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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 00:00
"We just captured a mercenary brought from the Middle East," the leftist head of state told supporters at a rally.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 00:00
Correa said the loss of Quito could make the country "ungovernable" and accused associates of the winner, Mauricio Rodas, of links with the "fascist right" wing in Venezuela.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 00:00
In a tough test of his popularity, the hardest since the leftist economist took office in 2007, center-right candidates defeated Correa allies in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 00:00
This Andean nation produces no coca leaves, but more than 100 tons of cocaine cross its borders every year.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 00:00
A student demonstrator died of a bullet wound on Wednesday in the fifth fatality from Venezuela's political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez urged supporters to keep fighting for the departure of the socialist government.
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 00:00
Many anti-gang activists say they have little problem with poor farmers growing marijuana and poppies or the young men and women who work for the traffickers as either smugglers or guns for hire.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 00:00
The recovery can not mask signs of underlying instability in the region's major economic powers, problems that will only worsen as the United States tapers its own economic stimulus.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 00:00
Reuters reporters saw police and army convoys steadily drive past sandbag roadblocks manned by members of Michoacan's so-called self-defense groups.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 00:00
So little of America’s aid to Haiti actually goes through Haitian hands that if US taxpayer dollars went to "waste," the reasons must lay inward, with the US government agencies, NGOs and American contractors who controlled the cash.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 00:00
President Juan Manuel Santos claimed in a November 26 speech that the FARC "had realized they were on a road to nowhere" and that pressure from the Colombian army had forced them to the negotiating table.