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National Security Brief: July 6, 2009

Posted by Eric Sayers
Monday, July 06, 2009 at 07:28 AM

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October 2009
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September 2009
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August 2009
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July 2009
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June 2009
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- Spain Promises To Boost Stalled EU/Mercosur Negotiations
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- Venezuela: Government seizes US oil ship Exterran
- National Security Brief: June 11, 2009
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- Venezuela and Russia strike deal on Junín 6 oil block
- Peru: indigenous leader Alberto Pizango was granted asylum in Nicaragua
- Peru: Death toll on Bagua's clashes
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May 2009
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- Mario Vargas Llosa is detained at Venezuelan airport
- VENEZUELA SENDS URANIUM TO IRAN
- Venezuela vows to beef up Saudi diplomats’ security
- National Security Brief: May 27, 2009
- Brazilian companies are held harmless from nationalization, says Chávez
- Intelligence report: FARC leaders are hiding in Venezuela
- National Security Brief: May 26, 2009
- Mercosur Is A “Body Without Soul” Says Brazilian Minister
- The Washington Post rejects Obama's silence about Venezuela
- US Senator urges govn't to stop harassment against Globovisión
- National Security Brief: May 22, 2009
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- VENEZUELA: To School For Reading Classes With Karl Marx And Che Guevara
- Colombian Defence Minister Ready To Run For Presidency, If Uribe Quits
- First Visit Of A Brazilian President To Saudi Arabia
- President Chávez to travel to Russia in June
- National Security Brief: May 18, 2009
- Colombia’s Uribe Closer To The Second “Re-Election Of His Ideas”
- Bolivia Says Relations With Peru Are At “High Risk”
- Chávez curbs dissenting trade unions in Venezuela
- Chávez orders expropriation of more than 24,710 acres in Barinas state
- Chávez in Argentina "to strengthen Caracas-Buenos Aires axis"
- National Security Brief: May 15, 2009
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- Former Bolivian ministers seek asylum in Peru
- Argentina relives suitcase scandal ahead of Chávez's visit
- Venezuela Seizes Oil Services Firms, Raises Risk To Output
- Director of news channel: "We are a pain in Chávez's neck"
- Draft resolution in support of Venezuelan Jews submitted to US Congress
- Pro-Chávez businessmen accused of sponsoring Humala
- National Security Brief: May 13, 2009
- Russia to cooperate with Venezuela in uranium production
- Colombia finds a ton of explosives in the border with Venezuela
- President Hugo Chávez cancels visit to Chile
- VENEZUELA: Globovisión faces charges once and again
- Lawsuit against Chávez to include Citgo
- National Security Brief: May 12, 2009
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- VENEZUELA: Police and National Guard fire tear gas at opposition rally
- Pinochet's ex secret police chief says he helped Chávez
- Salvador Allende's grandson is the partner of Chávez's daughter
- Pro-Chávez businessmen accused of sponsoring Humala
- National Security Brief: May 7, 2009
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- Iranian President Postpones Visit To South American Countries
- Conservative Businessman Elected President In Panama
- China Becomes Main Destination Of Brazilian Exports Ahead Of US
- Mexico Announces Reopening Of Schools, Gradually Returns To Normality
- National Security Brief: May 5, 2009
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April 2009
- National Security Brief: April 30, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 29, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 28, 2009
- Peru grants asylum to Venezuelan opposition leader
- Colombian Navy Seizes 1.2 Tons of Cocaine in Pacific
- Brazilian Private Sector Divided Over Venezuela And Mercosur
- Swine Flu Deaths In Mexico 103; US Declares Public Health Emergency
- Voting Before The Going Gets Tough. The President Of Argentina Brings Forward Mid-Term Elections
- Ecuador’s Correa Re-Elected; US Dollar To Remain As Currency
- National Security Brief: April 27, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 24, 2009
- Drug traffickers using Submarines to bring cocaine to the US
- National Security Brief: April 23, 2009
- Obama Endures Ortega Diatribe
- National Security Brief: April 22, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 21, 2009
- Venezuelan dissenters pledge to defend democracy
- Handshake With Obama Belies Chavez's Contempt for America
- National Security Brief: April 20, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 17, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 16, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 15, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 14, 2009
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- National Security Brief: April 9, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 8, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 7, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 6, 2009
- National Security Brief: April 3, 2009
- Prisoners from Guantánamo would be welcome in Venezuela
- National Security Brief: April 2, 2009
- Venezuela finances FMLN mayoralties
- National Security Brief: April 1, 2009
March 2009
- Venezuela backs replacing the US dollar as global standard
- Chávez meets with presidents of Lebanon, Syria and Libya's Gaddafi
- Venezuela's Chávez backs Sudan's al-Bashir before international bench warrant
- National Security Brief: March 31, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 30, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 27, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 26, 2009
- Argentine, Brazilian Businesses Agree To Fight “Chinese Imports”
- Venezuela criticizes Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- "Chávez is provoking people’s uprising," warns opposition leader
- VENEZUELA: Government’s sights are set on USD 45.12 billion in Venezuelan banks
- National Security Brief: March 25, 2009
- South American regional bank expected in May
- White House unveils plan to fight border drug cartels
- Truckers Clash With Road-Blocking Farmers in Argentina
- Chavez Calls Obama "Ignorant" as U.S. Congressman Sees Better Venezuela Relations
- Attorney General indicts opposition leader for corruption
- Chávez meets with US Congressman William Delahunt
- Palestinian National Authority to open a diplomatic office in Caracas
- National Security Brief: March 24, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 23, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 20, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 19, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 18, 2009
- Colombian Presidential Hopeful Says Time Is Ready To End US Aid
- National Security Brief: March 17, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 16, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 13, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 12, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 11, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 10, 2009
- SFW: Minnesota taxpayers facilitating Shariah-Compliant mortgages
- National Security Brief: March 9, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 6, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 5, 2009
- National Security Brief: March 4, 2009
- Colombian radio station: Nine FARC commanders are living in Venezuela
- President Hugo Chávez reshuffles cabinet
- Venezuela Seeks to Cut Oil Production Costs
- Hugo Chavez orders army to take over Venezuelan rice mills
- National Security Brief: March 3, 2009
- Betancourt No Hero, Say Fellow Former Hostages
- National Security Brief: March 2, 2009
February 2009
- National Security Brief: February 27, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 26, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 25, 2009
- Drug smuggled through Venezuela increases
- National Security Brief: February 24, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 23, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 20, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 19, 2009
- SFW: Jihad and Shariah
- National Security Brief: February 18, 2009
- Marchers block US border to protest army presence
- China VP Arrives in Venezuela
- South Florida's Venezuelans say 'No' to Chávez
- Chávez wins Venezuela referendum
- National Security Brief: February 17, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 13, 2009
- Colombia FARC Takes 120 Indians Hostage
- Peruvian legislators in Bolivia delve into Venezuela's ALBA houses
- Students to do "the great occupation of Caracas"
- US Intelligence: Chávez will continue to shelter FARC
- SFW: Evidently Saudi Arabia doesn’t understand Islam
- National Security Brief: February 12, 2009
- Bolivia to invest USD 80 million in "petro-houses"
- Congressional bill would end ban on travel to Cuba
- New constitution takes effect in Bolivia
- Ecuador President Correa Expels U.S. Embassy Attache
- Chile's President Visits Cuba
- Mexican City on US Border Rocked by Drug Violence
- Pdvsa's debt may lead to halted rig operations
- Government besieges private property despite rejection of constitutional reform
- National Security Brief: February 11, 2009
- Two Muslim charities shut out in the UK
- National Security Brief: February 10, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 9, 2009
- National Security Brief: February 6, 2009
- Augean Stables: Obama’s Al Arabiya Interview: Honor-Shame Dynamics and VDH’s Analysis
- National Security Brief: February 4, 2009
- Bolivia has lithium, and the president intends to make world pay for it
- National Security Brief: February 3, 2009
- Top General Says Mexico Is Winning Drug Wars That Claim 15 Lives Every Day
- Rise of anti-Semitic incidents in Latin America troubling
- Chavez providing aid to Hamas and Hezbollah
- 'In Venezuela, anti-Semitism is endorsed by the government'
- Chavez declares holiday for himself
- Russia, Cuba Sign Cooperation Agreements
- FARC frees four hostages
- National Security Brief: February 2, 2009
January 2009
- National Security Brief: January 30, 2009
- Venezuela calls Israeli leaders 'criminals'
- Ecuador closer to Iran which promised $200 million
- Chávez warns against a potential war if he steps down
- Gates accuses Iran of subversion in Latin America
- Argentine president declares farm emergency
- Castro Ends Silence, Praises Obama
- Colombia-Venezuela trade likely to increase to USD 10 billion
- Colombia FARC Have Killed Many of Their Captives, Caracol Says
- Colombia: Twelve days to plan the hostage release
- Chavez: OPEC could cut output - again
- Venezuela with the highest increase in food prices in 12 years
- Bolivian President Nationalizes Oil Company
- Ecuador's November Oil Exports Down 46% To $399 Million
- Pdvsa places conditions on payments to suppliers
- Chavez says US must make first move
- Bolivians approve Constitution, but nation is divided
- National Security Brief: January 26, 2009
- Bush Approves Peru Trade Pact - VOA News
- Why are Mexican Passports showing up in Mumbai?
- Venezuela and Bolivia sending message that they side with Hamas - Haaretz
- National Security Brief: January 22, 2009
- Richard Landes: The Palestinians' Worst Enemy: The Poisoned Gift of European Anti-Semitism
- Cinnamon Stillwell: Hamas’s Academic Cheerleaders
- Peru rushes to implement free trade deal before Obama takes office
- Kuwaiti lawmaker suggests moving the Arab League to Venezuela – El Universal
- US diplomat denies role in meeting with Venezuelan dissenters – El Universal
- FM: "Venezuela is not trying to mend ties with Israel" – El Universal
- University students against endless reelection in Caracas – El Universal
- Chavez Lets West Make Oil Bids as Prices Plunge – New York Times
- Panama's Noriega Fights US Extradition to France – VOA News
- Protests over Micro-Loans in Nicaragua – Latin America Herald Tribune
- Obama, Mexican President Meet for Immigration, Security Talks – VOA News
- Uribe Seeks Vatican Help in Hostages' Release – VOA News
- Bush Decorates Uribe with Medal of Freedom – Latin America Herald Tribune
- FARC Attack on Colombia – Latin America Herald Tribune
- Abundant rainfall "shrinks" Brazil’s Bolivian gas demand – MercoPress
- Brazil exported 620.000 bpd of crude last December – MercoPress
- Bolivia breaks ties with Israel – The Jerusalem Post
- Mrs. Kirchner back to business on a light, private agenda – MercoPress

Nicole FerrandMs. Ferrand is a research analyst and editor of "The Americas Report" of the Menges Hemispheric Security Project. She is a graduate of Columbia University in Economics and Political Science with a background in Law from Peruvian University, UNIFE and in Corporate Finance from Georgetown University.

David ReaboiMr. Reaboi assists in the research on the War of Ideas project, and is the Center's website manager. He is a graduate of George Washington University, where he specialized in Cold War and totalitarian ideologies. He is also a jazz historian and musician.

Eric SayersMr. Sayers is responsible for composing the Center's highly acclaimed daily National Security Alert. He is a former intern with the Center, and currently works as a Research Assistant at a think tank in Washington D.C.

Roger Robinson

Former Director of International Economic Affairs at the National Security Council, he is a member of the Center's Advisory Council.

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