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Brazil Pursues Crackdown on Loggers After Surge in Cutting
TAILANDIA, Brazil -- The Brazilian government has launched an aggressive crackdown on logging in the Amazon, an operation that pits environmental regulators against people who say they depend on those protected resources to survive.
Washington Post – Mar 21, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
TAILANDIA, Brazil -- The Brazilian government has launched an aggressive crackdown on logging in the Amazon, an operation that pits environmental regulators against people who say they depend on those protected resources to survive.
Washington Post – Mar 21, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Latin American Crisis Resolved
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 7 -- The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela on Friday agreed to end a bitter standoff that had resulted in troop deployments, a downturn in trade and a rupture in diplomatic relations.
Washington Post – Mar 8, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 7 -- The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela on Friday agreed to end a bitter standoff that had resulted in troop deployments, a downturn in trade and a rupture in diplomatic relations.
Washington Post – Mar 8, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Colombian Rebels' Ties to Chávez Come Into Focus
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 6 -- A trove of correspondence recovered during a raid on a guerrilla camp is providing a rare window into how Colombia's largest rebel group has drawn closer to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in an effort to acquire money, arms and the political recognition the organiza...
Washington Post – Mar 7, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 6 -- A trove of correspondence recovered during a raid on a guerrilla camp is providing a rare window into how Colombia's largest rebel group has drawn closer to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in an effort to acquire money, arms and the political recognition the organiza...
Washington Post – Mar 7, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Diplomats Closer To Ending Crisis In Latin America
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 5 -- As Venezuelan troops took up positions on Colombia's border, diplomats at the Organization of American States moved closer Wednesday to resolving a crisis that ignited when Colombia launched a strike against Marxist rebels just inside Ecuador.
Washington Post – Mar 6, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 5 -- As Venezuelan troops took up positions on Colombia's border, diplomats at the Organization of American States moved closer Wednesday to resolving a crisis that ignited when Colombia launched a strike against Marxist rebels just inside Ecuador.
Washington Post – Mar 6, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Bush Attends to Foreign Policy Issues
President Bush sought to cope with foreign policy crises on multiple fronts yesterday, reaching out to the president-elect of Russia for the first time and seizing on military tensions in Latin America to renew his quest for congressional approval of a free-trade pact with Colombia.
Washington Post – Mar 5, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
President Bush sought to cope with foreign policy crises on multiple fronts yesterday, reaching out to the president-elect of Russia for the first time and seizing on military tensions in Latin America to renew his quest for congressional approval of a free-trade pact with Colombia.
Washington Post – Mar 5, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Heated Words in Wake of Colombian Raid
RECIFE, Brazil, March 4 -- While troops in Ecuador and Venezuela moved toward their borders with Colombia, the leaders of those three countries moved further from a negotiated solution Tuesday. One ratcheted up his rhetoric, another cut trade ties, and the third warned of a broader regional conflict...
Washington Post – Mar 5, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
RECIFE, Brazil, March 4 -- While troops in Ecuador and Venezuela moved toward their borders with Colombia, the leaders of those three countries moved further from a negotiated solution Tuesday. One ratcheted up his rhetoric, another cut trade ties, and the third warned of a broader regional conflict...
Washington Post – Mar 5, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Stress Builds Over Colombia Raid
RECIFE, Brazil, March 3 -- More accusations of cross-border meddling intensified diplomatic tensions Monday between Colombia and its neighbors Ecuador and Venezuela, as other Latin American leaders tried to defuse a crisis they fear could threaten regional stability.
Washington Post – Mar 4, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
RECIFE, Brazil, March 3 -- More accusations of cross-border meddling intensified diplomatic tensions Monday between Colombia and its neighbors Ecuador and Venezuela, as other Latin American leaders tried to defuse a crisis they fear could threaten regional stability.
Washington Post – Mar 4, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
After Deadly Assault on Guerrillas, Chávez Orders Troops to Colombian Border
Calling a Colombian military strike that killed a guerrilla commander "a cowardly assassination," Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Sunday closed his country's embassy in Colombia and ordered tanks, planes and thousands of troops to the 1,300-mile border the two countries share.
Washington Post – Mar 3, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Calling a Colombian military strike that killed a guerrilla commander "a cowardly assassination," Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Sunday closed his country's embassy in Colombia and ordered tanks, planes and thousands of troops to the 1,300-mile border the two countries share.
Washington Post – Mar 3, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Colombian Rebel Commander Killed
Colombia's U.S.-backed security forces struck a major blow against the country's main guerrilla group Saturday, for the first time tracking down and killing a member of the organization's ruling echelon, the Defense Ministry said.
Washington Post – Mar 2, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Colombia's U.S.-backed security forces struck a major blow against the country's main guerrilla group Saturday, for the first time tracking down and killing a member of the organization's ruling echelon, the Defense Ministry said.
Washington Post – Mar 2, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Chávez, Assailed on Many Fronts, Is Riveted by 19th-Century Idol
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chávez begins his 10th year in office with inflation in Venezuela the highest in Latin America, food shortages prompting rioting, crime growing and the populist leader's own popularity sliding.
Washington Post – Feb 23, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chávez begins his 10th year in office with inflation in Venezuela the highest in Latin America, food shortages prompting rioting, crime growing and the populist leader's own popularity sliding.
Washington Post – Feb 23, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
