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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
DeMint invoked his senatorial prerogative to put off a Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote on Arturo Valenzuela to be assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
Conservative Senator Jim DeMint, who has expressed concern over Washington's call for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to be reinstated, invoked his right to ask the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to postpone voting to confirm Arturo Valenzuela
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
The US secretary of state threatens tougher sanctions if interim leader Roberto Micheletti doesn’t cut a deal soon
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
Apparently deterred by rising unemployment in the U.S., the number of Mexican immigrants who crossed the border dropped sharply in the past year to the lowest level in a decade, even while undocumented workers already here are opting to stay
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
Mr. Fujimori expects all to be forgiven -- if his daughter Keiko Fujimori wins the presidential election in 2011
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
The proposal being considered Tuesday night was the first sign - though hardly a clear one - that Mr. Micheletti's position may be softening under mounting international pressure
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
Honduran officials are investigating allegations that President Manuel Zelaya and his chief of staff stole millions of dollars from the central bank before the military ousted Mr. Zelaya last month
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
Those are all weapons in the US diplomatic arsenal that should be considered (I'm not saying they should never be used), but those are also all the same policies that have failed for 50 years in Cuba
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
The balancing act is about to get a lot harder. The Obama administration must now show its commitment to democracy, work with Latin American neighbors, and simultaneously push for a pragmatic solution
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
The government has been investing in changing its image. A group of people, including some Afro-Colombians, have been a fundamental part of the strategy for improving the Colombian government's image abroad.