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		<title>Regional security in the Americas</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/03/regional-security-in-the-americas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bolivarian revolution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[defense matters]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[geopolitical environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas: End of the Line?
by Ray Walser
Heritage Foundation
The Canadian government will host the Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA) September 2–6 at Banff in the scenic Canadian Rockies. The purpose of the meeting is the promotion of regional defense and security cooperation in the Americas and the strengthening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Castroism and sovereignty under seige</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/24/post-castroism-and-sovereignty-under-seige/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nomenklatura]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Organized crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clash of civilizations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commercial profit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[criminal organizations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[drug traffickers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mafia families]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mara Salvatrucha]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[national borders]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[post-Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[smuggling]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[street gangs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Several challenges will be posed to a transitional government once Castroism fades from existence (elements will certainly remain) and a semblance of democracy emerges. Organized crime will be one of them, particularly in the streets of Havana and other cities throughout the island, perpetrated by gangs.
The lessons learned (from strategy and tactics to combat) of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba reforms turn to state land</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/18/cuba-reforms-turn-to-state-land/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/18/cuba-reforms-turn-to-state-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cuban Communist Party]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Population]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuban Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[land]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[production]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[state]]></category>

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BBC reports on the Cuban government&#8217;s change to the use of state land:
Cuba is to put more state-controlled farm land into private hands, in a move to increase the island&#8217;s lagging food production.
Private farmers who do well will be able to increase their holdings by up to 99 acres (40 hectares) for a 10-year period [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban intelligence warns of possible plot against Chavez</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/06/27/cuban-intelligence-warns-of-possible-plot-against-chavez/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/06/27/cuban-intelligence-warns-of-possible-plot-against-chavez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Cuban Government]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Cuban-Venezuelan intelligence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Directorate of Intelligence (DI)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Correa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

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Spanish daily Diario Exterior reports:
The June 17 encounter between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, Castro advised Chavez to take care of himself from the Ecuadorean government, which is seeking an alliance with the United States.
El Universal, a Venezuelan daily, assures that Fidel Castro handed Chavez a report from Cuban Intelligence (G2) alerting to suspicious political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban police raid dissidents&#8217; meeting</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/05/26/cuban-police-raid-dissidents-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/05/26/cuban-police-raid-dissidents-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 18:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[dissidents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Via AP:
Cuban police violently broke up a dissidents&#8217; meeting, leaving at least two people in need of medical treatment, opposition sources said Monday.
At least 30 people were detained briefly after a weekend raid on the home of well-known dissident Jorge Luis &#8220;Atunez&#8221; Garcia Perez in the central city of Placetas, opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Piecing together the Dark Legacy</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/01/24/piecing-together-the-dark-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/01/24/piecing-together-the-dark-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Department of State Security]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Interior]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stasi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Wired Magazine has published an article that addresses the  painstakingly process of reconstructing torn surveillance files by hand of the Stasi (East Germany&#8217;s State Security Service), which had an influence over its tropical version&#8211;Cuba&#8217;s Ministry of Interior (MININT).
Will the MININT follow suit in tearing up files once the Castro regime is no longer in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chávez&#8217;s Rift with Army</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/11/09/chavez-rift-with-army/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/11/09/chavez-rift-with-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[civil society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Cuba&#8217;s armed forces have influenced Venezuela&#8217;s military affairs through its training and military advisors found in the FAN.
The Financial Times reports on the current relations between Hugo Chavez and &#8220;his&#8221; military:
President Hugo Chávez caused a stir earlier this year when he ordered members of Venezuela’s armed forces to salute their superiors with the words “Fatherland, [...]]]></description>
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