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Salon.com April 24, 2001 Jeff Stein |
Treachery over the Andes The downing of a U.S. missionary plane over Peru raises questions about whether we can trust our drug-war allies -- and the families of soldiers who died in Colombia say the answer is no... |
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Jeff Stein |
The unquiet death of Jennifer Odom The Pentagon says the Army pilot's crash in Colombia last July was a "mishap," but her family believes she was shot down -- the first of many soldiers likely to die in our undeclared war. |
Salon.com September 19, 2000 Stephanie Boyd |
Adios, Alberto! In the wake of a scandal involving his closest aide, Peru's president calls for new elections and says he will step down. But can he be kept to his word? |
Salon.com May 10, 2001 Arianna Huffington |
What is Washington trying to hide? The government outsources the war on drugs so it can point fingers at the private sector when the body bags start pouring in... |
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Ana Arana |
Fighting drugs with choppers and poison Even advocates of U.S. military aid think the anti-narcotics package will only unravel the peace with Colombian guerrillas. |
Reason January 2002 Glenn Garvin |
A Splendid Little Drug War Tragedy, farce, and fake brass cojones south of the border: two new books illuminate the growing ugliness of a War on Drugs that is rapidly losing its metaphorical status... |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2005 Brian Gorman |
Embraer's Defense Deal Investors shouldn't expect a ton of major military deals for this Brazilian plane maker. Investors, take note. |
Salon.com November 7, 2000 Mark Schapiro |
The man without a country How Vladimiro Montesinos' old nemesis helped force the former Peruvian spy chief out of comfortable exile in Panama -- and could compel him to face trial at home... |
Salon.com April 26, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
Does the U.S. spy too much? In the wake of the spy plane flap with China, experts propose international rules of order that would limit excessive espionage... |
Salon.com August 28, 2000 Ana Arana |
War on drugs 1, human rights 0 On the eve of President Clinton's trip to Colombia, critics say Washington cares more about its war on drugs than human rights. |
Salon.com September 15, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Guilty until proven useful Drug war money from the U.S. has helped prompt a retrial in Peru for jailed American Lori Berenson. |
Salon.com August 30, 2000 Mark Schapiro |
Panama wants to stay out of the drug war Fearful of walking in the footsteps of Thailand during the Vietnam War, officials in Panama want to stay out of the U.S. offensive in Colombia. |
Salon.com April 4, 2001 |
Spy plane showdown Can the hardline Bush administration use diplomacy to prevent a crisis with China? Experts weigh in... |
Salon.com September 1, 2000 Arianna Huffington |
An eerie campaign silence Bush and Gore should tell us where they stand on the ugly $1.3 billion drug war offensive in Colombia that the next president will have to face. |
Salon.com September 12, 2001 Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
Reason June 2005 Toby Muse |
Legalize Now! War-weary Colombia--and its Conservative Party--consider ending the drug war. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Philip E. Ross |
When Will We Have Unmanned Commercial Airliners? Unmanned planes dominate the battlefield, yet airliners still have pilot - -and copilots. |
National Defense March 2009 Charles Faddis |
CIA Must Return To Its Roots To Become Effective Once Again Almost seven decades after the birth of this civilian intelligence agency, we need to go back to the beginning -- to a lean, flexible, imaginative organization trained and equipped to confront our nation's enemies. |
Salon.com April 2, 2001 Max Garrone |
The people speak Online discussions in the People's Daily forum slam the U.S. -- but take shots at China, too... |
AskMen.com |
Officials: CIA program targeted al-Qaida leaders A secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and then capture or kill al-Qaida leaders at close range. |
Information Today January 19, 2009 |
ProQuest Partners with National Security Archive to Offer Peruvian Documents ProQuest's Digital National Security Archive is considered to be a powerful primary research and teaching tool in the areas of U.S. foreign policy, intelligence, and security affairs dating from post-World War II through the present. |
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. |
Salon.com December 13, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski |
A no-fly zone for terrorism By taking pilots out of the loop, can software prevent planes from being used as bombs? |
Salon.com December 5, 2000 Ana Arana |
Ground zero in the Colombian drug war The U.S.-backed Plan Colombia will soon touch down in a region battered by civil war and central to the cocaine trade -- will it ignite the conflict? |
Salon.com August 23, 2002 Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Annie Turner |
Russia Reaps Rewards in Booming South American Defense Market Russia's efforts to market military equipment to Latin America are bearing fruit. |
Parameters Spring 2005 Saxby Chambliss |
We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform Over the last decade, our intelligence community has failed us. It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization, and we paid a high price for that failure. |
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Paul Magnusson |
The Smart Way To Fix Intelligence From Pearl Harbor to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the lesson keeps being repeated: A dollar spent on identifying the threat and preventing the attack can be worth far more than the millions spent safeguarding targets or the billions spent cleaning up the aftermath. |
Popular Mechanics July 2006 Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Reason July 2008 Radley Balko |
Coca Zero The U.N.'s drug enforcement agency, the International Narcotics Control Board, recommends that Bolivia and Peru criminalize the chewing of coca leaves and the boiling of the leaves to make tea. The move has triggered widespread protests in both countries. |
Wired November 2004 Joshua Davis |
The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die The war on Colombia's drug lords is losing ground to an herbicide-resistant supershrub. Is it a freak of nature - or a genetically modified secret weapon? |
AskMen.com Craig Mazin |
Top 10: Spy Agencies Many countries place great importance on the function of their intelligence/spy agencies. Intelligence failures can lead to terrible consequences, while successes can help countries avert unnecessary tragedies. Read on about the top 10 presently active spy agencies operating in the world today. |
Outside December 2007 Joshua Hammer |
Coca Is It! Welcome to the new Bolivia, where former coca grower Evo Morales has made the leaf a symbol of his two-year-old government. Now everybody's growing it, everybody's chewing it, and the war on drugs has taken a very strange turn. |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2011 Jared Cummans |
Peru ETF in Focus After Crash After the election in Peru, these ETFs are in focus: iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund... FTSE Andean 40 ETF... |
Salon.com July 16, 2001 Arianna Huffington |
Good morning, Colombia Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity... |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Ilana Polyak |
High Net Worth: The Jet Set A look at your options for private jet travel: buying a plane, fractional ownership, or chartering a flight. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
2005: The Year to Get a Handle on Terrorism Despite the compromise intelligence bill hammered out by Congress Dec. 7 and 8, the issue of coordinating this country's intelligence operations to tackle the issue of terrorism is far from resolved. |
National Defense December 2010 Eric Beidel |
Jack Daniel's Corporate Jet Transformed Into Flying Intel Lab A jet once used by executives at Jack Daniel's may improve military intelligence-gathering operations. |
Mother Jones Jan/Feb 2002 Ted Gup |
Clueless in Langley For two decades, the CIA has been making excuses for why it has failed to tackle terrorism. Can a spy agency rooted in the Cold War adapt to a changed world? |
AskMen.com Michael Hirsch |
How To: Become A Secret Agent What guy hasn't actually wondered what it would be like to be a spy? Cruising around foreign countries, experiencing great adventures, hooking up with hot exotic babes, and, at the same time, helping out your country. |
Mother Jones December 2000 Kirk Semple |
Trouble in Coca County For community workers on Colombia's cocaine frontier, the war on drugs is getting personal... |
IDB America March 2003 |
The challenge of unity Ciro de Falco is manager of Regional Operations Department 3, which includes the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean, Suriname, and the Andean nations of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. He discussed with IDB in Action his ideas on development. |
IDB America May 2002 Daniel Drosdoff |
Internet redux The prime minister of Peru argues that the Internet is more relevant than ever, especially for the poor |
Inc. May 2008 Stephanie Clifford et al. |
Trading Places Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,414 percent last year? Read on. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 Roben Farzad |
Alvaro Uribe: The Change Agent Colombia's no-nonsense President is winning over investors. But critics charge that he's linked to paramilitaries, and that threatens a new trade agreement with Washington. |
BusinessWeek April 28, 2011 John Quigley |
Peru's Presidential Runoff Keiko Fujimori, a daughter of the former President, may be hindered by family ties as she takes on Hugo Chavez disciple Ollanta Humala. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Peru ETF (EPU) Continues to Bounce Back After Election Sell-Off Is the Peru ETF at the end of this roller coaster yet? |
IDB America May/Jun 2000 |
More funds pledged for Peru-Ecuador peace Commitments for border development program made in New Orleans |