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There is no way of overestimating the challenge that the emergence of ALBA and the overall reawakening of Latin America pose to the role that the U.S. arrogates to itself as lord of the entire Western Hemisphere. The almost...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 CARACAS: Tensions mounted between rival South American nations Venezuela and Colombia on Tuesday as Caracas accused Bogota of detaining four of its soldiers in international waters. The four members...
The men's release would be a gesture of 'brotherly affection', Mr Uribe said Colombia has released four members of the Venezuelan national guard who were detained on Colombian territory. Colombia says they were stopped on...
Colombia plans to auction off 178 oil exploration and production blocks with the goal of attracting $100 million worth of investment, the director of the National Hydrocarbons Agency, or ANH, said. In an interview published...
Colombia has demobilized or arrested many of the country’s top narcotraffickers in recent years. The North Valle Cartel, which dominated the cocaine trade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is almost fully dismantled. Yet the...
From correspondents in Americas, 07:30 AM IST Bogota, Aug 31 (EFE) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has contracted the influenza A (H1N1) , also known as swine flu, officials said Sunday. Presidential press secretary Cesar...
"Biofuels have become \'very in vogue\' ... we are doing a study on [biofuels in Colombia]\" -Ethel Sennhauser, Sector Manager for Agriculture and Rural Development in Latin America - World Bank Latin America Development...
Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Quito, Ecuador LEFTIST leaders from Venezuela and Ecuador thundered against a US military presence in Latin America today, warning the "winds of war" were blowing across...
Here are excerpts from today’s press statement from Philip Alston, the United Nations’ special rapporteur for extrajudicial executions. Alston just finished a ten-day visit to Colombia, where he investigated allegations of...
This is the second of (probably) three posts presenting initial impressions of Colombia’s “Integrated Action” strategy and programs. The first post is here. These programs are being billed as the model for much future U.S....
