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Sanin wins Colombian conservative candidacy
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 00:00
Sanin, the only female presidential candidate, will challenge front-runner Juan Manuel Santos in the election and try to leverage her party's strong results.
Venezuela asks for details of charges in ETA case
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 00:00
Cubillas is accused of being ETA's representative in Venezuela since 1999 and playing a key role in deepening cooperation between the Basque militants and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Editorial: Is the U.S. doing enough to help dying Juarez?
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 00:00
The Obama administration and Congress should be expanding, not cutting back, funding for the Merida initiative
Colombia voters elect political novices with possible links to death squads
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 00:00
A new political party accused of having links to right-wing death squads gained important political ground in Colombia's congressional elections
Work to cease on 'virtual fence' along U.S.-Mexico border
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 00:00
The move signals a likely death knell for a troubled five-year plan to drape a chain of tower-mounted sensors and other surveillance gear across most of the 2,000-mile southern border.
U.N. and Haitian government to begin campaign to house homeless before rain season
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 00:00
As engineers survey properties, they will assess whether a structure is safe for a family to inhabit, said France Hurtubise, a spokeswoman for OCHA. If not, families will be encouraged to camp out nearby in the hope that their homes can be stabilized or r
Ex-defense minister front-runner in election
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 00:00
His party, the U, won 27 of 102 seats in the Senate, seven more than it had after the 2006 elections. That put Santos, 58, scion of a newspaper dynasty, in the best position to win elections in May.
Haitians who fled capital strain impoverished towns in countryside
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00
The earthquake that struck Haiti's capital city has also jarred the impoverished countryside, sending 600,000 people into the provinces -- where locals are now overwhelmed with the task of feeding and sheltering desperate newcomers.
In Chile, departing president Michelle Bachelet proved women can lead
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00
On Thursday, Bachelet finished her presidency with an 84 percent approval rating, a level never before attained by a Chilean president.
In Colombia, democracy is stirred but not shaken
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 00:00
Colombia has pushed back against this wave of autocracy and struck a blow that should resonate.

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