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December 08, 2004
Randinho's Latin America Briefing: Dec 8/04

Winds of Change.NET Regional Briefings run on Tuesdays & Wednesdays, and sometimes Fridays too. This Regional Briefing focuses on Latin America, courtesy of Randy Paul.

TOP TOPICS

  • The situation in Haiti continues to unravel. MINUSTAH, the UN peacekeeping force led by Brazil is seriously understaffed with a little more than half of the 8,000 peacekeeper force in place. According to this report, the police and peacekeepers have ceded large sections of the largest cities to gangs led by different political factions; some pro-Arisitide, some anti-Aristide. Although the UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend the peacekeepers mandate until June 1 of next year, it certainly appears that it will need to be extended even further.

Other Topics Include: Repercussions of the car-bomb murder of a Venezuelan prosecutor; the latest in Colombia; Allegations of violent homophobia in Jamaica; A new drug war and vigalantism looming in Mexico?; Is Lula's plan for Brazil's economy working?; Castro releases dissidents he should never have imprisoned to begin with.

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