Frank Bajak
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 00:00
The nearly $5 billion U.S. aid package known as Plan Colombia failed to meet its goal of halving illegal narcotics production in this Andean nation, says a U.S. congressional report
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 00:00
President Uribe's government on Wednesday fired 25 soldiers, including three generals and four colonels, over the killings of at least 11 civilians
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 00:00
President Alvaro Uribe's government has consistently tried to obstruct legal efforts to rid Colombia of far-right militias and punish politicians and military officers who collaborated with them, according to a report
Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 00:00
U.S. clout in what it once considered its backyard has sunk to perhaps the lowest point in decades
Monday, September 29, 2008 - 00:00
Correa says the Andean nation's 20th constitution will spur "rapid, profound change," benefiting the hard-working majority and helping him eradicate a political class that made Ecuador one of Latin America's most corrupt countries
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 00:00
Morales said he would convoke Bolivia's governors along with other social groups once all results are in from Sunday's referendum, which endorsed his leftist agenda by an impressive 63.5 percent, with three-fifths of the vote counted.
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 00:00
More than 63 percent of voters in this bitterly divided Andean nation ratified the mandate of Morales and his vice president, Álvaro Garci`a, according to a private quick count
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 00:00
More than 63 percent of voters in this bitterly divided Andean nation ratified the mandate of Morales and his vice president, Alvaro Garcia, according to a private quick count of votes from 900 of the country's 22,700 polling stations.
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 00:00
More than 63 percent of voters in this bitterly divided Andean nation ratified the mandate of Morales and his vice president, Alvaro Garcia, according to a private quick count of votes from 900 of the country's 22,700 polling stations.
Monday, July 21, 2008 - 00:00
Demonstrators chanted "Libertad!" — the Spanish word for freedom — in rallies across the Andean nation and in some 40 cities abroad