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Security & Strategic Review December 2010 (ISSN 1741-4202)
BOLIVIA: Border cooperation with Brazil, tension with Argentina
Bolivia and Brazil have strengthened controls along their common
border, ostensibly to prevent members of drug gangs fleeing from the recent
crackdown in Rio de Janeiro from seeking refuge in Bolivia. In both cases the
military are involved in support of the police. The deployments coincide with a
US claim that potential cocaine production in Bolivia has remained stable over
the past year.
- Costa Rica builds up forces for territorial defence
- CENTRAL AMERICA: Moves toward joint action against growing menace
- BOLIVIA: Border cooperation with Brazil, tension with Argentina
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- BRAZIL: First military drones tested in huge exercise
- ARGENTINA: Land invasions by homeless poor spark violence
- MEXICO: As toll hits new high, a strange 'battle' in Michoacán
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- HAITI: Elections and cholera set off new waves of unrest
- SOUTH AMERICA: Recognising Palestine as an independent state