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    <title><![CDATA[Americas Program | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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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[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[&#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[Now We Know: Decriminalization Does Cut Drug Use]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/now-we-know-decriminalization-does-cut-drug-use</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/now-we-know-decriminalization-does-cut-drug-use#When:18:07:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Latin American citizens and government leaders are openly protesting a model where their nations pay in blood and lives to fill U.S. defense contractors’ pockets and spread the Pentagon’s global reach — with few, if any, positive results,” wrote Laura Carlsen]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-18T18:07:24+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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[Who Are Chávez&#8217;s opponents?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/who-are-chavezs-opponents</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/who-are-chavezs-opponents#When:16:31:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, an analyst who follows Venezuela for the Center for International Policy in Washington, is dubious. "The opposition has shown no sign]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-08-13T16:31:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Intelligence Tied Colombia&#8217;s Uribe to Drug Trade in &#8216;91 Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-intelligence-tied-colombias-uribe-to-drug-trade-in-91-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-intelligence-tied-colombias-uribe-to-drug-trade-in-91-report#When:17:01:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's not entirely unbelievable, but you need to put it in context, and you need a lot more specifics," said Adam Isacson, an expert on Colombia ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-08-02T17:01:06+00:00</dc:date>
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