• Updates to the International Narcotics Control (INC) page.

• Updates to the text of many pages, including 2003 legislation, Section 1033 counternarcotics, Foreign Miltiary Financing (FMF), International Narcotics Control (INC), International Military Education and Training (IMET), and the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, among others.

• Updates to the Section 124/1004 Counternarcotics page.

• Updates to the International Military Education and Training (IMET) page.
• Updates to the International Narcotics Control (INC) page.
• Updates to the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) page.
• Updates to the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) page.

• Updates to Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA) page.
• Updates to Section 1033 / Riverine Program page.

• Updates to Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) / School of the Americas page.
• Updates to Spanish Helicopter School Battalion (SHSB) page.

• Updates to all country pages.

• Updates to the numbers on the International Narcotics Control (INC) page.
• Updates to the numbers on the Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) page.

• Updates to the calendar of required reports.
• Updates to the International Military Education and Training (IMET) page.

• Updates to the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) page.
• Updates to the International Military Education and Training (IMET) page.
• Updates to the International Narcotics Control (INC) page.

Read or download: Just the Facts 2001-2002: A Quick Tour of U.S. Defense and Security
Relations With Latin America and the Caribbean," a brief (sixteen-page) summary of our findings. Published November 2001.

• New information about 2002 request added to Colombia Section 1004 and Section 1033 pages.

• Updates to all country pages to reflect the past several days' updates.

• Updates to the International Narcotics Control (INC) page.

• Updates to the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) page.
• Updates to the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) page.
• Updates to the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) page.
• Updates to the International Military Education and Training (IMET) page.

• Updates to the Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) page.
• Updates to the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) page.
• Updates to the Humanitarian and Civic Assistance (HCA) page.
• Updates to the "required reports" page.

• Updates to the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) page.
• Updates to the International Military Education and Training (IMET) page.
• Updates to the International Narcotics Control (INC) page.
• Corresponding updates to all country pages.
• Updates to the "relevant legislation" page.

• Updates to the "relevant legislation" page.

• The text of Just the Facts 2000-2001 edition has been added to many parts of this site.
• Updates to the Excess Defense Articles and Section 1004 pages.
• Addition of a current news page with links to recent media coverage of interest.

• Updates to the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies page.
• Addition of a new "Counterdrug Agreements" page, noting shipboarding, shiprider, pursuit, entry-to-investigate, overflight, and relay order-to-land agreements with the countries of the hemisphere.

• Updates to the exercises page.

• Updates to the School of the Americas ("Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation") page.

• Updates to the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) page.

• 1999 deliveries information has been added to the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) pages.

• New training numbers added to the Foreign Military Training Report and individual country pages.

• Updates to the Special Forces page.

• Updates to the Section 1004, Section 1033, and Humanitarian Civic Assistance pages.

• Lists of IMET courses given have been added to the International Military Education and Training (IMET) country pages.

• Updates to the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) pages.

• Updates to the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) pages.

• Updates to the International Military Education and Training (IMET) page.

• Updates to the International Narcotics Control (INC) page.

• Links to listings of Latin American students who attended about 100 different training institutions on U.S. soil in 1998.

• Information about the new aid package for Colombia that the Clinton Administration proposed on January 11, added to a new page and the Colombia page.
• Information about a $221 million proposed Foreign Military Sale to Colombia added to the FMS/Colombia and Colombia pages.

• A "re-launch" of the entire "Just the Facts" web site, coinciding with the release of the second edition of the "Just the Facts" study. Over 90 percent of the pages in this site have been updated since August 1999.

• Nearly every page is being updated in preparation for the September 1999 release of the second edition of Just the Facts. New and updated pages are simply too numerous to mention individually here.

• Updated 1998 and 1999 assistance amounts on the IMET page.

• World-wide web format (.html)
• Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format

Leer o bajar: "Solo los Hechos: Un Recorrido Rápido de la Ayuda de los EE.UU. en Materia de Defensa y Seguridad para América Latina y el Caribe," un breve (12 páginas) resumen de nuestros hallazgos. Publicado en Enero de 1999.

• Formato Internet (.html)
• Formato Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

• New information added to the Special Operations Forces page.

• 1997 country breakdowns added to the Excess Defense Articles page.

• 1997 country breakdowns added to the Foreign Military Sales page.

• Information about the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, some of which became law in October, has been added to several pages.

• New, easier-to-understand format for country summary pages, now with estimates of total grant aid.

• Information about a September 30, 1998 drawdown for several countries has been added to the "Emergency Drawdowns" page.

• Update to the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act page.

• 1997 country breakdowns -- taken from the newly-released "Section 655 report," added to the Direct Commercial Sales page.

• A new "Appendix D" explains pending legislation: bills currently before Congress which would, if passed, affect existing defense and security assistance programs toward Latin America and the Caribbean. The first entry is an explanation of H.R. 4300, "The Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act," introduced on July 22, 1998 by Rep. Bill McCollum (R-FL) and Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH).

• New information on "section 1004" counternarcotics assistance to Mexico. Includes links to new primary documents:
  • "U.S. / Mexico Counterdrug Initiatives," a Defense Department document listing types of counternarcotics support for Mexico funded by section 1004.
    • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, 312KB
  • April 22, 1998 letter from Robert F. Newberry, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for Drug Enforcement Policy and Support, to Rep. Esteban E. Torres. The letter describes the involvement of several U.S.-trained GAFE members in a case of alleged human rights abuse in Guadalajara.
    • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, 64KB
  • Link to new GAO report: "Drug Control: U.S.-Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts Face Difficult Challenges." U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) report, June 30, 1998.
    • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format
• Documents describing the substitution of Bell 212 helicopters to the Colombian National Police in place of the Blackhawk helicopters Congress had originally requested:
  • June 19, 1998 letter from Barbara Larkin, assistant secretary of state for Legislative Affairs, to Rep. Benjamin Gilman, chairman of the House International Relations Committee, confirming the compromise deal to provide Bell 212 helicopters to the Colombian National Police in place of Blackhawk helicopters.
    • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, 35KB
  • June 18, 1998 letter from R. Rand Beers, acting assistant secretary of state for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, to Gen. José Rosso Serrano, chief of the Colombian National Police, confirming the compromise deal to provide Bell 212 helicopters to the Colombian National Police in place of Blackhawk helicopters.
    • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, 14KB
  • "State Department backgrounder" explaining how the $36 million originally destined for the Blackhawks will be spent.
    • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, 7KB
  • July 22, 1998 press release from the office of Rep. Bill McCollum (R-FL) describing the "Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act of 1998," a bill which -- among other things -- would fund the transfer of six Blackhawks for the Colombian National Police at a cost of $72 million.
    • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, 107 KB
• House Appropriations Committee report language accompanying the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for 1998 required the Secretary of State to provide "a report detailing the security needs in Latin America and the impact of lifting the existing U.S. ban on high technology weapons sales to the region." This report, due on February 24, 1998, was recently submitted and is available on this web site.
  • Web page (.htm) format, or
  • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format (28 KB).

• Web (.htm) format
• Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format