The CARICOM Blueprint for Illicit Drug Trafficking

[1] http://www.bahamasrealestateassociation.com/member_news2.php

[2] http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2011/vol1/156359.htm#thebahamas

[3] CRS Report for Congress. Latin America and the Caribbean: Illicit Drug Trafficking and U.S. Counterdrug Programs. Congressional Research Service 2011.

[4] http://www.c-span.org/Events/Efforts-to-Curb-Caribbean-Drug-Trafficking-Examined/10737426327/

[5] http://www.topix.com/forum/world/puerto-rico/T47UA35213AAS90G9

[6] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/25/eveningnews/main20111413.shtml

[7] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/25/eveningnews/main20111415.shtml

[8] Ibid.

[9] http://library.jid.org/en/mono39/taylor.htm

[10] http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2011/vol1/156360.htm

[11] http://www.haiti-info.com/?-2011-

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[12] Ibid.

[13] http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12420&pageid=&pagename=

[14] http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12420&pageid=&pagename=

[15] http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2011/vol1/156360.htm

[16] http://www.haiti-info.com/?UN-reports-rise-in-cocaine-abuse

The Internet and Latin America: The Rise of the Virtual World and Emerging Cyber Security Issues

[1] http://yfrog.com/j2tv5g

[2]  http://www.proyectoamparo.net/en

[3] Advertising Age.  September 13, 2010. WHAT'S A PHONE GOOD FOR AROUND THE WORLD?;

                From Middle East to Latin America, how mobile is being used BYLINE: ABBEY KLAASSEN; AKLAASSEN@ADAGE.COM SECTION: Pg. NAN Vol. 81

[4] http://www.eltiempo.com/tecnologia/telecomunicaciones/ventas-de-smatphones-en-latinoamerica_10852486-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+eltiempo/titulares+(eltiempo.com+--+titulares)

[5] M2 Telecomworldwire September 1, 2008 Monday  Millicom International Cellular S.A. launches 3G services in Latin America LENGTH: 137 words

[6] The Times (London)August 3, 2011 Wednesday  Edition 1; National EditionWorld's richest man puts his telecoms company back together again BYLINE: Nic Fildes

                SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. 37

[7] Los Angeles Times May 17, 2011 Tuesday Home Edition LATIN AMERICA;  Mexican titans wage telecom war;  Conflict among three billionaires plays out in courts, the media and the marketplace. BYLINE: Tracy Wilkinson SECTION: BUSINESS; Business Desk; Part B; Pg. 1

[8] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2056042/Football-team-players-Twitter-handles-shirts.html

[9] New Scientist July 16, 2011 Tweets to track dengue BYLINE: Zoë Corbyn

[10] New Scientist July 16, 2011 Tweets to track dengue BYLINE: Zoë Corbyn

[11] Financial Times. Investment Adviser June 13, 2011Emerging markets: Bric economies and the internet SECTION: 1361-1593
                LENGTH: 473  words

[12] BBC Monitoring World Media Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring November 17, 2010 Wednesday
                Social media booming in Brazil LENGTH: 440 words Excerpt from blog posted by Gabriel Elizondo and published by Qatari government-funded aljazeera.net website on 16 November

[13] http://www.noroeste.com.mx/publicaciones.php?id=732926

[14] http://blogs.periodistadigital.com/luzdelasnaciones.php/2007/01/26/p70184

[15] http://elcomercio.pe/politica/371858/noticia-hackers-invaden-portal-estado-peruano

[16] http://www.ntn24.com/noticias/anonymous-ataca-tres-portales-del-gobierno-colombiano-y-uno-de-un-partido-politico-015543

[17] http://southernpulse.com/_webapp_3923733/Latin_America%E2%80%99s_cyber_gangs

[18] http://peru21.pe/2011/12/21/tecnologia/sapz-virus-peruano-que-vacia-cuentas-bancarias-2004118

[19] http://www.southernpulse.com/_webapp_3923733/Latin_America%E2%80%99s_cyber_gangs

[20] http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/11/nuevo-laredo-man-tortured-and.html

[21]
                [21] http://www.insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1835-twitter-manifesto-confronts-gang-threats-to-mexico-bloggers

[22] The New York Times August 20, 2010 Friday  Late Edition – Final Google and Yahoo Win Appeal in Argentine Case BYLINE: By VINOD SREEHARSHA SECTION: Section B; Column 0; Business/Financial Desk; Pg. 4

[23] The New York Times August 20, 2010 Friday Late Edition – Final Google and Yahoo Win Appeal in Argentine Case BYLINE: By VINOD SREEHARSHA SECTION: Section B; Column 0; Business/Financial Desk; Pg. 4

[24] http://www.bnamericas.com/news/tecnologia/Latinoamerica_es_presa_facil_de_hackers_internacionales_debido_a_debil_normativa_contra_fraudes,_segun_SAS

[25]http://www.bnamericas.com/news/tecnologia/Latinoamerica_es_presa_facil_de_hackers_internacionales_debido_a_debil_normativa_contra_fraudes,_segun_SAS

[26] http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI249428-15223,00-GENERAL+JOSE+CARLOS+DOS+SANTOS+PODEMOS+RECRUTAR+HACKERS.html

[27] http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI249428-15223,00-GENERAL+JOSE+CARLOS+DOS+SANTOS+PODEMOS+RECRUTAR+HACKERS.html

[28] http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI249428-15223,00-GENERAL+JOSE+CARLOS+DOS+SANTOS+PODEMOS+RECRUTAR+HACKERS.html

[29] http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI249428-15223,00-GENERAL+JOSE+CARLOS+DOS+SANTOS+PODEMOS+RECRUTAR+HACKERS.html

[30] http://southernpulse.com/_webapp_3923733/Latin_America%E2%80%99s_cyber_gangs

Beijing comes to Lima: the Fifth People’s Republic of China – Latin America Summit

http://www.bizusaperu.com/news_details.php?cat=&noti=2519

 

http://www.thechinatimes.com/online/2011/11/1935.html

 

http://www.presidencia.gob.pe/presidente-ollanta-humala-propone-iniciar-el-proceso-de-industrializacion-del-peru-y-america-latina

 

http://www.presidencia.gob.pe/ollanta/blog?limitstart=10

 

http://www.mef.gob.pe/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2714%3Apoliticas-de-inclusion-social-hacen-del-peru-un-pais-muy-atractivo-para-la-inversion&catid=100%3Anotas-de-prensa-y-comunicados&Itemid=100148&lang=es

 

The TIPNIS Affair: Indigenous Conflicts and the Limits on "Pink Tide" States Under Capitalist Realities

[1]Agen­cias Re­dac­ción Cen­tral y - Agencia, "Firman acuerdo sobre reglamento de ley corta," Los Tiempos, December 5, 2011, accessed December 6, 2011, http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20111205/firman-acuerdo-sobre-reglamento-de-ley-corta_152099_315979.html

[2]Agen­cias Re­dac­ción Cen­tral y - Agencia, "Firman acuerdo sobre reglamento de ley corta," Los Tiempos, December 5, 2011, accessed December 6, 2011, http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20111205/firman-acuerdo-sobre-reglamento-de-ley-corta_152099_315979.html

[3] Carlos Corz, "Acuerdo sobre el TIPNIS limita la intangibilidad," La Razón, Deember 6, 2011, accessed December 6, 2011, http://www.la-razon.com/version.php?ArticleId=142363&EditionId=2737; Author unknown, "Después del gasolinazo, Evo sufre otro revés por el Tipnis y su aprobación cae siete puntos," El Día (Santa Cruz, Bolivia), September 21, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011, http://www.eldia.com.bo/index.php?cat=1pla=3id_articulo=63539&pla=3&id_articulo=74195

[4] Carlos Corz, "Acuerdo."

[5] Redacción Central, "Ponen fecha a la marcha a favor de ruta por el Tipnis," Los Tiempos, November 30, 2011, accessed December 6, 2011, http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20111130/ponen-fecha-a-la-marcha-a-favor-de-ruta-por-el_151472_314427.html; P. Cuiza and A. Melgarejo, "Marcha declara vigilia; Gobierno plantea consulta en el TIPNIS," La Razón, December 10, 2011, accessed December 14, 2011, http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/Marcha-declara-Gobierno-consulta-TIPNIS_0_1520248033.html

[6] P. Cuiza and A. Melgarejo, "Marcha declara vigilia;" Author unknown, "Persisten en debatir sobre carretera por el TIPNIS," El Diario, December 6, 2011, accessed December 14, 2011, http://www.eldiario.net/noticias/2011/2011_12/nt111206/0_01ptd.php

[7] United States Central Intelligence Agency, "The World Factbook: Bolivia," last updated November 14, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html

[8] Cabitza, Morales signs new law. Online video (October 25, 2011; BBC World News, October 25, 2011), accessed December 14, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15445538

[9] Author unknown, "Persisten en debatir."

[10] James Read, "Bolivia Amazon road dispute dents Evo Morales' support," BBC News, October 3, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15144719

[11] Bustillos, "Bolivia cancels."

[12] Simeon Tegel, "Left vs. indigenous of Latin America," Global Post, October 25, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/bolivia/111020/evo-morales-indigenous-peoples-environment-politics-peru-amazon

[13] Tegel, "Left vs. indigenous."

[14]  ibid.

[15] Federico Fuentes, "Bolivia: NGOs wrong on Morales and Amazon," Green Left (Australia), September 25, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, quoted in Kevin Young, "Bolivia Dilemmas: Turmoil, Transformation, and Solidarity," ZNet, October 1, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.zcommunications.org/bolivia-dilemmas-turmoil-transformation-and-solidarity-by-kevin-young

[16] Kevin Young, "Bolivia Dilemmas."

[17] Franz Chávez, "Native Protesters Celebrate Law Cancelling Rainforest Road," Inter Press Service, October 25, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105596

[18] Al Jazeera and agencies, "Bolivia's Morales suspends road project," Al Jazeera, last modified September 30, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2011/09/2011930181931356216.html

[19] C. Corz and A. Melgarejo, "El Gobierno Hará Cumplir Caráter de Intangibilidad del TIPNIS," La Razón (La Paz, Bolivia), November 8, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.la-razon.com/version.php?ArticleId=140211&EditionId=2709

[20] ibid.

[21] Emily Achtenberg, "Bolivia: Negotiating 'Untouchability' as the TIPNIS Conflict Continues," North American Congress on Latin America - Rebel Currents, December 9, 2011, accessed December 14, 2011, https://nacla.org/blog/2011/12/9/bolivia-negotiating-untouchability-tipnis-conflict-continues

[22] Corz and Melgarejo, "El Gobierno Hará Cumplir."

[23] Redacción Central, "Todo proyecto en el Tipnis será filtrado por Gobierno," Los Tiempos, December 6, 2011, accessed December 6, 2011, http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20111206/todo-proyecto-en-el-tipnis-sera-filtrado-por_152221_316205.html

[24] ibid.

[25] Chávez, "Native Protesters Celebrate."

[26] Jeffery R. Webber, From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia: Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales (Chicago: Haymarket, 2011), 190.

[27] William Robinson, "Latin America's left at the crossorads." Al Jazeera, last modified September 14, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/09/2011913141540508756.html

[28] Tegel, "Left vs. indigenous."; Read, "Bolivia Amazon road dispute."

[29] ibid.

[30] Young, "Bolivia Dilemmas."

[31] Sarah Hines, "Bolivia Under Evo Morales," New Socialist, November 27, 2011, accessed December 6, 2011, http://www.newsocialist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=545:bolivia-under-evo-morales&catid=51:analysis&Itemid=98

[32] ibid.

[33] ibid.

[34] ibid.

[35] Tegel, "Left vs. indigenous."; Read, "Bolivia Amazon road dispute."

[36] Emily Achtenberg, "Bolivia: Exploiting the TIPNIS Conflict," North American Congress on Latin America - Rebel Currents, October 7, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, https://nacla.org/blog/2011/10/7/bolivia-exploiting-tipnis-conflict

[37] ibid.

[38] María Cecilia Chacón Rendón, "Untitled," Letter of Resignation to President Evo Morales, September 26, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.lostiempos.com/media_pdf/2011/09/26/295234_pdf.pdf, cited in Young, "Bolivia Dilemmas."

[39] Santa Cruz Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services, and Tourism (CAINCO), through Center for International Private Enterprise, "Fight Against Corruption in Public Procurement Processes," Application for Grant from National Endowment for Democracy, date unknown, accessed November 21, 2011, http://www.bigwood.biz/Bolivia_docs/20040501-BO-NED-CIPE_funds_CAINCO.pdf

[40] Federico Fuentes, "Bolivia: US Worked to Divide Social Movements, WikiLeaks Shows," Monthly Review - MRZine, September 18, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011, http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/fuentes180911.html

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Ya Basta!

[1]               San Andres Accords. http://struggle.ws/mexico/ezln/san_andres.html

[2]               John Ross. Political Performance. http://www.exterminatingangel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=562&Itemid=427

[3]               Puerto Chiapas. Advantages. http://www.puertochiapasmexico.com/en/free-trade-zone/advantages.php?lang=EN

[4]               International Labor Organization. C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989. http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C169

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Hugo Chávez and the Future of Venezuela

[1] Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Eight years of the Venezuelan health care program: Over 300,000 lives have been saved by Mission Barrio Adentro. Washington, DC.
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[2] Global health Observatory Database. Venezuela Country Statistics. World Health Organization. http://apps.who.int/ghodata/?theme=country (accessed November 29, 2011);
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Statistics in brief: Venezuela. UNESCO. http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=124&IF_Language=eng&BR_Country=8620&BR_Region=40520 (accessed May 4, 2011);
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[3] Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Mision Robinson ha alfabetizado a casi dos millones de personas. http://venezuela-us.org/es/2011/03/03/mision-robinson-ha-alfabetizado-a-casi-dos-millones-de-personas/#more-17855 (accessed November 29, 2011).

[4] Weisbrot, Mark, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval. 2009. The Chávez administration at 10 years: The economy and social indicators. Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/venezuela-2009-02.pdf (accessed April 11, 2011).

[5] Embassy of the Bolivairan Republic of Venezuela. Fact Sheet: Housing in Venezuela. UK and Ireland. http://www.embavenez-uk.org/pdf/fs_housing_in_venezuela.pdf (accessed November 29, 2011).

[6] Ibid.

[7] Lattinnews. http://www.latinnews.com/lwr/LWR22730.asp?instance=14 (accessed April 11, 2011).

[8] El Universal. Venezuelan government built 284,000 housing units in 12 years. http://www.eluniversal.com/2011/02/15/en_eco_art_venezuelan-governmen_15A5164971.shtml (accessed November 29, 2011).

[9] Pan American Health Organization. 2010. Health Information and Analysis Project. Regional Core Health Data Initiative. Washington DC. http://www.paho.org/English/SHA/coredata/tabulator/newTabulator.htm

[10] UNODC. Homicide Statistics. http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/homicide.html (accessed November 29, 2011).

[11] Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Publica y Justicia Penal. Ciudad Juarez, por Segundo año consecutivo, la ciudad mas violenta del mundo. http://www.seguridadjusticiaypaz.org/sala-de-prensa/58-cd-juarez-por-segundo-ano-consecutivo-la-ciudad-mas-violenta-del-mundo (accessed November 29, 2011).

[12] Venezuelan Institute of Data Analysis. Sintesis de las tabulaciones. IVAD. http://www.website.meridaunida.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Resumen-Ivad-Febrero-2011.pdf (accessed November 29, 2011).

[13] P.G. Shooting the Messenger. The Economist.  August 16^th 2010. http://www.economist.com/node/21009630 (accessed November 29, 2011).

[14] Weisbrot, Mark, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval. 2009. The Chávez administration at 10 years: The economy and social indicators. Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/venezuela-2009-02.pdf (accessed April 11, 2011)

[15] Ibid.

[16] Ibid.

[17] Weisbrot, Mark, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval. 2009. The Chávez administration at 10 years: The economy and social indicators. Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/venezuela-2009-02.pdf (accessed April 11, 2011).

[18] Ibid.

[19] UNDP. Human Development Report 2010. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Complete_reprint.pdf (accessed November 29, 2011).

[20] ECLAC. Probreza, exclusion social y desigualdad distributiva. Panorama social de America Latina. http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/xml/2/34732/PSE2008_Cap1_Pobreza.pdf (accessed November 29, 2011).

[21] Weisbrot, Mark, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval. 2009. The Chávez administration at 10 years: The economy and social indicators. Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/venezuela-2009-02.pdf (accessed April 11, 2011);
The World Bank. Unemployment Rate: Venezuela. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (accessed April 11, 2011).

[22] IMF. World Economic Outlook: April 2011. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/pdf/text.pdf (accessed November 29, 2011).

[23] Weisbrot, Mark, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval. 2009. The Chávez administration at 10 years: The economy and social indicators. Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/venezuela-2009-02.pdf (accessed April 11, 2011).

[24] The World Factbook. Venezuela. CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html (accessed November 29, 2011).

[25] The World Bank. GDP growth (annual %). The World Bank Group. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG/countries/VE?display=default (accessed November 29, 2011).

[26] Ibid;
IMF. World Economic Outlook: April 2011. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/pdf/text.pdf (accessed November 29, 2011).

[27] Ibid.

[28] Univision Noticias. Chavez: PIB venozolano prodria crecer “el doble” del 2% estiado para 2011. http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2011-04-06/Chávez-pib-venezolano-podria-crecer?refPath=/noticias/america-latina/venezuela/ (accessed November 29, 2011).

[29] Morgan Stanley. Global Forecast Snapshots. Global Economics Team. June 22, 2011. http://fa.morganstanleyindividual.com/public/projectfiles/6e3b9394-6d2a-46f1-a29e-b7f315487979.pdf (accessed December 3, 2011).

[30] The World Bank. GDP growth (annual %). The World Bank Group. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG/countries/VE?display=default (accessed November 29, 2011).

[31] Latinnews. http://www.latinnews.com/LRA/LRA22675.asp?instance=11 (accessed April 11, 2011).

[32] Ibid.

[33] Bloomberg. Energy & Oil Prices. http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/ (accessed November 29, 2011).

[34] Trading Economics. Venezuela Inflation Rate. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Economics/Inflation-CPI.aspx?Symbol=VEB (accessed November 29, 2011).

[35] Weisbrot, Mark, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval. 2009. The Chávez administration at 10 years: The economy and social indicators. Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/venezuela-2009-02.pdf (accessed April 11, 2011)

[36] The Economist. A coup against the constitution.  Economist Print edition. Dec 28^th 2010. http://www.economist.com/node/17796581 (accessed November 29, 2011).

[37] Latinnews. http://www.latinnews.com/lwr/LWR22554.asp?instance=3 (accessed April 11, 2011).

[38] Venezuelan Institute of Data Analysis. Sintesis de las tabulaciones. IVAD. http://www.website.meridaunida.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Resumen-Ivad-Febrero-2011.pdf (accessed November 29, 2011).

[39] Ibid.

[40] Ibid.

[41] Shifter, Michael. 2006. In Search of Hugo Chavez. Foreign Affairs. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/61703/michael-shifter/in-search-of-hugo-ch percentC3 percent83 percentC2 percentA1vez (accessed November 29, 2011).

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A Legal Wasteland – Lawyers, Murder, Democracy, and Justice in Colombia

[1] ‘Colombia: The Legal Profession Still Under Attack – Report of the second international lawyers’ delegation to Colombia’. Lawyers Without Borders Canada and Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group. July 6 2011.

[2] Ibid.

[3] ‘No Justice Without Lawyers – Report of the Caravana Internacional de Juristas’. Lawyers’ Human Rights Delegation to Colombia. August 2008. http://international.lawsociety.org.uk/files/Caravana%20Report%205%2005%2009%20FINAL.pdf

[4] ‘Colombia: The Legal Profession Still Under Attack – Report of the second international lawyers’ delegation to Colombia’. Lawyers Without Borders Canada and Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group. July 6 2011.

[5] Ibid.

[6] ‘Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya’. United Nations – Human Rights Council. March 4 2010. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/116/15/PDF/G1011615.pdf?OpenElement.

[7] Ibid.

[8] Ibid.

[9]Crandall, Russell. Driven By Drugs – US Policy Toward Colombia. London; Lynne Rienner, (2008)  ;  Macy, William L.  The Politics of Cocaine – How US Foreign Policy Has Created a Thriving Drug Industry in Central and South America. Chicago; Lawrence Hill Books, (2010)

[10] Stokes, Doug. America’s Other War: Terrorizing Colombia. London; Zed Books, (2005); Isacson, Adam. ‘Optimism, Pessimism, and Terrorism: The United and Colombia in 2003.’ Brown Journal of World Affairs. X (2) (Winter/Spring 2004).

[11] ‘Colombia: The Legal Profession Still Under Attack – Report of the second international lawyers’ delegation to Colombia’. Lawyers Without Borders Canada and Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group. July 6 2011.

[12] DeShazo, Peter. and Vargas, Juan Enrique. ‘Judicial Reform in Latin America – An Assessment’. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Policy Papers on the Americas, Volume XV11, Study 2, http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/0609_latin_judicial_reform.pdf 

[13] ‘Text of the Constitution of Colombia’. The People of Colombia. 1991.

[14] ‘Colombia: The Legal Profession Still Under Attack – Report of the second international lawyers’ delegation to Colombia’. Lawyers Without Borders Canada and Colombian Caravana UK Lawyers Group. July 6 2011.

[15] Ibid.

[16] Ibid.

[17] Ibid.

[18] ‘Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers’. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations, 1990. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ddb9f034.html

[19] Ibid.

[20] Ibid.

[21] ‘Files Point to DAS “Political Warfare” Plan Colombia and Beyond, The Center for International Policy’s Colombia Program. http://www.cipcol.org/?cat=57

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[23] Kutner, Jeremy. ‘How Colombia’s President Santos made peace with the judiciary.’ The Christian Science Monitor. April 7 2011.  http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0407/How-Colombia-s-President-Santos-made-peace-with-the-judiciary

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