Former Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes Now a Major Player in New Military, Intelligence, and Homeland Security Complex
By Tom Barry
Part I: Building the Paso del Norte Security System Part II: Contributions and Contracts Part III: Electronics and Earmarks on the Border Part I: Building the Paso del Norte Security System—from Academics to Economics City boosters commonly describe El Paso as being a border city joined culturally and economically with its larger border twin Ciudad [...]
Read more →Obama Takes Step-by-Step Approach to Ending Obsolete Cuba Policies
The U.S. and Cuban governments announced on August 31 negotiations to resume direct postal service between the two nations. These talks will be a test of how well both parties can engage. The news came on the back of a meeting between U.S. and Cuban representatives in July on migration issues, and was a further [...]
Read more →Biodiversity Report from Americas Program of CIP—September 2009
Argentina: Carbon Credits for Genetically Modified Soy Chile: In Defense of Seeds Paraguay: “Responsible” Soy Will Not Give Up The Struggle Against Tree Plantations Heats Up 1. Argentina: Carbon Credits for Genetically Modified Soy Soy monoculture, which has been bly criticized due to its negative impacts on rural communities, biodiversity, and human health, will obtain [...]
Read more →Lugo’s dilemmas
One year after taking office, Fernando Lugo is facing several crises simultaneously. On the one hand, there is the matter of his recent paternity scandal which sullied his public image inside and outside of Paraguay. But that scandal is not what keeps the Paraguayan president awake at night these days. As it happens, his strategy [...]
Read more →New National Security Complex:
Bringing Together Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Defense
By Tom Barry
Who’s taking care of our national security—our nation’s defense, military operations, homeland security, and intelligence? There’s the Department of Defense, the U.S. Armed Forces, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the "intelligence community" of agencies led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. But since Sept. 11 national security has been increasingly [...]
Read more →The Life and Death of a Mexican Environmental Prophet
Don Felipe is dead. An internationally-known forest defender and organic farming promoter, 60-year-old Felipe Arreaga Sanchez was killed September 16, Mexican Independence Day, while driving his ATV in Petatlán, Guerrero. The longtime campesino activist was struck by a mini-bus and died a few hours later in a hospital in nearby Zihuatanejo. Although Petatlán is the [...]
Read more →Breaking the Silence: The Mexican Army and the 1997 Acteal Massacre
By doyle
This article re-launches the Open Files series on U.S.-Latin America relations produced by the CIP Americas Program in collaboration with the National Security Archive in Washington, DC. As Project Director Kate Doyle explains: "The main objective of the project is to challenge the myths of foreign policy—on both sides of the border." To that end, [...]
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