Archive for March 2012

Lost Laptop: Ciudad del Este Intelligence Nightmare

It sounds like the opening of a spy thriller: the Head of Paraguay's Anti-Terrorism Unit has his laptop stolen, containing an unencrypted copy of all the classified documents of the Intelligence Agency, including those having to do with Ciudad del Este. Despite claims to the contrary, it seems that this personal computer (stolen on February 2, 2012) contained lists of confidential informants, including the names, aliases, email addresses, and family trees of individuals who've been involved with investigations regarding the Triple Frontier.

According to ABC Color, even after an investment of $30,000 from the U.S. embassy to improve security in the Unit, "Among the files was a complete list of informants who collaborated in the Triple Frontier, particularly in the investigation of principle members of extremist Arab [sic] groups, like the powerful Hezbollah."

The fear is that the critical information has been sold off and that there will be a string of retribution killings will unfold.


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ZanaAfrica's PAD Project-- Empowering the dreams of Kenyan girls


More than 800,000 girls in Kenya miss a week of school every month when they have their period because they don't have access to sanitary pads.

They shouldn't have to. 

And their sisters in other countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia who don't have access to pads shouldn't have to miss school either. In addition to my work as a researcher, writer, and anthropologist, I have the privilege of serving on the board of American Friends of ZanaAfrica. ZanaA's mission is to eradicate gender-based poverty and exclusion by helping girls be the force of change in their own lives through a very simple tool: a sanitary pad.

We're about to launch manufacturing of an eco-friendly, super affordable pad in Kenya and we're raising support for this. To learn more and to partner with us, take a look at the video and follow the link for more stats and details as to how we're keeping girls in school.

Learn about the issue and join in the solution at www.zanaa.org.



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