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We don’t need more Pentagon spending, we need more spending discipline at the Pentagon – an agency so disorganized that it can’t even balance its own books]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T16:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Adios, Fidel. Hola, Hugo. Cuba charts new course]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course#When:16:47:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“I don’t know what it is about Cuba,” says Wayne Smith at the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based think tank]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T16:47:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Report on Mistakes of Plan Colombia and Lessons for Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-on-mistakes-of-plan-colombia-and-lessons-for-latin-america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-on-mistakes-of-plan-colombia-and-lessons-for-latin-america#When:17:51:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP, the Washington Office on Latin America and the Latin America Working Group Education Fund release "A Cautionary Tale: Plan Colombia's Lessons for Mexico and Beyond"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T17:51:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Delays Decision on Pipeline Until After Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-delays-decision-on-pipeline-until-after-election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-delays-decision-on-pipeline-until-after-election#When:17:15:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz, an environmental activist and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, said the delay could leave the final decision in the hands of Mr. Obama’s Republican successor]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T17:15:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Back in Monterey, Panetta’s institute honors a Washington crowd]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd#When:18:27:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed has a history of donating to causes favored by influential lawmakers and government officials, said William D. Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-04T18:27:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Checking the Pentagon&#8217;s Job Loss Math]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math#When:16:44:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung a defense budget analyst at the Center for International Policy agrees and thinks the Defense Department may be "front-loading" the numbers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-03T16:44:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hartung Press Release Super Committee Policy Brief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense#When:13:33:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new policy brief from William D. Hartung explores the mutually beneficial and close ties between the arms lobby and super committee members. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T13:33:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[No todo sería miel en TLC de Colombia y Panamá con EEUU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/no-todo-seria-miel-en-tlc-de-colombia-y-panama-con-eeuu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/no-todo-seria-miel-en-tlc-de-colombia-y-panama-con-eeuu#When:15:20:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Con el acuerdo comercial, los precios internacionales para los agricultores cayeron a la mitad y 2 millones de campesinos fueron empujados hacia trabajos]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-27T15:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Wars Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-wars-barry-release</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-wars-barry-release#When:14:22:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry's newest book, Border Wars, blends investigative reporting and policy analysis regarding the politics of homeland security ten years after 9/11.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-12T14:22:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sojourner Truth August 8 Broadcast]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-august-8-broadcast</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-august-8-broadcast#When:16:11:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Student protests in Chile, the new left leaning President of Peru, and US involvement in Mexico's war against drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-08T16:11:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Court Upholds 15-Year Sentence of US Contractor for Alleged Spying]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-court-upholds-15-year-sentence-of-us-contractor-for-alleged-spying</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-court-upholds-15-year-sentence-of-us-contractor-for-alleged-spying#When:13:17:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the court’s decision is “disappointing,” the Cuban government may still release Gross for humanitarian reasons, said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T13:17:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill Hartung on Military Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts#When:12:26:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debt ceiling has been lifted; that fixed everything, right? Well, the Democratic base is unhappy ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T12:26:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Does debt deal weaken defense?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense#When:12:38:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the debt deal’s passage, economists don’t predict any forthcoming sign of relief for an]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-03T12:38:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street &amp; Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal#When:12:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After months of a bitterly partisan stalemate, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted 269 to 161 ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T12:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[News Corp Probe May Shed Light on US Anti-Corruprtion Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-india-infoline1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-india-infoline1#When:11:00:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The public is outraged by the possible link between Murdoch’s News Corp. and the U.S. Chamber’s aggressive lobbying efforts to emasculate the FCPA, but that may only be the tip of the iceberg,” said GFI’s Legal Counsel and Director of Government Affairs, Heather Lowe.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-19T11:00:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[First Full Country-By-Country Reporting Standard Proposed in US]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-tax-research-uk1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-tax-research-uk1#When:11:05:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity director Raymond Baker commented on the addition, stating: "For investors, the more information available about a company’s business practices and balance sheets, the better."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T11:05:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A special round-table discussion on sex, race, class, and violence against women]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/discussion-on-sex-race-class-violence-against-women</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/discussion-on-sex-race-class-violence-against-women#When:14:22:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We tackle the rape charges and other sexual abuse of women by Dominque Strauss-Khan, the former 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-12T14:22:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drug Lord Arrested in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-lord-arrested-in-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-lord-arrested-in-mexico#When:14:28:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen joins MSNBC to discuss the difficulties of successful prosecutions in Mexico with the recent ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-05T14:28:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why is US Pumping AK-47&#8217;s and Military Rifles into the Hands of Mexican Drug Cartels?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/laura-carlsen-quoted-by-alternet</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/laura-carlsen-quoted-by-alternet#When:15:01:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Carlsen said, “They came out with absolutely nothing in terms of results on this.” She boiled the issue down to the following:]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-04T15:01:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican opposition &#8216;set for election victory&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-opposition-set-for-election-victory</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-opposition-set-for-election-victory#When:14:12:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["[The PRI] appears to have won by a landslide, and this means that they're very well positioned to go into]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-04T14:12:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week#When:14:57:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[From Florida, Mike Barnes, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, talks about the former ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-03T14:57:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War&#8217;s Einsatzgruppen]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-drug-wars-einsatzgruppen</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-drug-wars-einsatzgruppen#When:14:15:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Tom Barry of the Center for International Policy observes, the Commission's strategy document]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-30T14:15:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Al Gore&#8217;s Critique Sparks Debate Over Obama&#8217;s Record on Global Warming]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/al-gores-critique-sparks-debate-over-obamas-record-on-global-warming</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/al-gores-critique-sparks-debate-over-obamas-record-on-global-warming#When:15:31:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a "Rolling Stone" article, former Vice President Al Gore criticized President Obama's record on ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T15:31:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gore, criticizing fellow Democrat, says Obama hasn’t taken ‘bold action’ on global warming]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gore-criticizing-fellow-democrat-says-obama-hasnt-taken-bold-action-on-glob</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gore-criticizing-fellow-democrat-says-obama-hasnt-taken-bold-action-on-glob#When:14:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is one of many issues where Obama is going to have problems with his progressive base," said Glenn ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T14:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The United States’ Illegal Slaves]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-united-states-illegal-slaves</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-united-states-illegal-slaves#When:14:46:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Tom Barry from The Center for International Policy: “There isn’t a real precise definition]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-17T14:46:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican Peace Caravan Arrives in U.S. to Call for End to Deadly Drug War Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-peace-caravan-call-for-end-to-deadly-drug-war-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-peace-caravan-call-for-end-to-deadly-drug-war-policy#When:15:35:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A caravan of Mexican anti-violence protesters arrived in the United States over the weekend calling for]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-15T15:35:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Seen as Unlikely Terrorist Crossing Point]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-seen-as-unlikely-terrorist-crossing-point</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-seen-as-unlikely-terrorist-crossing-point#When:12:31:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's politically motivated," Barry said, "playing on that sense of fear that certain people are]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-07T12:31:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[House Dems Push for Big Shift in Colombia Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-dems-push-for-big-shift-in-colombia-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-dems-push-for-big-shift-in-colombia-aid#When:11:57:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, who tracks Colombia aid at the Center for International Policy in Washington, called the proposed aid package "a very significant change in direction."
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-07T11:57:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistanis protest &#8216;Playstation&#8217; project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistanis-protest-playstation-project</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistanis-protest-playstation-project#When:12:33:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is a big concern that the use of those drones by the US government has more to do]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-06T12:33:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts meet to seek changes in Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-meet-to-seek-changes-in-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-meet-to-seek-changes-in-cuba#When:12:42:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The United States and Cuba share a common challenge.  Both have black minority populations and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T12:42:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anger as US arms dealer takes over running of Scottish nuclear bomb base]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base#When:12:34:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is particularly true in the case of Lockheed Martin,” he told the Sunday Herald.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T12:34:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Younger Castro Brother Turns 80 in Aging Regime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/younger-castro-brother-turns-80-in-aging-regime</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/younger-castro-brother-turns-80-in-aging-regime#When:12:46:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["When we left in 1961, I expected to be back shortly. Here we are more than 50 years after]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-29T12:46:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Security: Based on &#8216;Dreams, Hopes and Fantasy&#8217; Says New Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-security-based-on-dreams-hopes-and-fantasy-says-new-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-security-based-on-dreams-hopes-and-fantasy-says-new-report#When:14:57:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, followed by a push for immigration reform, the government jumped to secure ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T14:57:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz on PBS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs#When:17:57:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gwen Ifill discusses what Mr. Obama has and hasn't done with The Center for International Policy's Glenn Hurowitz.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T17:57:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is CIA&#8217;s &#8216;triumph&#8217; a turning point for maligned agency?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-cias-triumph-a-turning-point-for-maligned-agency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-cias-triumph-a-turning-point-for-maligned-agency#When:13:16:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["That's the origin of the disaster (with al-Qaida),'' says Melvin Goodman, a former CIA analyst and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T13:16:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bin Laden Bounce: How Will Obama Use This Moment of Unexpected Unity?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-bin-laden-bounce-how-will-obama-use-this-moment-of-unexpected-unity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-bin-laden-bounce-how-will-obama-use-this-moment-of-unexpected-unity#When:13:09:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If this is to be the beginning of the end for al Qaeda and repressive governments everywhere, we have to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T13:09:18+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Insiders&#8217; choice for DoD: Leon Panetta]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/insiders-choice-for-dod-leon-panetta</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/insiders-choice-for-dod-leon-panetta#When:13:57:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["He did not do any shaking up whatsoever," Goodman said. "What I think is pretty clear is this]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T13:57:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Osama Bin Laden Changed Wall Street]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-osama-bin-laden-changed-wall-street</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-osama-bin-laden-changed-wall-street#When:13:20:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["9/11 really focused everybody's attention on money laundering and terrorist financing and how you get]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T13:20:09+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Fears David Petraeus will &#8216;militarise&#8217; CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fears-david-petraeus-will-militarise-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fears-david-petraeus-will-militarise-cia#When:13:25:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The new team is like shifting deckchairs on the deck of Titanic," he complained. "The policy is not ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-01T13:25:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuban exile militant Orlando Bosch dies in Miami]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-exile-militant-orlando-bosch-dies-in-miami</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-exile-militant-orlando-bosch-dies-in-miami#When:13:28:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“He was someone who did a disservice to the cause of democracy and freedom.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T13:28:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Castro Hails &#8216;New Generation&#8217; of Cuba Leaders, But Appoints Old Guard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-hails-new-generation-of-cuba-leaders-but-appoints-old-guard</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-hails-new-generation-of-cuba-leaders-but-appoints-old-guard#When:13:50:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Raul Castro was saying they needed to bring in new leadership, bring the new generation forward]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T13:50:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cubans Remember the Bay of Pigs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubans-remember-the-bay-of-pigs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubans-remember-the-bay-of-pigs#When:11:23:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The Bay of Pigs invasion was described at the time as the rarest of all things - a perfect failure," ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:23:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border is a clear line; &#8216;control&#8217; is a gray area]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-is-a-clear-line-control-is-a-gray-area</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-is-a-clear-line-control-is-a-gray-area#When:14:04:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["They are aware their budget will be more closely scrutinized than before," Barry said. "Part of this ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-19T14:04:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[1 in 5 US veterans jobless in 2010]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/1-in-5-us-veterans-jobless-in-2010</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/1-in-5-us-veterans-jobless-in-2010#When:14:28:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Some are annoyed by the fact that the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has 600,000 outstanding]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-17T14:28:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Maine Congressman Pushes for Veterans&#8217; Trust Fund]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-maine-congressman-pushes-for-veterans-trust-fund</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-maine-congressman-pushes-for-veterans-trust-fund#When:16:32:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since his days as a Maine Congress member in the 1990s, Tom Andrews has made waves as an anti-war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-07T16:32:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican officials furious over U.S. operation that allows guns across the border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-officials-furious-us-operation-guns-across-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-officials-furious-us-operation-guns-across-border#When:16:50:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico has long complained that drug gangs are terrorizing cities with high-powered weapons smuggled]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-06T16:50:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama in El Salvador]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-in-el-salvador</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-in-el-salvador#When:17:13:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama wraps up his Latin America tour in El Salvador. Anchor Lisa Mullins discusses the visit ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-22T17:13:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Banks Oppose Tighter Money Rules]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-banks-oppose-tighter-money-rules</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-banks-oppose-tighter-money-rules#When:15:17:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["That's just an open invitation to criminals to create structures with more layers in different jurisdictions to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-22T15:17:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[FARC Funds Tied to Lula]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/farc-funds-tied-to-lula</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/farc-funds-tied-to-lula#When:14:21:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“For a couple of years, they have been in a period of retreat with the idea being to avoid pitched battles and open conflict, moving their leadership deep into the jungle,” said Adam Isacson, senior associate of the Center for International Policy in Washington and co-author of a book on Colombia.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T14:21:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Expanding U.S.-Mexico Economic and Security Cooperation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/expanding-us-mexico-economic-and-security-cooperation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/expanding-us-mexico-economic-and-security-cooperation#When:15:52:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The binational relationship suffered some serious blows in the weeks preceding Calderon’s]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T15:52:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Diplomacy and Cuban Dissidence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomacy-and-cuban-dissidence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomacy-and-cuban-dissidence#When:15:44:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“No one should give money to the dissidents, much less for the purpose of overthrowing the Cuban ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T15:44:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Age of Activism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-age-of-activism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-age-of-activism#When:15:43:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Women often lead community organizations and movements that are on the frontline of battles against ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T15:43:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rehabilitating the Gang of Four]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rehabilitating-the-gang-of-four</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rehabilitating-the-gang-of-four#When:16:13:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the former CIA analyst for the Soviet Union, Melvin Goodman said, “what the Bush administration did]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-17T16:13:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Moving the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Agenda Forward]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/moving-the-ssr-agenda-forward</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/moving-the-ssr-agenda-forward#When:16:25:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[From Afghanistan and Iraq to Southern Sudan and Timor-Leste, security sector reform (SSR) is widely ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-04T16:25:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Challenges and Opportunities Confronting Evo Morales]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/challenges-and-opportunities-confronting-evo-morales</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/challenges-and-opportunities-confronting-evo-morales#When:15:36:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Both the director of the Center for international Policy and the Bolivian ambassador to Washington said that the cuts are likely to antagonize the Bolivian Military. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-20T15:36:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Financial Flows from the Least Developed Countries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-financial-flows-from-the-least-developed-countries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-financial-flows-from-the-least-developed-countries#When:23:13:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Nations Development Program commissioned report from Global Financial Integrity (GFI) on illicit financial flows from the Least Developed Countries was presented for discussion yesterday]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe & Russia, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-18T23:13:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Report Measures the Cost of Crime, Corruption, and Trade Mispricing in Developing Countries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-measures-cost-crime-corruption-trade-mispricing-developing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-measures-cost-crime-corruption-trade-mispricing-developing#When:23:13:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) released its annual analysis of the cost of crime, corruption, and trade mispricing on developing countries today.  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-18T23:13:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Questions On Public-Private Prisons For Immigrants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/questions-public-private-prisons-for-immigrants</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/questions-public-private-prisons-for-immigrants#When:12:30:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry weighs-in on the topic of public-private prisons on the U.S.-Mexico border in this NPR exclusive]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-10T12:30:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small Farmers Gather for Alternative Global Forum on Climate Change and Social Justice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/small-farmers-gather-for-alternative-global-forum-on-climate-change-and-soc</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/small-farmers-gather-for-alternative-global-forum-on-climate-change-and-soc#When:13:12:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[My name is Laura Carlsen. I’m the director of the Americas Program in Mexico City. And right now we’re in the campesino — that’s peasant farmer — and indigenous camp in Cancún.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-06T13:12:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former State Department Intelligence Chief says Spy Orders Unprecedented]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-state-department-intelligence-chief-says-spy-orders-unprecedented</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-state-department-intelligence-chief-says-spy-orders-unprecedented#When:14:49:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“No. If I, as a delegate to the [U.N. General Assembly] had an invitation from a government with which we did not have”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-29T14:49:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Using Old Friend Cuba as Its Base, Russia Reasserts Its Latin Influence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-reasserts-its-latin-influence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-reasserts-its-latin-influence#When:14:12:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. policy is dictated by the hard-line exiles in Florida]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-18T14:12:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Political rhetoric ignores reality at United States border with Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analysis-political-rhetoric-ignores-reality-at-united-states-border-with-me</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analysis-political-rhetoric-ignores-reality-at-united-states-border-with-me#When:14:00:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[the demand for a completely secure border is a ploy by those opposed to immigration reform to prevent new policies. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-20T14:00:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rain Forests Lose Out In Senate&#8217;s New Climate Bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rain-forests-lose-out-in-senates-new-climate-bill</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rain-forests-lose-out-in-senates-new-climate-bill#When:15:03:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It turns what was a win-win into a lose-lose for the forests," says Glenn Hurowitz of Avoided Deforestation Partners]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-18T15:03:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ven señal de distensión en acuerdo militar entre Brasil y EE.UU.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ven-senal-de-distension-en-acuerdo-militar-entre-brasil-y-ee.uu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ven-senal-de-distension-en-acuerdo-militar-entre-brasil-y-ee.uu#When:15:08:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Según el analista Adam Isacson, director del programa de seguridad en América Latina del Center for International Policy,]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-08T15:08:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Experts Discuss Academic Travel to the Country for Americans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-experts-discuss-academic-travel-to-the-country-for-americans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-experts-discuss-academic-travel-to-the-country-for-americans#When:06:32:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith of the Center for International Policy opened the conference stressing that the panel’s focus was on analyzing ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-11T06:32:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Urged to End Limits on Educational Travel to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-urged-to-end-limits-on-educational-travel-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-urged-to-end-limits-on-educational-travel-to-cuba#When:07:54:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, questioned the fact that Obama still has not taken the “easiest step” in his policy of rapprochement with Havana]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-09T07:54:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lobo Assumes Presidency as U.S., Latin America Split]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lobo-assumes-presidency-as-us-latin-america-split</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lobo-assumes-presidency-as-us-latin-america-split#When:18:02:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today’s ceremony won’t assuage tensions between the U.S. and Latin America that were aggravated by Zelaya’s ouster]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-27T18:02:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposed bill would extend public records law to private prisons]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/proposed-bill-would-extend-public-records-law-to-private-prisons</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/proposed-bill-would-extend-public-records-law-to-private-prisons#When:16:56:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If they do answer the requests, all the documents are redacted and they cite 'trade secrets' as the reason they can't ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-26T16:56:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[John Brennan steps out of the shadows]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/john-brennan-steps-out-of-the-shadows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/john-brennan-steps-out-of-the-shadows#When:09:36:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's the same crowd. It's appalling," said Melvyn Goodman, a former CIA analyst who spoke out during the transition]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-09T09:36:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Claims Jailed U.S. Contractor is a Spy ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-claims-jailed-us-contractor-is-a-spy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-claims-jailed-us-contractor-is-a-spy#When:09:39:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If the contractor was engaged in nothing more than innocent wrongdoing, I could imagine the U.S. government raising hell


]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-08T09:39:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top Cuban lawmaker says detained U.S. contractor is a spy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/top-cuban-lawmaker-says-detained-us-contractor-is-a-spy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/top-cuban-lawmaker-says-detained-us-contractor-is-a-spy#When:09:29:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If the contractor was engaged in nothing more than innocent wrongdoing, I could imagine the U.S. government raising hell ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-07T09:29:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Protests Inclusion on Tougher Airline Screening List]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-protests-inclusion-on-tougher-airline-screening-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-protests-inclusion-on-tougher-airline-screening-list#When:08:48:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Cuba should not be on the terrorist list," Wayne S. Smith, director of the Cuba program at the Center for International 


]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-06T08:48:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chavez Troops Blow Up Two Foot Bridges to Colombia (Update2)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/chavez-troops-blow-up-two-foot-bridges-to-colombia-update2</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/chavez-troops-blow-up-two-foot-bridges-to-colombia-update2#When:13:19:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s almost like somebody’s hitting a piece of flint trying to get a spark going.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-19T13:19:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Opening Arms and Ears to Cuban Music]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opening-arms-and-ears-to-cuban-music</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opening-arms-and-ears-to-cuban-music#When:13:21:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Apparently we’re going back to the situation that existed under Clinton.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-18T13:21:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chavez Allies May Meet on Threat From Colombia, Morales Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/chavez-allies-may-meet-on-threat-from-colombia-morales-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/chavez-allies-may-meet-on-threat-from-colombia-morales-says#When:13:23:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Chavez’s comments shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign that war is imminent and may be designed to distract Venezuelans from domestic problems before elections scheduled for next year.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-09T13:23:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Backing of Honduras Election Crimps Latin Ties (Update2)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-backing-of-honduras-election-crimps-latin-ties-update2</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-backing-of-honduras-election-crimps-latin-ties-update2#When:13:09:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The clumsy handling of this issue when they had the backing of the entire hemisphere is simply an embarrassment.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-07T13:09:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[En América Latina no hay carrera armamentista, según expertos]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/en-america-latina-no-hay-carrera-armamentista-segun-expertos</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/en-america-latina-no-hay-carrera-armamentista-segun-expertos#When:13:27:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[La firma del convenio, y la falta de claridad sobre lo que este implica, ha generado desconfianza.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-03T13:27:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Embargo on Change]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-embargo-on-changehttp-www.foreignpolicy.com-articles-2009-10-28-the_e</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-embargo-on-changehttp-www.foreignpolicy.com-articles-2009-10-28-the_e#When:14:33:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Cuba policy is .so totally counterproductive that it's embarrassing.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-28T14:33:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Greenpeace Questions Rain Forest Project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/greenpeace-questions-rain-forest-project</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/greenpeace-questions-rain-forest-project#When:14:44:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The project has generated a huge amount of scientific literature and it has formed the basis ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-15T14:44:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Resentencings in U.S. Reignite Passions Over the &#8216;Cuban Five&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/resentencings-in-us-reignite-passions-over-the-cuban-five</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/resentencings-in-us-reignite-passions-over-the-cuban-five#When:14:52:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you look at this case, you have to be appalled. The case stinks.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-12T14:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Piedad Cordoba too close to Chavez&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/piedad-cordoba-too-close-to-chavez</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/piedad-cordoba-too-close-to-chavez#When:14:06:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba's close relation to Venezuela president Hugo Chavez is what made  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-09T14:06:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Domestic challenges put brake on U.S.-Cuba thaw]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/domestic-challenges-put-brake-on-us-cuba-thaw</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/domestic-challenges-put-brake-on-us-cuba-thaw#When:14:02:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I think the travel bill will pass the House, I'm less optimistic about the Senate.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-09T14:02:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hurricane Lessons Learned From Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hurricane-lessons-learned-from-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hurricane-lessons-learned-from-cuba#When:16:19:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's considered an historic visit between two very different cities which have a lot in common. For the first time ever, a Galveston mayor made an official trip ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-24T16:19:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Congress Urged to End Ban on Cuba Travel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-congress-urged-to-end-ban-on-cuba-travel</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-congress-urged-to-end-ban-on-cuba-travel#When:14:09:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Obama hasn’t done anything]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-09T14:09:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia&#8217;s Uribe Faces a New White House Approach Toward Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-uribe-faces-a-new-white-house-approach-toward-latin-america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-uribe-faces-a-new-white-house-approach-toward-latin-america#When:14:54:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The way the Bush administration left it was that Colombia and maybe El Salvador]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-29T14:54:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Outcry in South America over US military base pact]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/outcry-in-south-america-over-us-military-base-pact</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/outcry-in-south-america-over-us-military-base-pact#When:14:20:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington has not fully explained its mandate nor the scope and nature of its operations]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-27T14:20:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russian oil rigs just 45 miles from Florida?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russian-oil-rigs-just-45-miles-from-florida</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russian-oil-rigs-just-45-miles-from-florida#When:14:30:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It does present a dilemma for the US]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-06T14:30:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our Man in Honduras]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-man-in-honduras</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-man-in-honduras#When:14:34:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you want to understand who the real power behind the [Honduran] coup is]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-22T14:34:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela: Drug Trafficking Getting Worse, Says U.S. Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuela-drug-trafficking-getting-worse-says-us-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuela-drug-trafficking-getting-worse-says-us-report#When:14:38:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The report should be of concern to Venezuela itself]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-20T14:38:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[El Salvador Former Rebels May Win Presidency in Vote (Update2)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/el-salvador-former-rebels-may-win-presidency-in-vote-update2</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/el-salvador-former-rebels-may-win-presidency-in-vote-update2#When:15:18:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Arena may have trouble scaring voters about the economic plans]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-15T15:18:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Outreach to Adversaries Takes Unexpected Turn With Taliban Approach]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-outreach-takes-unexpected-turn-with-taliban-approach</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-outreach-takes-unexpected-turn-with-taliban-approach#When:15:20:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, with the Center for International Policy, said Obama should go even further than that in order to send ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-09T15:20:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amid a Lackluster Review of His First Year, Cuba’s Leader Jolts the Government]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/amid-lackluster-review-cubas-leader-jolts-government</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/amid-lackluster-review-cubas-leader-jolts-government#When:14:29:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[He certainly surprised me]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-03T14:29:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raul Castro Shakes Up Cuban Cabinet]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-shakes-up-cuban-cabinet</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-shakes-up-cuban-cabinet#When:14:30:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It looks like Raul putting some of his own people in]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-02T14:30:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Plans for Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-plans-for-latin-america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-plans-for-latin-america#When:11:14:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If Uribe decides to run for a third term, all bets are off," Adam Isacson, program director with the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-18T11:14:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba-U.S. Relations Stuck in Cold War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-us-relations-stuck-in-cold-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-us-relations-stuck-in-cold-war#When:16:19:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[United Nations urges U.S. to lift 46-year Cuban embargo.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-11T16:19:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysis: A New U.S. Emphasis in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-usemphasis-in-latin-america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-usemphasis-in-latin-america#When:12:18:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["As long as you don't have U.S. troops dying there, as long as you don't have terrorists attacking from]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-04T12:18:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Body-Count Scandal Mars Colombian Military Victories]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/body-count-scandal-mars-colombian-military-victories</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/body-count-scandal-mars-colombian-military-victories#When:11:22:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Uribe is calling officers on their cell phones at 11 o'clock at night," said Adam Isacson of the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-02T11:22:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia Fires 19 Army Officers in Civilian Deaths]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-fires-19-army-officers-in-civilian-deaths</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-fires-19-army-officers-in-civilian-deaths#When:13:24:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Innocent people in urban slums were apparently tricked, abducted, and killed" in "a gruesome ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-29T13:24:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s Victory Route Runs Through Florida]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-victory-route-runs-through-florida</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-victory-route-runs-through-florida#When:13:27:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“They still play an important role, but their role is changing,” said Wayne Smith, who served ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-08T13:27:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secret Meeting Sparks Inquiry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/secret-meeting-sparks-inquiry</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/secret-meeting-sparks-inquiry#When:13:30:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Uribe and many around him feel that the Supreme Court is overstepping its bounds, and they don't want ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-09-25T13:30:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Says It Will Oust Venezuela Envoy, and Names 2 Officials as Rebel Backers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-says-it-will-oust-venezuela-envoy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-says-it-will-oust-venezuela-envoy#When:13:34:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Don’t believe for a moment that either expulsion had anything to do with an imminent danger of ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-09-12T13:34:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Feature: Venezuela, US Governments Spar Over Drug Fighting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuela-us-governments-spar-over-drug-fighting</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuela-us-governments-spar-over-drug-fighting#When:13:37:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["There is so much distrust between the two governments," he said. "Chávez's threat scenario is a US ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-09-05T13:37:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia-Latin America Military Ties]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-latin-america-military-ties</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-latin-america-military-ties#When:11:14:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Do you see a future Russian military presence in Latin America? What would be the Hemisphere's reaction? ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas Program, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-31T11:14:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will the U.S. Open an Office in Iran?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-us-open-an-office-in-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-us-open-an-office-in-iran#When:13:56:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Working with some of the dissidents is what they do with the office in Cuba, and it doesn't have much ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-02T13:56:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez Backtracks on Spy Law, Rebels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuelas-chavez-backtracks-on-spy-law-rebels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuelas-chavez-backtracks-on-spy-law-rebels#When:13:59:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But Venezuelan officials "probably got an earful of strong concerns" from Latin American and European ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-10T13:59:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Distorted perceptions of Colombia&#8217;s conflict]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/distorted-perceptions-of-colombias-conflict</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/distorted-perceptions-of-colombias-conflict#When:14:03:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['This decline only brought the intensity of the fighting back to levels seen in the late 1990s, not exactly]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-01T14:03:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia Rebels Name New Leader to Succeed Marulanda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-rebels-name-new-leader-to-succeed-marulanda</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-rebels-name-new-leader-to-succeed-marulanda#When:14:08:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The crystal ball is a lot cloudier today,'' said Isacson, who has led several U.S. Congressional ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-25T14:08:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Interpol Notes Improper Initial Handling of FARC Laptops]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interpol-notes-improper-initial-handling-of-farc-laptops</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interpol-notes-improper-initial-handling-of-farc-laptops#When:14:14:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Several offer accounts of meetings with officials of the Venezuelan government, some of them ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-15T14:14:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia Shows New Rebel Documents That Link Venezuela]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-shows-new-rebel-documents-that-link-venezuela</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-shows-new-rebel-documents-that-link-venezuela#When:14:34:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["There is not even consensus among the Republicans that it would be helpful," said Adam Isacson ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-10T14:34:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Narco Subs Pose New Challenge for US Coast Guards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/narco-subs-pose-new-challenge-for-us-coast-guards</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/narco-subs-pose-new-challenge-for-us-coast-guards#When:14:32:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["This is another example of just how nimble drug traffickers are, mainly because of the profits that are ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-09T14:32:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia&#8217;s Popular President Hovers Above Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-popular-president-hovers-above-scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-popular-president-hovers-above-scandal#When:14:43:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If you are living in a city or on a main road -- and that's about 80 percent of the people -- you are feeling]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-04T14:43:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia Union Members Still Targeted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-union-members-still-targeted</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-union-members-still-targeted#When:14:46:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is hard to compete against U.S. farming subsidies," Isacson said. "There is a danger of cheap ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-04-07T14:46:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Families Sue Chiquita in Deaths of 5 Men]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/families-sue-chiquita-in-deaths-of-5-men</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/families-sue-chiquita-in-deaths-of-5-men#When:14:48:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“It’s not a criminal case, so will the court require Chiquita to pay the families? I don’t know,” said ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-17T14:48:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Setting Boundaries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/setting-boundaries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/setting-boundaries#When:14:20:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["This is just a way for Chávez to ramp up the costs and consequences for Colombia," says Adam Isacson]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-05T14:20:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Growing U.S. Push for Change in Cuba Ties, Despite Bush]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/growing-us-push-for-change-in-cuba-ties-despite-bush</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/growing-us-push-for-change-in-cuba-ties-despite-bush#When:14:22:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["How does it make any sense? We talk to North Korea, we have relations with China, but we won't talk ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-03T14:22:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombian Rebels Free Four Politicians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombian-rebels-free-four-politicians</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombian-rebels-free-four-politicians#When:14:24:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["They have been holding 44 people, with that demand, cruelly in the jungle for a long time," he said. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-27T14:24:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Cuba Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-relations#When:14:30:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Cuba has the "same effect on U.S. administrations that the full moon has on a werewolf."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-26T14:30:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raul Castro Confirmed as Cuba&#8217;s President]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-confirmed-as-cubas-president</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-confirmed-as-cubas-president#When:14:32:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The future will not change much," Smith said shortly after Raul Castro's confirmation as president. "I ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-24T14:32:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who follows Castro?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/who-follows-castro</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/who-follows-castro#When:14:38:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["He finally recognized he couldn't go on. He's not immortal," said Wayne Smith, a Cuba expert ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-20T14:38:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Castro Exit Unlikely to Thaw U.S.-Cuba Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-exit-unlikely-thaw-us-cuba-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-exit-unlikely-thaw-us-cuba-relations#When:14:37:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["This will have very little effect on US policy since the Bush administration has made it clear that it won't ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-20T14:37:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Next for Cuba?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-next-for-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-next-for-cuba#When:14:29:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. diplomat in Cuba discusses Fidel Castro's resignation as president.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-19T14:29:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latin America Aid Spike]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/latin-america-aid-spike</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/latin-america-aid-spike#When:14:44:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, a researcher at the Center for International Policy think tank in Washington, says the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-04T14:44:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congressman Reaches Out to Colombia Rebels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/congressman-reaches-out-to-colombia-rebels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/congressman-reaches-out-to-colombia-rebels#When:15:03:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It makes the FARC look like the gang that can't shoot straight," said Adam Isacson, a Colombia expert ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-20T15:03:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Policy Remains in Far-Right Hands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-policy-remains-in-far-right-hands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-policy-remains-in-far-right-hands#When:15:06:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Look, Cubans want change, but I don't see any move whatsoever to overthrow the government," he said. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-17T15:06:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Coddled &#8220;Terrorists&#8221; of South Florida]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-coddled-terrorists-of-south-florida</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-coddled-terrorists-of-south-florida#When:15:15:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["We are certainly not applying these laws objectively in the case of Luis Posada Carriles, Orlando Bosch ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-14T15:15:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombian Rebels Free 2 Hostages]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombian-rebels-free-2-hostages</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombian-rebels-free-2-hostages#When:15:09:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The FARC used kidnapping, a horrible crime in violation of international law, to gain a measure of political]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-11T15:09:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conserving Cuba, After the Embargo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conserving-cuba-after-the-embargo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conserving-cuba-after-the-embargo#When:12:52:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Through accidents of geography and history, Cuba is a priceless ecological resource]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-12-25T12:52:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chavez: A Democratator in Venezuela?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/chavez-democratator</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/chavez-democratator#When:14:37:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Instead, says Robert White, head of the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-29T14:37:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US: Rights Concerns Cloud Regional Anti-Drug Plan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rights-concerns-cloud-regional-anti-drug-plan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/rights-concerns-cloud-regional-anti-drug-plan#When:14:37:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Known as the "Merida Initiative", the majority of U.S. aid would go to Mexico in the form of surveillance aircraft, border-security equipment]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-15T14:37:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIP: Bolivia: Coming to Terms with Diversity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cip-bolivia-coming-to-terms-with-diversity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cip-bolivia-coming-to-terms-with-diversity#When:13:44:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Garcia Linera says the conflicts are to be expected, as Bolivian society takes on "the two conquests of equality"—political rights for indigenous peoples and economic equality through a redistribution of national wealth.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-08T13:44:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s Drug-Control Initiative Reflects More Trust in U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexicos-drug-control-initiative</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexicos-drug-control-initiative#When:12:52:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Mexico's foreign minister laid out her proposal for a U.S.-Mexican military and police alliance against drug lords last spring]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-29T12:52:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Reveals Plan Mexico, Proposes $1.4 Billion Anti-Drug Aid Package]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-reveals-plan-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-reveals-plan-mexico#When:14:49:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush Tuesday formally requested $550 million from Congress for anti-drug assistance to Mexico and Central America next year]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-26T14:49:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Offers Oddly Timed Attack on Castros]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-oddly-timed-attack-on-castros</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-oddly-timed-attack-on-castros#When:14:58:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush issued a stern warning Wednesday that the United States will not accept a political transition in Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-24T14:58:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Still Flogging a Dead Cuba Policy?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/still-flogging-a-dead-cuba-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/still-flogging-a-dead-cuba-policy#When:15:03:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The Cold War is over," said Wayne Smith, the former chief of the US Interests Section in Havana]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-19T15:03:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kidnapped in Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kidnapped-in-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kidnapped-in-colombia#When:15:13:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Each Sunday morning, Colombia's airwaves fill with messages for the loved ones of kidnap victims
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-07T15:13:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Mexico, Doubts on Anti-Drug Proposal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-doubts-on-anti-drug-proposal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-doubts-on-anti-drug-proposal#When:15:15:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Even before its unveiling, a massive proposed U.S. aid package to help Mexico battle drug trafficking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-06T15:15:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prisoner Releases Under Raúl Castro Raise Hope for Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/prisoner-releases-under-raul-castro</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/prisoner-releases-under-raul-castro#When:16:04:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["I don't see this as more of the same up-down, up-down, but as part of a trend toward the release of more political prisoners," says Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-30T16:04:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Manual Eradication of Coca Crops]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/manual-eradication-of-coca-crops</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/manual-eradication-of-coca-crops#When:10:51:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["One reason for drawing it down is there will be less money for it coming out of Congress, but even the hard-line Colombians were never that thrilled with fumigation," said Adam Isaacson of the Center for International Policy, which monitors Plan Colombia spending.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-03T10:51:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba&#8217;s Call for Economic Detente]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubas-call-for-economic-detente</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubas-call-for-economic-detente#When:10:54:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["These statements seem to be innovative, to be carrying them toward new initiatives," Wayne Smith, an analyst at the Center for International Policy and a former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, said in an interview from his Washington office.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-27T10:54:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia Hits Top Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-hits-top-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-hits-top-cartels#When:10:59:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Fumigation has proved able to reduce coca-growing in a specific zone for a specific period of time. But outside that zone and even in the same zone after the spray planes go elsewhere coca cultivation always increases," said Adam Isacson at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-20T10:59:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo and the Semantics of Terror]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror#When:11:12:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a COHA interview with Jennifer Schuett of Washington’s Center for International Policy, she asserted that the operations at Guantanamo chronically have been conducted, under what is nothing more than a “façade of justice.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-10T11:12:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Colombia-Afghanistan Connection]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-afghanistan-connection</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-afghanistan-connection#When:11:09:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Adam Isaacson, a Colombia expert at the Center for International Policy, a Washington think-tank, told the BBC that Plan Colombia had been a "perfect failure" in its fight against drugs. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-08T11:09:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax Evasion Taskforce to Probe UK]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-taskforce-to-probe-uk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-taskforce-to-probe-uk#When:11:16:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, director of Global Financial Integrity and an expert on money laundering, said: 'For the first time in 200 years we have an integrated global structure in the Square Mile and Manhattan whose basic purpose is to shift money from the poor to the rich.']]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-30T11:16:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Private Firms Get Half U.S. Colombia Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/private-firms-get-half-us-colombia-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/private-firms-get-half-us-colombia-aid#When:11:55:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['The drug war in general, but Colombia in particular, was the testing ground for the use of military contractors,' said Adam Isacson, an analyst with the liberal Center for International Policy think tank.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-15T11:55:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The State of Columbia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/state-of-columbia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/state-of-columbia#When:14:30:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The third most populous country in Latin America is also the recipient of the most U.S. aid in that region. We explore the state of things in Columbia, as well as the relationship between that country and the U.S., with Adam Isacson of the Center for International policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-07T14:30:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Terrorism Funds Enlisted in War on Drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anti-terrorism-funds-enlisted-in-war-on-drugs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anti-terrorism-funds-enlisted-in-war-on-drugs#When:12:01:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's been a largely marginal impact on the ground," Adam Isacson, director of the Center for International Policy's Demilitarization/Colombia program, told ICIJ.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-07T12:01:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Antidrug Efforts Fall Short]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/antidrug-efforts-fall-short</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/antidrug-efforts-fall-short#When:12:11:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In 2005, more coca was grown in Colombia than they had in 2000, when Plan Colombia started," said Adam Isacson, a Colombia analyst for the Center for International Policy, a Washington think tank. "They can say, 'Look how much more coke we'd have without fumigation,' but that sounds pretty lame."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-05T12:11:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military Scandal Damages Bogotá’s Trade Aim]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-scandal-damages-bogotas-trade-aim</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-scandal-damages-bogotas-trade-aim#When:12:09:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isaacson, a Colombia specialist at the Center for International Policy, said: “The Democrats are not going to walk away from Colombia on drugs but FTA is a big problem. There is no way they would win the vote for FTA right now. They just don’t have the support for it.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-01T12:09:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cocaine Prices Drop, Purity Rises]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cocaine-prices-drop-purity-rises</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cocaine-prices-drop-purity-rises#When:12:15:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['When the data show a brief rise in cocaine prices, the drug czar holds a high-profile press conference,' said Adam Isacson, an analyst at the Washington-based Center for International Policy. 'But when the trend goes back down again, the drug czar sends it in a letter to one senator. Why is that?']]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-04-27T12:15:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Havana Has No Electricity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomatic-mission-in-havana-has-no-electricity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomatic-mission-in-havana-has-no-electricity#When:15:27:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Interests Section chief Wayne Smith, now a critic of U.S. policies on Cuba, says that kind of campaign is triggered by provocation - like the electronic billboard that the U.S. mission hung on the side of its building earlier this year to show anti-Castro messages.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-12T15:27:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Entrevista Uribe - Bush, para Reafirmar la Alianza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/entrevista-uribe-bush-para-reafirmar-la-alianza</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/entrevista-uribe-bush-para-reafirmar-la-alianza#When:15:31:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[En Washington, dice Adam Isacson, del Centro para la Política Internacional "nadie quiere antagonizar con Uribe tras su sólida reelección".]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-10T15:31:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[¿Valió la pena?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/valio-la-pena</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/valio-la-pena#When:15:46:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Para Adam Isacson, director del Centro de Política Internacional, “Washington le dijo no al presidente Uribe”.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-19T15:46:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latin Americans Disappointed with Democracy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/latin-americans-disappointed-with-democracy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/latin-americans-disappointed-with-democracy#When:15:43:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Aside from Chavez, many of the region's leftist leaders are quite moderate, insists Adam Isacson of the Center for International Policy in Washington. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-19T15:43:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. AID Rice: Not slighting Americas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-aid-rice-not-slighting-americas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-aid-rice-not-slighting-americas#When:15:56:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Overall, the requested budget includes a 3 percent decrease in aid, from $1.52 billion to $1.47 billion, according to the Center for International Policy, a group that tracks U.S. government spending in Latin America and is generally critical of the Bush administration. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-16T15:56:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[La Reducción de la Ayuda Militar es Vista Como un Chantaje]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/la-reduccion-de-la-ayuda-militar-es-vista-como-un-chantaje</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/la-reduccion-de-la-ayuda-militar-es-vista-como-un-chantaje#When:16:24:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[´Dichas fuerzas siguen siendo poderosamente independientes´ y no son un aliado natural de Morales, dijo Adam Isacson, del Centro de Estrategia en Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-12T16:24:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poco Presupuesto para el Militarismo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/poco-presupuesto-para-el-militarismo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/poco-presupuesto-para-el-militarismo#When:16:01:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[En años recientes. Bolivia ha enviado entre 50 y 100 oficiales al año a dicha escuela, según Adam Isacson, el director de programa del Centro de Estrategia Internacional, mismo que sigue de cerca la ayuda militar destinada a Latinoamérica.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-10T16:01:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Budget Would Cut Military Aid to Bolivia by 96 Percent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-budget-would-cut-military-aid-to-bolivia-by-96-percent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-budget-would-cut-military-aid-to-bolivia-by-96-percent#When:16:12:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent years, Bolivia has sent between 50 and 100 officers a year to the school, said Adam Isacson, program director for the Center for International Policy, which tracks military aid to Latin America.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-09T16:12:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cooperación de EE.UU. para Lucha Antidrogas Decrecerá 43% en Dos Años]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cooperacion-de-ee.uu.-para-lucha-antidrogas-decrecera-43-en-dos-anos</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cooperacion-de-ee.uu.-para-lucha-antidrogas-decrecera-43-en-dos-anos#When:16:15:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, director del Centro de Políticas Internacionales (CIP, por sus siglas en inglés), señala que el gobierno de Bush está “infeliz” por “la falta de colaboración” del gobierno ecuatoriano con el colombiano en los controles de grupos insurgentes en la frontera binacional.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-08T16:15:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia&#8217;s Failing Democratic Process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-failing-democratic-process</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-failing-democratic-process#When:16:19:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Adam Isacson of the Washington, DC-based Center for International Policy, “Colombia’s paramilitary groups appear to be increasing their power, even as they ‘demobilize.’ One key path to greater power has been Colombia’s electoral process.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-06T16:19:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing the Drug War Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-the-drug-war-debate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-the-drug-war-debate#When:16:28:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Morales must make clear to the U.S. that while he advocates coca, he will do what it takes to stop cocaine from being manufactured in Bolivia," said Adam Isacson of the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-26T16:28:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. policy on Bolivia questioned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-policy-on-bolivia-questioned</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-policy-on-bolivia-questioned#When:16:31:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But the Bush administration has asked Congress to trim its assistance to Bolivia by 5 percent rather than increase it, said Adam Isacson, a Latin America expert at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-22T16:31:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Leader Vows to Cut US Antidrug Work]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuelan-leader-vows-to-cut-us-antidrug-work</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuelan-leader-vows-to-cut-us-antidrug-work#When:11:01:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, Latin-American security specialist at the Washington-based Center for International Policy, an independent think tank, said ''that border has always been a sieve" because of poor policing by both Venezuela and Colombia, ''and a few DEA guys weren't going to do much about that, anyway." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-19T11:01:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Plays Both Venezuela Sides]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-plays-both-venezuela-sides</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-plays-both-venezuela-sides#When:11:10:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's a bizarre working at cross- purposes," says Adam Isacson, who follows Venezuela for the left-leaning Center for International Policy in Washington. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-08T11:10:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[As Leader Meets Bush, &#8216;Plan Colombia&#8217; on Table]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/as-leader-meets-bush-plan-colombia-on-table</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/as-leader-meets-bush-plan-colombia-on-table#When:12:55:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The way it's set up there's no way it could result in anything other than impunity," says Winifred Tate, a Colombia expert at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-04T12:55:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[United States Appoints Coordinator for Overthrow of the Cuban Revolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-appoints-coordinator-for-overthrow-of-cuban-revolution</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-appoints-coordinator-for-overthrow-of-cuban-revolution#When:11:13:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is the most absurd appointment that I have seen in my life,” Wayne Smith, of the Center for International Policy, told DPA in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-02T11:13:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Colombian Community that Knows No Peace]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/a-colombian-community-that-knows-no-peace</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/a-colombian-community-that-knows-no-peace#When:11:32:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Many of San José's earlier killings were also allegedly carried out by members of that group; up to 20, according to the Washington DC-based Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-29T11:32:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Official: Reduce Cuba Tensions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-official-reduce-cuba-tensions</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-official-reduce-cuba-tensions#When:11:40:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[''They want to get this story off the radar screen,'' said Sarah Stephens, who heads the Center for International Policy's Freedom to Travel Campaign, an advocacy group that argues for more contact with the island.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-18T11:40:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drug War Fails to Dent U.S. Supply]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-war-fails-to-dent-us-supply</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-war-fails-to-dent-us-supply#When:12:05:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The [U.N.] numbers are devastating," said Adam Isacson of the Center for International Policy, which has argued that eradication campaigns must be accompanied by large-scale development efforts that offer peasants alternative livelihoods.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-28T12:05:56+00:00</dc:date>
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