Rebels down Peru army helicopter
Peru's left-wing rebel group Sendero Luminoso (SL) shot down a military helicopter on 2 September, Minister of Defence Rafael Rey has confirmed. The state...
07-Sep-2009 Nicaragua's ETA links revealed
Nicaragua is again becoming a safe haven for the Basque militant group Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), the Spanish newspaper ABC reported on 31 August. ...
07-Sep-2009 Tupac Amaru group still active in Peru
THE Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru: MRTA) is still active in a remote part of Peru, El Peruano reported on 20 ...
09-Jun-2008 FARC exposed
In a dramatic 1 March raid against a camp in northern Ecuador, Colombia's security forces killed the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
04-Apr-2008 FARC rearms from Peru, eyes Venezuela
The acquisition of large numbers of Kalashnikov rifles has created ammunition problems for the Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia (FARC). With compatible 7.62 x 39...
28-Sep-2007 Colombia's inter-rebel war
Awar between Colombia's two largest guerrilla groups has begun in earnest. While there have long been clashes between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ...
07-Jun-2007 Colombia's Plan Victory
The Colombian government claims it is winning the country's civil conflict, despite leaving Marxist rebel numbers undiminished. Bogata hopes Plan Victory in 2007 will ...
21-Dec-2006 The plot against Canada
In a series of raids on 3 June, 400 Canadian police and security officers arrested 10 men and five juveniles in southern Ontario on ...
20-Jun-2006 Colombia's paramilitary demobilisation
The demobilisation of the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia: AUC) paramilitary groups under controversial amnesty legislation has proceeded apace. Unfortunately, government...
24-Feb-2006 FARC goes back on the offensive in Colombia
THE recent upswing in violent attacks carried out by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC) has been depicted...
07-Apr-2005 AMERICAS - No peace for Colombia
AS THE administration of US President George W Bush prepares for its second term, it remains fixated on projecting its military power into the Middle...
17-Nov-2004 Alaska's vulnerable oil pipeline
The United States is increasingly worried about its the vulnerability of its energy infrastructure, which is practically impossible to protect from terrorist attack. The Alyeska...
14-Sep-2004 US rethinks foreign policy on Iran
The Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami, said in June that his country no longer had a "moral commitment" to suspend uranium enrichment, although he added that...
21-Jul-2004 Liquid gas: the next terrorist target?
IN THE worldwide search for alternative fuels, liquefied natural gas (LNG) has become an increasingly popular choice for many nations, but it also offers a...
29-Jun-2004 The Colombian terrorist melting pot
The civil unrest in Colombia has reached a turning point as President Alvaro Uribe attempts to suppress the rebels but with long years of experience...
18-May-2004 AMERICAS - Colombian suicide bombers?
THE ARREST of a Muslim member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC), has pointed to a new...
13-Apr-2004 Latin America's insurgent potential
More than five centuries after the destruction of the Incan ‘Tahuantisuyo’ (‘land of the four quarters’) empire, indigenous peoples of the former Incan territories are...
01-Mar-2004 Will coca growers 'Bolivianise' Peru?
The government of President Alejandro Toledo is nervously awaiting the arrival in Lima of an expected 5,000 people from all over Peru to attend the...
12-Feb-2004 Is Brazil ripe for revolution?
Perhaps nowhere in the industrialised world is the inequality between rich and poor so evident as it is in Latin America. And nowhere is the...
08-Jan-2004 AMERICAS - Is Sendero Luminoso back?
ONE OF Latin America's most brutal guerrilla movements, thought crushed over a decade ago, is worrying regional leaders with signs that it is making a...
19-Nov-2003 Islamist terrorism in Latin America
The devastating 11 September terrorist attacks focused US attention on finding the perpetrators; US officials were shocked to find signs of activity far from Al-Qaeda's...
09-Oct-2003 AMERICAS - Target shifting in Colombia
LATE IN August, the White House announced the resumption of a controversial US-backed programme to shoot down suspected drug planes in Colombia. The announcement came...
12-Sep-2003 Anthrax: a US public health warning
A report has highlighted potential limitations of the US public health system in the event of a bioterrorist attack. However, the report also praised ...
04-Jul-2003 AMERICAS - FARC steps back into the limelight
THE RECENT murder of 10 hostages in captivity during a failed rescue attempt has swung Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas...
13-Jun-2003 AMERICAS - After Iraq: implications for terrorism
AFTER the successful removal of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, Washington hopes that the spread of international terrorism has been dealt a major blow. Already,...
09-May-2003 Yet another US anti-terror strategy
THE LATEST milestone in a series of US national security developments that have been unfolding since the 11 September terrorist attacks is the release of...
11-Apr-2003 Future terrorist attacks: an index of US fears
WASHINGTON fears that future terrorist attacks are almost certain in the wake of the war against Iraq. "An American invasion of Iraq is already being...
11-Apr-2003 The USA's 'forgotten war' in Colombia
THE POTENTIAL for US involvement in Colombia's civil war is increasing, with the assignment of 70 army special forces troops, or Green Berets, to train...
14-Mar-2003 Terrorists in the triple frontier
After the FBI submitted a classified report to Congress in February concluding that the Al-Qaeda terrorist network remains the most significant threat to domestic ...
12-Feb-2003 AMERICAS - FARC and Colombia's intermeshing economies
DESPITE the decline in state sponsorship for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), especially from sympathetic Venezuelan officials, the rebel group is becoming bolder...
16-Jan-2003 AMERICAS - US still unprepared for next terror attack
A DAMNING report has attacked the heart of US defences and identified major flaws in homeland security after the terrorist attacks on New York and...
11-Nov-2002 AMERICAS - President unveils new anti-terrorist strategy
THE UNITED STATES appears set to radically reform its governmental structures and policies with regard to how the nation intends to prevent similar attacks, but...
13-Sep-2002 AMERICAS - The US is as vulnerable as ever
DESPITE MEASURES to improve the nation's defences against terrorist attack and new proposals for a Department of Homeland Security, experts fear the US remains as...
15-Jul-2002 AMERICAS - US on extended terrorism alert
IN MID-MAY US intelligence sources claimed Islamic terrorists were planning an attack against a U.S. nuclear power plant - possibly Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania...
10-Jun-2002 THE AMERICAS - FARC thrust into terrorist limelight after 11 September
COLOMBIA'S oldest and largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), is at a crossroads in its political and military evolution, jeopardising any...
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