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Mexico and Central America to improve the operational capacity of their security forces

more The participating delegations to 4th Mexico-SICA dialog agreed to strengthen coordination in order to improve the operational capacity of their respective security forces...

The Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy

more Under-Secretary Judith A. McHale: Public opinion is influencing foreign governments and shaping world affairs to an unprecedented degree. In the past 25 years 40...

History will reveal decisive Special Operations role, Mullen said

more Addressing a group of Navy SEALs, the nation’s top military officer said history would show the decisive contributions provided by special operations troops in Iraq and Afghanistan...

U.S. President Obama decided continuation of emergency on Cuba

more Obama: In accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency with respect to Cuba and the emergency...

EU-Latin American countries held intense trade talks

more Representatives from seven Latin American countries, grouped into two blocs - Central American and Andean - have been discussing various trade agreements with the EU since...

Cuban leader Raúl Castro stressed agreement to create a Regional Community

more Cuban President Raúl Castro, said this Monday that the decision taken at the Summit of the Unity to create the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is of...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates visited CIA Headquarters

more U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates visited CIA Headquarters, where he met with CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, addressed the Agency’s workforce, and received...

U.S. VP Joseph Biden says the best is yest to come as regards recovery

more Biden: ndependent economists believe that, thanks to the Recovery Act, about 2 million people are on the job today who would not have work otherwise. Is that good...

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov paid an official visit to Cuba

more Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, paid an official visit to Cuba from February 11-13. He also led a Russian interagency delegation at...

Ministerial Meeting for EU-Brazilian Political Dialogue

more The Ministerial Meeting for Political Dialogue between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil will be held today at Viana Palace in Madrid. The meeting will be...

Independent UN expert urged immediate cancellation of Haiti’s external debt

more An independent United Nations human rights expert today called for the immediate cancellation of Haiti’s external debt to allow it to recover from the devastating earthquake that struck...

Missile Defense Review links Strategy to Threats, DoD says

more The Ballistic Missile Defense Review released today aligns U.S. missile defense posture with near-term regional missile threats, and sustains the ability to defend the homeland...

Trade negotiations between the EU and Central America within sight

more The elections and investiture of Porfirio Lobo as President of Honduras have cleared the way for the EU to restore normal relations with the Central American country...

Haitian relief efforts have long way to go despite improvement

more The emergency relief operation in Haiti continues to make progress on a daily basis although considerable logistical restraints have meant large numbers of people suffering...

Inter-American Institutions undertake Joint Mission to Haiti

more OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin arrives in Port au Prince, Haiti, today, January 28th, accompanied by a delegation of representatives from four...

Intelligence Reform: The Lessons and Implications of the Christmas Day Attack

more The attempted attack on December 25 was a powerful illustration that terrorists will go to great lengths to defeat the security measures that have been put in place since September 11...

G20 Communiqué on the situation in Haiti

more The Group of 20 expresses its solidarity and sincere condolences to the people and Government of the Republic of Haiti for the devastation caused by the earthquakes of January 12...

Remarks by U.S. President Obama on Financial Reform

more Obama: This economic crisis began as a financial crisis, when banks and financial institutions took huge, reckless risks in pursuit of quick profits and massive bonuses. When the...

U.S. welcomes election of Sebastian Pinera as Chilean President

more We congratulate President-elect Sebastian Piñera on his election and the Chilean people for another exemplary election process which illustrated again Chile’s enormous respect...

UN Security Council, General Assembly pledge support for Haiti quake victims

more The 192-member United Nations General Assembly and the 15-member Security Council observed a minute of silence today as they stood in solidarity with the countless earthquake...

Official detailed FBI’s Post-9/11 Counterterrorism Efforts

more Ever since 9/11, critics have suggested that the FBI isn't up to its task as our nation's lead counterterrorism agency. Yet, as the nation focused on the failures of the intelligence community in the...

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to review Airport Security Procedures

more Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced that she is dispatching Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary for Policy David Heyman and other senior Department...

Due to the timely loans, our financial system has stabilized

more Remarks by U.S. President Obama on the Economy: Our nation's banks play, and have always played, a crucial role in our national economy -- from providing loans for homes and cars and colleges; to supplying the...

Canadian PM Harper announced G-20 leaders will meet in Toronto in 2010

more Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that Toronto will host the G-20 Summit on June 26 and 27, 2010. The Prime Minister made the announcement with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during...

United States welcomes the turnout of the presidential election in Honduras

more We commend the Honduran people for peacefully exercising their democratic right to select their leaders in an electoral process that began over a year ago, well before the June 28 coup d'etat. Turnout appears to have exceeded that...

The 9th Mexico-European Union Joint Committee meeting was held in Brussels

more The ninth meeting of the joint committee that was created by the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement (Global Agreement) was held in Brussels, Belgium on November 26-27, 2009. The Mexican...

The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to visit Brazil

more The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, will make an official visit to Brasília on November 18, 2009, under the Brazil-Argentina Integration and Bilateral Coordination Mechanism (MICBA). This is the fourth...

U.S. President Barack Obama declared that the Economy "is now growing again"

more Over the past 10 months, we’ve taken a number of bold steps to break the back of this recession. We’ve worked to stabilize the financial system, revive lending to small businesses and families, and prevent responsible homeowners from losing their...

Brazil’s marine and offshore industry, great potential for Finland

more Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen emphasised the world-class quality of Finnish expertise in offshore and marine technology when he met on Wednesday, 11 November with José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, President and CEO of Petrobrás, the world’s third largest oil company with its...

Third Japan-India Strategic Dialogue on Economic Issues

more On November 16 (Mon), the Third Japan-India Strategic Dialogue on Economic Issues will be held in Delhi, India. This dialogue will be attended by Mr. Yoichi Otabe, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, as the Chief Delegate of the Japanese side, and Mr. Ashok Chawla, Finance Secretary of India, as the Chief...

Second U.S. Briefing on the ongoing Situation in Honduras

more by U.S. Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. This is an important moment for Honduras. This is an agreement done by Hondurans in response to a Honduran crisis in which we and the international community, especially the Organization of American States, provided support and facilitation...

Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Wolff on the Situation in Honduras

more Mr. President, we thank the Secretariat for the report on the activities of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala and express our strong support for CICIG. We are pleased to be a co-sponsor of the resolution presented today by the delegation of Guatemala. We would also like to recognize the...

State visit proved strategic relations between Mexico and Guatemala

more In response to an invitation by Mr. Álvaro Colom, President of Guatemala, Mexican President Felípe Calderón paid a state visit to Guatemala on October 26 and 27, accompanied by a top level delegation, during which they issued the following: The Presidents agreed that the constructive political dialogue...

President Obama signed Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu

more - DoD release Pursuant to section 201 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621), I hereby report that I have exercised my authority to declare a national emergency in order to be prepared in the event of a rapid increase in illness across the Nation that may overburden health care resources...

Mexican Federal Government prepared for New Outbreak of A/H1N1

more President Felipe Calderón declared that Federal Government is prepared to cope with the outbreak of the A/H1N1 flu virus and urged Mexicans to maintain and reinforce preventive measures. “Once again, I would like to invite all the workers in the country’s Health Sector to redouble our epidemiological surveillance in order to deal with...

U.S. Treasury designated Mexican Nationals, Company (Tijuana)

more - Report on Tijuana Cartel (PDF) The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated Mexican national Edgardo Leyva Escandon, five members of his financial network, and one Mexico-based company as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers for their ties to the Arellano Felix Organization...

Man charged with Conspiracy to provide Material Support to Terrorists

more A Sudbury, Mass., man was charged today in federal court with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Acting U.S. Attorney Michael K. Loucks and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI - Boston Field Division, announced today that Tarek Mehanna, 27, of 6 Fairhaven Circle, Sudbury, Mass., was charged in a...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Sudan Strategy

more - background briefing "President Obama and I have discussed this issue over many months and most recently over this past weekend. The fate of the Sudanese people is profoundly important to him, to me, to Ambassador Rice, to General Gration, and to our nation. Sudan is the largest country in Africa, one that has been torn by myriad religious...

Mutual help to fight drug trafficking and terrorism, Uribe asked

more “Integration in defense, so we can help each other in the fight against terrorism, in the fight against drug trafficking”. President Álvaro Uribe Vélez declared at the end of a meeting he held with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. President Álvaro Uribe Vélez reiterated this Monday the importance of fighting terrorism and drug...

With growing dependence, Pentagon Officials stress Cybersecurity

more Pentagon officials stress that no matter what computer you use, you need to take cybersecurity into account. With growing dependence on information technology and increasing threats against it, President Barack Obama declared October to be National Cybersecurity Month. The Defense Department is one of the largest computer...

Hillary Clinton met with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov

remarks before the meeting - full remarks President Obama and I believe that it is this cooperative relationship and the acceptance of shared responsibility that is really at the core of the 21st century relationship between the United States and Russia. One example of that is the work that our technical experts are doing on a START agreement to cut our nuclear...

U.S. President Barack Obama is Nobel Peace Prize 2009

more - remarks The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without...

New Bomb 'MOAB' has "important capability," DoD Official says

more The Defense Department is developing an advanced “bunker-buster” bomb that should be ready for deployment this summer, senior Pentagon officials said. The department has been “working on technology that allows us to get at deeply buried, hardened targets” since 2004, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters here. Development...

Economic freefall has been stopped and financial markets have calmed

more Joint Statement of U.S. Treasury top officials saying: "The policies we have enacted in the last year and those proposed in the President's Budget seek to restore economic and fiscal health after...

Brazil and Germany are Strategic partners

more Germany and Brazil are linked by a strategic partnership that covers far more than just economic issues. Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle stressed this fact on...

We must draw the lessons from what occurred in Haiti, Préval told Obama

more Préval: These are lessons for all of mankind. The Haiti earthquake was immediately followed by the earthquake in Chile, as well as other earthquakes throughout the world...

U.S. government efforts to counter violent extremism

more Ambassador Daniel Benjamin: In the past eight years, the United States has made great strides in what might be called tactical counterterrorism – taking individual...

Developing a Counterterrorist Strategy for the Future

more Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, IPI: al-Qa’ida isn’t the only terrorist group with global ambitions. For example, Lashkar e-Taiba...

Lockheed to speed development of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

more Defense Department leaders and Lockheed Martin executives explained to international partners changes that have been made in the Joint Strike Fighter program. Ashton Carter...

Cuban FM Rodriguez denounced "new U.S. aggressive escalation against Cuba"

more Speaking during the third day of the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council underway in this Swiss city until March 26, the Cuban diplomat condemned the human rights...

Talks between Ban and Argentine official focused on dispute with UK

more Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today took note of Argentina’s concerns regarding the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) during a meeting at United Nations Headquarters with...

Clinton defended U.S. State Department budget before the Senate

more U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: We are fighting two wars that call on the skill and sacrifice of our civilians as well as our troops. We have pursued a dual-track approach...

OAS and United Nations to strengthen Cooperation on Transnational Security Issues

more he Organization of American States (OAS), through its Secretariat for Multidimensional Security, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will sign a...

EU, UN and United States pledge to improve their coordination in Haiti

more After attending an informal meeting of European development ministers at La Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia, the three main players in rebuilding Haiti after the earthquake...

Spanish FM Moratinos urged European Union to improve relations with Cuba

more Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said on Monday in Madrid that the European Union’s policy toward Cuba is “hardly satisfactory” and urged this regional...

Ongoing sanitation issues and shelter issues in Haiti

more Amb. Merten: Obviously, we face ongoing challenges. I think our next issues we’re most concerned about are sanitation issues and shelter issues, particularly regarding short...

Second State of the Union Address for U.S. President Obama (2010)

more Obama: One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt...

Russia, U.S. conducted strategic arms reduction talks

more General of the Army Nikolai Makarov and U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen discussed arrangements for a new document to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I)...

EU, U.S. seek greater coordination in the fight against terrorism

more The informal meeting of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of the EU (JHA) that begins today in Toledo will devote most of the first day to analysing, jointly with the United States...

Clinton made remarks on Internet Freedom

more Clinton: The spread of information networks is forming a new nervous system for our planet. When something happens in Haiti or Hunan, the rest of us learn about it in real time...

Security Council authorizes 3,500 more UN peacekeepers for Haiti

more The Security Council today backed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call to increase the overall force levels of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti to support the...

Obama, Clinton, Bush spoke about Recovery in Haiti

more President Obama: We just met in the Oval Office - an office they both know well. And I'm pleased that President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton have agreed to lead a...

UN Secretary-General's briefing to the General Assembly on the Emergency in Haiti

more Casualties can not yet be estimated but they are certain to be heavy. Of Haiti's 9 million people, initial reports suggest roughly third may be affected by the disaster. Large portions of the...

Ban Ki-Moon voiced concern after major earthquake hits Haiti

more Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern for the people of Haiti as well as the United Nations staff there after a major earthquake struck off the coast of the impoverished Caribbean...

In 2009, 2.638 guerrilla members demobilized in Colombia

more Last year, 2.128 members from the Farc, 492 from the Eln and 18 members of breakaway groups decided to leave guerrillas organizations. Since August 7 2002, 20.555 members of illegal groups...

Climate of fear leads to impunity for criminals in Colombia, UN expert warns

more Despite important steps taken by the Colombian Government, a climate of fear pervades the country’s judicial system due to attacks and threats against the judiciary, victims and witnesses, a United Nations...

Special U.S. Press Background Briefing on Counterterrorism

more The fact is that I think as the President made clear in his statement it is now clear to us that there are bits and pieces of information that were in the possession of the U.S. government in advance...

Uribe asks to take to court foreign political leaders who support FARC

more According to the Head of State, the support expressed by the leaders of the Coordinadora Continental Bolivariana (Bolivarian Continental Coordination) to the Farc, from Venezuela, shows complicity with...

U.S. Treasury's Sobel's remarks to 9th Annual Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum

more Sobel: Over the past day, you have heard from leading experts on the critical regional challenges facing the United States. I would like to discuss an equally important global challenge--promoting economic growth. Growth is...

Situation in Honduras remains unsettled, EU declared

more Since the summer, the political situation in Honduras has been complicated. President Zelaya was ousted and the government that is now in charge was not democratically elected. Tomorrow, Sunday, there will be elections. The crisis is not...

Iran-Venezuela foreign ministers discussed issues of mutual interest

more Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro here on Tuesday evening discussed with him issues of mutual interest. After the meeting, Mottaki told reporters that the two sides agreed on expansion of ties...

U.S. and Angola hold Strategic Partnership Dialogue Meetings

more During Secretary Clinton’s visit to Angola on August 9-10, 2009, she and Angolan Foreign Minister dos Anjos agreed to jointly create a new mechanism for bilateral cooperation between the United States and Angola. The resulting Strategic Partnership Dialogue will consist of regular bilateral working group...

Israeli President Peres addressed session of the Brazilian Congress

more Israel has made research and development efforts in six new industries necessary to the future world. Brazil's largeness and Israel's smallness can complement one another. A large and diverse land - from the headwaters of the Amazon to the modern architecture of Brasilia. Its diverse colors produce sensation...

Response to OIG Audit of the FBI’s Sentinel Program

more The following is in response to the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report, “Sentinel Audit V: Status of the FBI’s Case Management System.” “The FBI appreciates the Inspector General’s review of the FBI’s Sentinel Program progress and recognition of the FBI’s efforts...

Latin America making important progress towards development

more The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has spotlighted the slow global progress towards reducing gender inequality and violence against women on the first day of a three-day official visit to Chile. Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, met President Michelle Bachelet and Foreign...

U.S. Department of State announced a Breakthrough in Honduras

more - Special Briefing - UN Secretary-General encouraged - EU Statement Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the following remarks Friday morning, October 30, 2009, in Islamabad, Pakistan: I'm very pleased to announce that we've had a breakthrough in negotiations in Honduras. I want to congratulate...

Mexico to seek closer bilateral relationship with Syria

more Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Lourdes Aranda traveled today to Syria to reiterate the importance that Mexico gives to its ties with that country, to promote a closer bilateral relationship and to reaffirm Mexico’s support for the Middle East peace process. During her meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moallem, Ambassador Aranda reiterated...

The Fourth China-U.S. Relations Conference opened in Beijing

more On October 22, 2009, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said it is believed that with joint efforts of both sides, the visit to China by U.S. President Barack Obama next month will achieve positive results, and inject new vitality into the positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship between the two countries in the 21st century...

Colombia to normalize its relations with the international community

more During the act to pay tribute to the Senator of Norte de Santander Department, Efraín Torrado, President Álvaro Uribe Vélez reiterated the Government’s commitment with that region of the country. He also said that the right of the people who live near the border to have unlimited integration is superior to the competence of the governments...

FBI answered OIG Audit of Foreign Language Translation Program

more The following is a response to the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report entitled, “The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Foreign Language Translation Program.” “The FBI appreciates the Inspector General’s review of the FBI’s Foreign Language Program. This audit is a follow-up to the 2004 report and...

U.S. Blockade against Cuba discussed in OAS Meeting

more Venezuela and Nicaragua introduced the issue of the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba in a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) underway in Washington to discuss the current political crisis in Honduras. The discussion led to a debate between the representatives of the two nations and...

Central America most crime-ridden region in world, UN report finds

more Central America has become the region with the highest levels of non-political crime worldwide, with an average murder rate of 33 per 100,000 inhabitants last year, three times greater than the global average, a new United Nations report warns, noting that crime threatens the region’s development. Some 79,000 people have been murdered...

Russian-American Working Group on Arms Control met

more The first meeting of the Working Group on Arms Control and International Security was held in Moscow on October 12 as part of the Russian-American Presidential Commission established after the bilateral summit in Moscow in July this year. The co-chairs of the group are Sergey A. Ryabkov, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ellen...

Maryland Scientist charged with Attempted Espionage

more A Maryland scientist who once worked in varying capacities for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been arrested for attempted espionage, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Channing D. Phillips, Acting U.S. Attorney...

Colombian President Uribe met with Guatemalan counterpart Colom

more “We want to work to make decisive contribution in the fight against global warming”, President Uribe said in Guatemala and he added that “that’s the importance of the fight against drug trafficking. Because drug trafficking begins by using the countries just as a way of passing through, but then it destroys the jungle to grow drugs and it finishes by...

Concern over growing use of foreign mercenaries in Honduras

more A group of independent United Nations experts voiced concern today over the influx of foreign mercenaries in Honduras since the Central American nation’s President was deposed in a military coup in June. The experts have received reports of the recruitment of former Colombian paramilitaries to protect properties and individuals in Honduras...

Hugo Chavez reiterated Posada Carriles’s Extradition Request

more Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday once again urged his American counterpart Barack Obama to extradite international and self-confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. The South American leader made the request during a meeting of the Venezuelan Council of Ministers at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Prensa...

FBI trains U.S. and Central American Law Enforcement Partners

more This October, 27 law enforcement officers from six domestic agencies and six international agencies are participating in the Central American Law Enforcement Exchange (CALEE) program in the U.S. and El Salvador. Fifteen officers from Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama visited the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia...

Colombia wants to keep good relations with neighboring countries

more “Our energy and determination to fight terrorism has nothing to do with our friendliness for our brother countries in order to have the best relations with them”, he stated. In an interview on the Emisora del Atlántico Radio Station, from Barranquilla city, President Álvaro Uribe reiterated that his Government has the determination to fight against domestic terrorism...

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