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The Protective Specialists News Letter!
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Britain ends combat role in Afghanistan, last US Marines hand over base
CAMP LEATHERNECK Afghanistan (Reuters) - British troops ended their combat operations in Afghanistan on Sunday as they and U.S. Marines handed over two huge adjacent bases to the Afghan military, 13 years after a U.S.-led invasion launched the long and costly war against the Taliban.
A broken system
PEDRO RODRÍGUEZ, head of Nicaragua's youth-affairs police, grabs the shoulder of 17-year-old Axel Matus and gives it a shake. "He was one of our worst cases," he says. In most of Latin America, a youth with Axel's background-gangs, drugs, knife-fights, joblessness-would cringe at such attention from a burly police commander.
Central America's Security Crisis is the United States' Problem, Too
With the Obama administration scrambling to address the "humanitarian crisis" of thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. southern border, let's hope it has learned a sobering lesson about how presumably well-meaning (and politically expedient) words and actions on a such a hot button issue as immigration can have serious real-world consequences.
Rising Dragon? The Chinese Mafia Threat in Latin America
Chinese mafia operations in Latin America are little understood, but a recent report on these groups in Argentina illustrates how they make their presence felt via extortion, human smuggling rings, and the occasional murder. As China deepens its economic relationship with Latin America, it's possible these mafias may become ever more prominent.
Venezuela's latest surprise default...China!
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Venezuela murder blamed on Colombia
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says a Colombian paramilitary group was behind the killing of a governing party lawmaker and his partner on 1 October. Robert Serra and Maria Herrera were stabbed to death in Caracas. Mr Maduro said Mr Serra's bodyguard had confessed to conspiring with a Colombian gang to kill the member of the National Assembly.
Iraq IDP Crisis Situation Report No. 17 (18 October - 24 October 2014)
Highlights Winterisation activities are underway; but they are being hampered by limited funding, implementation capacity, the availability of items on the national and international markets, as well as slow procurement and production times for relief items. The revised Strategic Response Plan for Iraq was launched on 23 October.
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