07/02/2015 | Economia y Finanzas
Obama and John Kerry Can’t Even Agree on What to Call ISIS
Perhaps fittingly, given the international failure to agree on a strategy for fighting the fundamentalist insurgent group that now controls a wide swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria, President Obama and his Secretary of State John Kerry aren’t on the same page about what to call it.
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20/06/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Iraq’s Built-to-Fail Military
At the same time that it’s planning an offensive to retake the ISIS-controlled city of Tal Afar, the Iraqi government has dismissed dozens of officers who will face trial over the embarrassing military collapse last week. Most shockingly, the 30,000 soldiers stationed at Mosul turned and ran rather than face just 800 ISIS fighters.
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23/01/2014 | Frente Externo
Incomes in Africa Have Barely Budged for the Last 15 Years
Bill Gates got quite a bit of attention yesterday for predicting in his foundation’s annual letter that “By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world.” (He does make an exception for countries held back by “war, politics (North Korea, barring a big change there), or geography.”)
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01/11/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Tracking Mexico's cartels with Google
For the vast majority of us, who don't have access to high-level law enforcement data, the best way to keep track of Mexican drug cartel activity is by reading the newspaper. But with information often dispersed in local sources and reporting on the ground becoming increasingly dangerous, it can be difficult to get a big picture view of how the drug war is progressing. But a new tool developed by two Harvard graduate students could help provide such a broad view.
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02/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Latin American drug violence a global issue?
A new report from the U.N.'s International Narcotics Control Board contains more grim news about the drug violence in Central America.
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02/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Latin American drug violence a global issue?
A new report from the U.N.'s International Narcotics Control Board contains more grim news about the drug violence in Central America.
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02/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Latin American drug violence a global issue?
A new report from the U.N.'s International Narcotics Control Board contains more grim news about the drug violence in Central America.
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22/07/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The World's Worst Counterterrorism Ideas
As the Washington Post explores the unwieldy and unaccountable intelligence sector developed in the United States since the 9/11 attacks, here's a look at some even less efficient ways of combating militants around the world.
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20/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. vessels collide in Persian Gulf
Two U.S. Navy vessels—a nuclear-powered submarine and an amphibious ship—collided before dawn Friday in the mouth of the Persian Gulf, one of the world's most important sea passages for oil supplies.
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