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Colombia Sends 13 Paramilitary Leaders to U.S.
CARACAS, Venezuela, May 13 -- Colombia's government extradited 13 top paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday, effectively handing over the most brutal commanders of the country's once-fearsome paramilitary movement.
Washington Post – May 14, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
CARACAS, Venezuela, May 13 -- Colombia's government extradited 13 top paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday, effectively handing over the most brutal commanders of the country's once-fearsome paramilitary movement.
Washington Post – May 14, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Storied Paper Bets on a Daily Future in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 11 -- El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper, has been bombed, torched and occupied by troops, and its most legendary editor, Guillermo Cano, was slain in a hail of gunfire. The paper published Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's first stories, long bef ... more »
Washington Post – May 12, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 11 -- El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper, has been bombed, torched and occupied by troops, and its most legendary editor, Guillermo Cano, was slain in a hail of gunfire. The paper published Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's first stories, long bef ... more »
Washington Post – May 12, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
State Autonomy Vote May Reshape Bolivia
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, May 3 -- The dates on a 20-foot-high countdown calendar that hangs in this city's main square do not go past Sunday, when voters decide whether their state will declare autonomy from Bolivia's central government.
Washington Post – May 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, May 3 -- The dates on a 20-foot-high countdown calendar that hangs in this city's main square do not go past Sunday, when voters decide whether their state will declare autonomy from Bolivia's central government.
Washington Post – May 4, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Argentina Tries to Reconcile Exporting Food With Prices at Home
BUENOS AIRES, April 25 -- Inside a busy church hall early Friday morning, many of the 60 men waiting for a free breakfast tilted their heads upward to watch news flashes periodically scroll across a wall-mounted television.
Washington Post – Apr 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
BUENOS AIRES, April 25 -- Inside a busy church hall early Friday morning, many of the 60 men waiting for a free breakfast tilted their heads upward to watch news flashes periodically scroll across a wall-mounted television.
Washington Post – Apr 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Applying Capitalism to Protect Dwindling Brazilian Forestland
AGUA BOA, Brazil -- Driving a farm truck across the mud roads of the eastern Amazon region is agony on axles, a careful slalom around slippery ruts and yawning craters. The scenery is unromantic: mostly cattle pasture and soybean fields, with the occasional stand of naked tree trunks charred by l...
Washington Post – Apr 25, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
AGUA BOA, Brazil -- Driving a farm truck across the mud roads of the eastern Amazon region is agony on axles, a careful slalom around slippery ruts and yawning craters. The scenery is unromantic: mostly cattle pasture and soybean fields, with the occasional stand of naked tree trunks charred by l...
Washington Post – Apr 25, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Cousin of Colombian President Arrested in Death Squad Probe
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 22 -- Authorities on Tuesday arrested former senator Mario Uribe, a cousin and close ally of President Ãlvaro Uribe, for alleged ties to death squads in a widening inquiry that has implicated nearly a quarter of Colombia's Congress.
Washington Post – Apr 23, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 22 -- Authorities on Tuesday arrested former senator Mario Uribe, a cousin and close ally of President Ãlvaro Uribe, for alleged ties to death squads in a widening inquiry that has implicated nearly a quarter of Colombia's Congress.
Washington Post – Apr 23, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Former Bishop Is Victor Over Party Long in Power
BUENOS AIRES, April 20 -- A former Roman Catholic bishop ended the 61-year rule of Paraguay's dominant political party on Sunday, promising to replace the country's reputation for corruption with one of honesty.
Washington Post – Apr 21, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
BUENOS AIRES, April 20 -- A former Roman Catholic bishop ended the 61-year rule of Paraguay's dominant political party on Sunday, promising to replace the country's reputation for corruption with one of honesty.
Washington Post – Apr 21, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Fire Haze Shrouds Argentine Capital
BUENOS AIRES, April 17 -- The Argentine capital has been veiled in a malodorous fog this week, as smoke spreads from massive grass fires centered in a neighboring rural province.
Washington Post – Apr 18, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
BUENOS AIRES, April 17 -- The Argentine capital has been veiled in a malodorous fog this week, as smoke spreads from massive grass fires centered in a neighboring rural province.
Washington Post – Apr 18, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
D'oh! 'Simpsons' Again Angers South Americans
BUENOS AIRES, April 16 -- If Homer Simpson and his family are planning any South American vacations in the near future, they might want to come up with a backup plan.
Washington Post – Apr 17, 2008 6:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
BUENOS AIRES, April 16 -- If Homer Simpson and his family are planning any South American vacations in the near future, they might want to come up with a backup plan.
Washington Post – Apr 17, 2008 6:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
Bush Concedes Defeat On Colombia Trade Pact
President Bush said yesterday that a trade agreement with Colombia is "dead" unless House Democrats agree to hold a vote on the pact, effectively admitting defeat on a White House priority.
Washington Post – Apr 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
President Bush said yesterday that a trade agreement with Colombia is "dead" unless House Democrats agree to hold a vote on the pact, effectively admitting defeat on a White House priority.
Washington Post – Apr 15, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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