NOAA moves to police seas

By Traver Riggins

As part of their continuing effort to take a lead in managing global fisheries, officials with the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospher

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"… on illegal fishing around the globe.A NOAA taskforce identified vessels in Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Panama, Portugal, and Venezuela for illegal, unreported, …"

Activist asbestos inspector faces threats, industry backlash

By Jim Morris and Marcelo Soares

Official endures threats, ostracism – and now a lawsuit for activism

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"… of chrysotile asbestos, sending it to Asia and nations such as Mexico and Colombia. It is also the world’s fifth-largest asbestos user. An industry-funded …"

$1 billion for anti-narco programs, and no central database to track it

By Laurel Adams

State Department doesn't have a central tracking mechanism for its $1 billion counter-narcotics programs

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"… ams.Most of State’s $1 billion supports programs in Mexico, Afghanistan, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforceme …"

"… y have created a focus too narrow. The massive coca eradication program in Colombia, “Plan Colombia”, caused coca farmers to migrate to desolate jungle re …"

"… ocus too narrow. The massive coca eradication program in Colombia, “Plan Colombia”, caused coca farmers to migrate to desolate jungle regions on the Pacif …"

"… e UN Office on Drug and Crime measured 160,000 hectares of coca planted in Colombia, which produced 680 tons of cocaine. In 2007, after millions of hectares o …"

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U.S. free trade agreements locked in limbo

By Laurel Adams

The number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements has been increasing worldwide, but the U.S. has been sitting on three

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"… n sitting on three free trade agreements for the last three years — with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.The agreements were signed during the Bush Admini …"

"… ngressional approval.Labor unions have been critical of the agreement with Colombia, citing the violent treatment of union leaders and activists in the countr …"

"… on has said it would work with relevant groups to reach a consensus on the Colombian and Panamanian agreements, but has not indicated a timeline, according to …"

"… s also oppose the agreement. President Obama is under pressure to join the Colombia and Panama agreements to the Korean one before presenting it to Congress.P …"

Policing the world

By Caitlin Ginley and Laurel Adams

U.S. spending on overseas police training has jumped nearly 2,000 percent in the past two decades

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"… handful of other countries each received more than $100 million. They were Colombia, Mexico, Pakistan and the Palestinian territories.Although an amendment in …"

"… rights violations in their police forces, specifically security forces in Colombia and Mexico, the GAO report showed. Mexico received about $327 million in 2 …"

"… o, the GAO report showed. Mexico received about $327 million in 2009 while Colombia got $205 million.USAID spent an estimated $37 million in Colombia, Mexico …"

"… 09 while Colombia got $205 million.USAID spent an estimated $37 million in Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala in 2009, the GAO said.The agency’s spending in Col …"

Overview: The tobacco lobby goes global

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

The tobacco lobby goes global

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"… sp;and Universal Corp. are two U.S. suppliers of raw tobacco. In Thailand, Bobby Elkin was an executive with a company that later became Alliance. P …"

"… strated more than $500,000 in payoffs to officials from the government’s Thailand Tobacco Monopoly, which controls the nation’s cigarette industry. And in …"

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Daily Watchdog: Deteriorating conditions in Central America pose security threat

By Laurel Adams

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"… es than the turmoil in neighboring Mexico.U.S. backed anti-drug efforts in Colombia and Mexico forced drug trafficking organizations into Central American cou …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

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"… rysotile abroad. More than half went to India; the rest went to Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. At home it was …"

"… l, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. The industry paid for all of his travel, Bernstein told ICIJ …"

The Brockovich of Brazil

By Jim Morris

Fernanda Giannasi fights a potent asbestos industry

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"… st exporter  — shipping mainly to Asia as well as to countries like Colombia and Mexico. And it is the world’s fifth largest user, consuming 94, …"

The Clinton top 100: Where are they now?

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2003 — Two years after they left the federal government and one year after a ban that limited their lobbying activitie

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"… ave lobbied on behalf of corporate or individual clients, including former Deputy Secretary of Treasury Stuart E. Eizenstat and former Director of White House Legislative Affairs …"

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