The Obama administration has requested an increase in 2014 funding for the Central American Regional Security Initiative. However, only 27 percent of the roughly $360 million granted through CARSI between 2008 and 2011 had been committed by January 2013.
As Colombia struggles to emerge from shadowy violence, searing stories are being told by the dozens, putting a spotlight on the rape and degradation of women and girls on a massive scale.
Selling used iPhones in emerging markets may keep first-time smartphone buyers around the world from committing to Android, buying time for Apple to introduce new models.
