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A fact sheet with a few observations on the new foreign assistance budget for Latin America and the Caribbean...
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Comprised of four projects – Cuba, TransBorder, Americas and Just the Facts – CIP’s Latin America Rights & Security program (LARS) covers a wide-range of issues relating to the United States’ relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean. From providing alternatives to the failed drug war to reforming ineffective border security issues to finding new ways to encourage cooperation with Cuba, the Latin America Rights & Security program advocates a U.S. policy to Latin America and the Caribbean based on cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights.
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By Wayne Smith
May-20-2013 | Policy Brief
Wayne Smith follows up on a previous CIP study examining the case of the Cuban Five and the effect it has had on U.S.-Cuba relations... Read More »
By Tom Barry
May-01-2013 | Policy Brief
Tom Barry offers policy recommendations for the meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto... Read More »
By Tom Barry
Apr-23-2013 | Report
A report exploring how politics, money and lack of oversight have sparked drone proliferation, and what we can do about it... Read More »
By Tom Barry
May-19-2013 | Article
Public attention and Congressional review, writes Barry, should focus on the increasing militarization of border control, especially in the management of the border drone program... Read More »
By Tom Barry
May-07-2013 | Article
It’s unfortunate that the two presidents chose to hold their May 2-3 summit in Mexico City. Both nations and Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto would have been better served by a meeting at the border—where the grim reality of neighborly relations would not be masked by the pomp and circumstance of the grand presidential residence of Los Pinos... Read More »
By Tom Barry
Apr-16-2013 | Article
Peter Andreas' new book, Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America, offers lessons and advice on fundamental policy challenges that the U.S. struggles with today, says Tom Barry... Read More »
Nov-01-12 | Washington Office on Latin America 1666 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009
On October 18, historic peace talks between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government—the first formal negotiations in a decade—began in Oslo, Norway... Read More »
Oct-04-12 | Tower Theater 1508 S.W. 8th Street Miami Florida
Join us as we discuss the current policies between the U.S. and Cuba, and delve into the importance of the Cuban-American vote... Read More »
Sep-28-12 | Root Room Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Join the sponsors of the Just the Facts database in a day-long conference to discuss security trends in the Americas... Read More »
By Abigail Poe
Mar-01-2012 | Fact Sheet
On February 13, the Obama administration released its 2013 budget request to Congress, which includes its request for State Department and Foreign Operations assistance in FY2013. Here are a few things we observed in the new foreign assistance budget for Latin America and the Caribbean. ... Read More »
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The primary role of drones, agency officials say, is to monitor areas where on-the-ground sensors detect the movement of large animals – or people ...Read More »
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With the proliferation of drones on the border, many are concerned for their privacy as talk of 24-7 border surveillance picks up in Arizona...Read More »
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New immigration law puts focus on using drones to monitor border activity, but data shows huge cost outlays with paltry results...Read More »
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