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INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

TO: All Strategic Intelligence Forum members

DATE: 7 September 2007

The Strategic Intelligence Forum is part of the Intelligence Research group, and as a member of the Strategic Intelligence Forum I am very pleased to send you from time to time a selection of reports published recently by Intelligence Research Ltd that I consider to be of particular STRATEGIC significance. Please find below my latest selection of Intelligence Research articles:

1. LATIN AMERICA: Neo-liberalism in Latin America: what has survived - Latin American Special Report, September 2007

SUMMARY: The abandonment of neoliberalism in Latin America has become particularly strident since the tail-end of the 1990s, when Hugo Chávez was elected president of Venezuela. It is not, however, a new phenomenon: almost as soon as neoliberal policies - or 'reforms' as they were called by their proponents - began to be introduced, politicians began to campaign, if not for their outright rejection, at least for giving the policies "a human face". Much of the ensuing disillusionment with politics and politicians arose from neoliberalism not delivering what it had initially promised, and from the failure of critics to give it that 'human face'...

Link to full article: http://www.latinnews.com/lsr/secure/sec.pdf

2. COLOMBIA: Deep infiltration of military by narcos & Farc - Latin American Security & Strategic Review, August 2007

SUMMARY: Between late July and early August the Colombian government has had to admit that its military have been seriously infiltrated by drug traffickers and guerrilla organisations for two purposes: to obtain sensitive intelligence about military operations and to recruit officers about to retire into an élite 'hit' team similar to Mexico's notorious Zetas. The investigation into the narco connection has already resulted in a wave of arrests, but the source of the intelligence leaks to the Farc does not appear to have been detected yet...

Link to full article: http://www.latinnews.com/lss/LSS15134.asp?instance=2

NOTE: Links to these - and other - reports can also be found in the Strategic Intelligence Monitoring Centre, which you may access on a 24/7 basis by going to www.stratintforum.com, logging in as a member, and selecting the Strategic Intelligence Monitoring Centre option.

With best regards

JKC de Courcy
Chairman
Strategic Intelligence Forum

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