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Monday, March 19, 2012 - 00:00
The battle for land here has pitched environmentalists against ranchers and farmers. A new Forest Code being debated in Congress has further heightened tensions.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 00:00
The filing marked the first time authorities have brought such a criminal case against a military official from the dictatorship.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 00:00
We fortunately have no violence problems that we know of across our 7,000 plus workers in the country, and our rate of theft on highways has not moved from what it has been for several years now.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
Bolivian President Evo Morales defended the practice of chewing on the leaves as tradition and urged the body to reconsider its decision to declare it illegal.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
"These are Landi seeds," he says. "They pay pretty well. About 20 reais ($12) per kilo."
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
Singer and composer Facundo Cabral, dubbed the "messenger of peace" by his fans, was killed when gunmen ambushed him and Nicaraguan promoter Henry Farinas in Guatemala City in July, 2011.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 00:00
Alexander Beltran Herrera, 35, was arraigned Monday on charges connected with the imprisonment of U.S. citizens Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell.
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 00:00
Alas, the insurgents learned. Some leaders moved to neighboring states. Most adopted much better tactics for shielding themselves from the government's new methods of pursuit.
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 00:00
"God willingly, I will return in the next few days," the convalescing leader said from Cuba on Sunday.
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 00:00
Preparing a get-together where not all the guests get along is tricky, whether at a dinner party, or, as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is experiencing, at a hemispheric summit.