by JEFFREY HAIRE
I am fascinated by the national obsession in Colombia with security and the current transformation of the Colombian criminal justice system. I am curious about the urban psyche, and the collective fear of crime. My interests and perspective come from my law enforcement experience in Los Angeles, California, my exposure to Colombian culture, [...]

(Reuters) – Government planners and international experts are racing to produce a blueprint this week to reconstruct Haiti’s economy after the earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and devastated its infrastructure.
A team of 150 Haitian government officials and 90 international experts is to submit the plan to the government by Friday, said Doekle Wielinga, [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – The arrival of a giant US aircraft carrier here Friday with F/A-18 jet fighters aboard is a step in Washington’s offensive to win a multi-billion-dollar contract to supply Brazil’s air force with modern jet fighters.
US Rear Admiral Ted Branch told reporters that the visit of the USS Carl Vinson is [...]

by TCRN Staff
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, began on Monday a tour of Mexico, Cuba, Haiti and El Salvador focused on expanding investment, solidarity with Haiti’s reconstruction and the search for formulas for a rapprochement of Honduras to the region.
Lula’s tour will begin in Mexico, where he will participate in the [...]

by TCRN Staff
A massive blow to the infrastructure of armed drug gangs serving troops handed Marines in Tumaco, to dismantle a cache that contained abundant war material. Two people were caught.
Spokesmen for the Navy indicated that development of the military operation which involved troops of the Fluvial Battalion of Marine Infantry No. 70 with [...]