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    <title><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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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[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[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[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[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[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[D.C.-Area Resident Jailed in Cuba May Have Crossed the Line, But Supporters Still Demand His Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/d.c.-area-resident-jailed-in-cuba-may-have-crossed-the-line-but-supporters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/d.c.-area-resident-jailed-in-cuba-may-have-crossed-the-line-but-supporters#When:10:19:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the Jewish leaders in Cuba were "upset that the U.S. government was trying to involve" their community, said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-24T10:19:01+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[50 Years After Kennedy’s Ban, Embargo on Cuba Remains]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/50-years-after-kennedys-ban-embargo-on-cuba-remains</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/50-years-after-kennedys-ban-embargo-on-cuba-remains#When:15:09:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“All this time has gone by, and yet we keep it in place,” said Wayne Smith, who was a young American diplomat in Havana in 1961 when relations were severed ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-07T15:09:52+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[U.S. Experts Demand Removal of Terrorist Status of Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba#When:16:19:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Wayne Smith, former diplomat and member of the Center for International Policy, the workshop, which meets on Thursday, would clarify the situation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T16:19:54+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[Activists urge Obama to take Cuba off ‘terror’ list]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/activists-urge-obama-to-take-cuba-off-terror-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/activists-urge-obama-to-take-cuba-off-terror-list#When:14:36:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is no evidence that would place” Cuba on the list, the Latin America Working Group and Center for International Policy said in an invitation to the public event.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T14:36:40+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[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[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[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[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[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[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[North Korea Deals a Blow to Arms Talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-deals-a-blow-to-arms-talks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-deals-a-blow-to-arms-talks#When:13:56:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The specialist, Selig S. Harrison of the Center for International Policy in Washington, said in an interview that he had been informed by several top-ranking North Korean leaders that the United States must pledge to respect the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity before any freeze could be discussed. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T13:56:17+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[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[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[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[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[South Korean Naval Ship Sinks in Disputed Area After &#8220;Explosion&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/south-korean-naval-ship-sinks-in-disputed-area-after-explosion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/south-korean-naval-ship-sinks-in-disputed-area-after-explosion#When:14:30:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's generally not understood that there's been a progressively growing crisis between North and South Korea."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-26T14:30:26+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[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[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[The Spinelessness of Lesser Evilism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-spinelessness-of-lesser-evilism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-spinelessness-of-lesser-evilism#When:12:20:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Goodman offered this description of Brennan: “John Brennan was deputy executive secretary to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-18T12:20:23+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[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[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[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[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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    <item>
      <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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    <item>
      <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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      <title><![CDATA[Drug War in Colombia: Is There Any Progress?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-war-in-colombia-is-there-any-progress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-war-in-colombia-is-there-any-progress#When:12:08:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But Adam Isacson, an analyst at the Center for International Policy who met with the task force earlier this year, said its members were "dismissive" of White House claims that cocaine production is falling.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-22T12:08:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush, Posada &amp; Terrorism Hypocrisy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-posada-terrorism-hypocrisy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-posada-terrorism-hypocrisy#When:12:14:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Available for a limited number of interviews, Smith is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. He said today: “We should treat everyone who is accused of terrorist activity in a similar way.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-13T12:14:04+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Relatives of Cuban Terrorist&#8217;s Victims Plead for Justice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/relatives-of-cuban-terrorists-victims-plead-for-justice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/relatives-of-cuban-terrorists-victims-plead-for-justice#When:12:20:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President George Bush has made a point of his unwavering moral stand on the issue of harboring terrorists, pointed out Wayne Smith, former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana (1979-1982), and now a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-08T12:20:41+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Will the Bell Toll for Hemingway&#8217;s Havana Home?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-bell-toll-for-hemingways-havana-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-bell-toll-for-hemingways-havana-home#When:12:24:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, director of the Cuba Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington and a former chief of the US Interests Section in Havana, notes that the Hemingway Foundation's request for a travel license last year was denied after critics labeled the project as a boon to Cuban tourism.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-07T12:24:22+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Opposition to U.S. Makes Chávez a Hero to Many]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opposition-chavez-hero</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opposition-chavez-hero#When:12:30:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["He's following his own path, his own destiny, and he's doing it against U.S. opposition, so the Latin Americans support it," said Wayne Smith, a former American diplomat in Cuba and now a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, which tracks developments in Latin America.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-01T12:30:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia&#8217;s Disarmament Talks Thrown Into Disarray]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-disarmament-talks-thrown-into-disarray</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-disarmament-talks-thrown-into-disarray#When:12:34:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If they follow through and punish for the cease-fire violations and exclude the narcos, this is actually really good for the talks," said Adam Isacson, who closely follows military matters in Colombia for the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-25T12:34:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Dilemma: Combating Terrorism or Supporting Mercenaries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bushs-dilemma-combating-terrorism-or-supporting-mercenaries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bushs-dilemma-combating-terrorism-or-supporting-mercenaries#When:12:35:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, the former U.S. envoy to Cuba and the current head of the Cuban Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, recently said that granting Posada permanent resident status would seriously compromise U.S. policy and strategy in the campaign against terrorism.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-22T12:35:56+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Circling the Wagons: Tomorrow&#8217;s House Hearing on Plan Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tomorrows-house-hearing-on-plan-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tomorrows-house-hearing-on-plan-colombia#When:09:53:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It has been five years since Congress approved Plan Colombia, a big package of “emergency” aid to Colombia. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-10T09:53:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Soldiers Accused of Selling Arms to Colombian Paramilitaries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-soldiers-accused-of-selling-arms-to-colombian-paramilitaries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-soldiers-accused-of-selling-arms-to-colombian-paramilitaries#When:12:45:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the only meaningful questions on all this have been asked at the website of the Center for International Policy, where Adam Isacson writes: “How did the American troops manage to strike these deals? It’s not as though U.S. soldiers in Colombia are being pursued by members of the paramilitaries pestering them to run drugs and arms for them."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-06T12:45:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Cuba Policy is Personal for Shoreline Dad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-policy-is-personal-for-shoreline-dad</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-policy-is-personal-for-shoreline-dad#When:12:56:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sarah Stevens, of the left-leaning Center for International Policy, is an organizer for Cuba Action Day. She said Lazo's military background makes him the perfect pitchman for changing minds in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-25T12:56:14+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Symposium to Explore Conflict in Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/symposium-to-explore-conflict-in-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/symposium-to-explore-conflict-in-colombia#When:14:29:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, senior associate for the Center for International Policy in Washington, will speak at the symposium Saturday.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-17T14:29:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stand Up For Cubans, Immigrants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/stand-up-for-cubans-immigrants</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/stand-up-for-cubans-immigrants#When:14:32:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Reminding everyone that a great majority of Americans from both political parties are in favor of replacing the old, failed policy of isolating Cuba by a new one of engagement, the Latin American Working Group and the Center for International Policy's Freedom to Travel campaign are inviting every person concerned about the Bush administration's counterproductive Cuba policy to join in the activities of that day.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-13T14:32:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombian Fighters Return to Workforce, Bolstering Economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombian-fighters-return-to-workforce-bolstering-economy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombian-fighters-return-to-workforce-bolstering-economy#When:14:35:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The effort to disarm the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia, the biggest paramilitary group, will fail unless the government spends about $900 million a year for the next decade, said Adam Isacson, senior associate at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-10T14:35:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uribe is Undeterred by Rising Levels of Farc Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/uribe-is-undeterred-by-rising-levels-of-farc-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/uribe-is-undeterred-by-rising-levels-of-farc-violence#When:14:43:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, senior analyst at the Center for International Policy in Washington, said that the frequency of incidents is likely to increase in the coming months, although levels of insecurity and violence are unlikely to return to the pre-Uribe levels seen in the 1990s.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-02-22T14:43:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Michigan Couple Must Pay $5,250 Fine for Travel to Cuba, Judge Rules]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/michigan-couple-must-pay-5250-fine-for-travel-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/michigan-couple-must-pay-5250-fine-for-travel-to-cuba#When:14:53:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Here are five thousand reasons to repeal the ban on travel by Americans to Cuba," Sarah Stephens, an advocate for the couple from the Center for International Policy, which opposes the Cuba travel ban, said in a written statement. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-02-11T14:53:37+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Newspaper Editor Receives Death Threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/newspaper-editor-receives-death-threats</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/newspaper-editor-receives-death-threats#When:15:56:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On 9 December, the Center for International Policy (CIP), based in Washington and headed by former United States ambassador Robert White, sent C-Libre a copy of a letter addressed to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, expressing the CIP's concern over the threats against Lagos.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-12-09T15:56:21+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Basis for Miami Trial of Reputed Cali Drug Lord Disputed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/basis-for-miami-trial-of-reputed-cali-drug-lord-disputed</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/basis-for-miami-trial-of-reputed-cali-drug-lord-disputed#When:16:01:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is hard to tell what impact this could have, but one result is Colombia may be a lot less free and easy with extradition," said Adam Isacson, of the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based think tank on Latin America. "You have to think about future cases."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-12-08T16:01:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Michigan Couple Face Thousands in Fines for Trip to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/michigan-couple-face-thousands-in-fines-for-trip-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/michigan-couple-face-thousands-in-fines-for-trip-to-cuba#When:16:03:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The McCarthy case is one of about 20 now before judges of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control, according to the Center for International Policy, which advocates ending travel restrictions to Cuba. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-12-04T16:03:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Plans Stop to Talk with Colombia&#8217;s Leader]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-plans-stop-to-talk-with-colombias-leader</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-plans-stop-to-talk-with-colombias-leader#When:16:06:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The aid package, known as Plan Colombia, formally comes to an end next year, and it is unclear whether the United States will maintain such high levels of assistance, said Adam Isacson of the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-11-22T16:06:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brass Defends Ongoing Intelligence From Gitmo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/brass-defends-ongoing-intelligence-from-gitmo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/brass-defends-ongoing-intelligence-from-gitmo#When:16:21:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The longer you keep these people, the less valuable they become,” said Melvin A. Goodwin, a former CIA senior analyst. “They get socialized, they figure out what kind of answers interrogators want and they provide them.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-11-14T16:21:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bungle in the Jungle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bungle-in-the-jungle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bungle-in-the-jungle#When:16:23:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Adam Isacson, director of the Colombia program at the Center for International Policy, there is still a great deal of support for the program in Washington. "For those in opposition, it's still an uphill battle," he says.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-11-10T16:23:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Many Colombians Too Poor to Pay New Taxes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/many-colombians-too-poor-to-pay-new-taxes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/many-colombians-too-poor-to-pay-new-taxes#When:16:29:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Colombia's elite has improved but still pays too few taxes," said a report released in August by the Center for International Policy, a research center in Washington. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-10-17T16:29:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Congress Votes for More Troops in Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-congress-votes-for-more-troops-in-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-congress-votes-for-more-troops-in-colombia#When:16:31:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["That requires logistical capabilities, maintaining supply lines, getting food and fuel to the front, providing medical evacuation capabilities," told Adam Isacson, a senior analyst at the Center for International Policy, a Washington group that tracks Colombia, to the US press.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-10-12T16:31:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congress Approves Doubling U.S. Troops in Colombia to 800]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/congress-approves-doubling-us-troops-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/congress-approves-doubling-us-troops-colombia#When:16:34:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[''That requires logistical capabilities, maintaining supply lines, getting food and fuel to the front, providing medical evacuation capabilities,'' said Adam Isacson, a senior analyst at the Center for International Policy, a Washington group that tracks Colombia. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-10-11T16:34:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Summit advocates lifting sanctions on Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/summit-advocates-lifting-sanctions-on-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/summit-advocates-lifting-sanctions-on-cuba#When:16:35:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and former chief of the U.S. interests section in Havana, said the containment policy has made less and less sense as the years have passed, especially after the breakup of the Soviet Union, with which Castro had aligned himself.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-10-08T16:35:46+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[Sanctions force colleges to shift study programs away from Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sanctions-force-colleges-to-shift-study-programs-away-from-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sanctions-force-colleges-to-shift-study-programs-away-from-cuba#When:16:48:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's really stupid politics. The more American citizens you have walking on the streets of Cuba, the better chance you have of effecting change," said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-08-05T16:48:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Travel Restrictions Anger Many Cuban-Americans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-travel-restrictions-anger-many-cuban-americans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-travel-restrictions-anger-many-cuban-americans#When:16:45:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP Senior Fellow Wayne Smith quoted in audio recording on NPR]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-08-05T16:45:27+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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      <title><![CDATA[U.S., Colombia Look to Expand Military Ties]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-colombia-look-to-expand-military-ties</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-colombia-look-to-expand-military-ties#When:13:54:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Colombian President Alvaro Uribe visits Washington, D.C, seeking assurances of continued American military aid. A U.S. program that gives Colombia's armed forces about $10 million a week to help battle drugs and terrorism is due to expire next year.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-03-23T13:54:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What’s Ahead for Cuba?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-ahead-for-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-ahead-for-cuba#When:16:44:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“They are already on the cusp of something very new in Cuba,” said Wayne Smith, an analyst with the Center for International Policy in Washington and former head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2002-07-01T16:44:54+00:00</dc:date>
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