Welcome to Southern Pulse, Networked Intelligence: a concept that recognizes how information sharing within a network strengthens the position of every member.

 

Updates we’ve been sharing with a group of professionals vis-à-vis the Security in Latin America newsletter has prompted some to return the favor. They now share information with us.

 

Until now, we’ve stored these bits and pieces, using them to improve our newsletter, and in some cases, to dig a little deeper, go past the local headlines even to look under what are usually unnoticeable stones to all of us except the halfway house director in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, the forest conservation activist in the Peten department of Guatemala, or the Brazilian intelligence officer in Manaus, Amazon state.

 

Over time, the Security in Latin America newsletter will become based solely on information received from the Southern Pulse network across the Americas as we channel more and more human intelligence into what is now a newsletter based largely on local news reporting.

 

To add dimension to the information we receive, we have begun developing a database that Southern Pulse members may use as a primary resource to deliver information, corroborate rumor into fact, or receive actionable intelligence. We hope that by having a number of people across the Americas and beyond, Southern Pulse will develop into a product that is truly networked intelligence.

 

In the coming months, we will begin beta testing. If you’d like to participate, indicate your interest in the form to the right.