Welcome to the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Pages
Welcome to the Centre for Security Sector Management’s (CSSM) regional site for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The CSSM Latin American and Caribbean web-page provides a repository of information which is regularly updated with new organisations, events, academic papers, official documents and news items relevant to regional, security sector management issues. This site aims to facilitate the flow of information between policy makers, practitioners and academics providing a valuable resource for the Latin American and Caribbean region.
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Haiti's Earthquake: Lessons for the UN | 25th January
In the rebuilding of Haiti, the UN will have to broaden its remit if it is to do more than enforce a negative peace...
http://www.morungexpress.com/analysis/41907.html
Riot breaks out at Haiti aid centre | 25th Janauary
UN troops have fired warning shots and sprayed tear gas on Haitian quake survivors after a food delivery to hundreds of them spiraled out of control in the capital. The distribution of food, soybean oil, water and radios at a former military airfield began calmly on Satur more>>>
Guyana: Old year or new year? | 4th January
Perhaps there is something to be said after all for the fact that the calendar has these convenient divisions every twelve months, so at least for a fleeting period we can pretend we are sloughing off the old year like an unwanted skin and entering on a brand new era. In any more>>>
Turkey: Civilian control of the military needs to be democratic | 4th January
With the military increasingly the target of investigations, debate intensifies over whether or not Turkey’s government is seeking institutional state power or genuine democratic civilian law. The ruling party is doing well to wrest autonomy from the military, but without ge more>>>
Guyana - The sad saga of security sector reform | 2nd December
Public safety in Guyana is still precarious. If there is to be change, serious, strategic, sustainable reform of the security sector must be restarted soon. The Guyanese public learnt from the BBC in late October of the British Government’s decision to abandon the negotiatio more>>>
United States and Guatemala sign $6.75m Merida Initiative Agreement | 30th November
ALTA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA - The United States and Guatemala signed a one-year, $6.75 million agreement Nov. 17 to design and implement a series of preventive anti-crime activities to address the serious security situation that threatens the stability of Guatemalan society. more>>>
Honduras defiant over elections | 26th August
The Honduran interim government says it will go ahead with presidential elections in November, even if results are not recognised by other countries.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8221636.stm
Honduras yields on OAS delegation | 10th August
The interim government in Honduras now says that it is willing to accept mediation talks with a delegation from the Organisation of American States.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8192599.stm