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Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 00:00
Obama phoned Correa on Wednesday for what the White House said was a congratulatory call for his April re-election and to commend Ecuadoreans for their "commitment to democracy."
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 00:00
Heavily armed troops have rounded up more than 80 police in and around the business city of Monterrey this month after finding lists of officers apparently in the pay of the Gulf cartel and its notorious armed wing, the Zetas.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
The Council of Elders of the Miskito people has an extensive list of grievances
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
Recruitment and indoctrination are two pillars of the FARC's Plan Rebirth, launched to breathe new life into the 45-year-old rebel group after a series of serious blows to its command, morale, and finances
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
In its annual survey of violations of trade union rights, the ITUC says 49 trade union activists were killed in Colombia last year, an increase of 10 over 2007
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
President Alvaro Uribe's visit to Montreal today to address the International Economic Forum of the Americas provides a useful occasion to reflect upon the precarious state of Colombian democracy
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
Revelations of Mr. Visbal's long-suspected links to paramilitaries have raised serious questions about the regime with whom the Canadian government has been pushing economic, labour and environmental pacts
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
US border czar Alan Bersin warned Mexico's brutal drug cartels Tuesday that threats to target law enforcement officials on both sides of the border would be met by a "significant response."
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
Human rights lawyers have accused Peru's government of a cover-up, after clashes between police and indigenous protesters killed at least 50 people
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:00
Garcia has been talking about making Peru an oil and gas superpower since taking office in 2006 and the protests were ruining that plan