Talking About Latin America

April 6, 2017: Did you know that the U.S. government now has 107 programs that it can use to aid foreign militaries and police forces? Neither did I, before we started working on what turned out to be a huge report, or project, or "thing," that's now nearly complete.

The new resource I discuss here doesn't have a name yet, but you can check it out in draft form at defenseassistance.org/program. (In mid-April this will move to defenseoversight.wola.org.)

I also discuss the Security Assistance Monitor program, which I highly recommend you visit at securityassistance.org.

March 24, 2017: In this inaugural episode, I voice some gnawing concerns about whether, and how, Colombia is going to implement its peace accords. This may be a recurring theme.

I refer to a few documents here:

• The UN monitoring mission's latest report.
• The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on 2016 (English | Español).
• WOLA's statement about the transitional justice bill.
• Colombia's peace accord.
• The "Post-Conflict Colombia" tag on my blog.