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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Professor Philip Alston, is visiting Colombia from 8-18 June 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
A committee of experts at the International Labour Organisation had reported that Colombia was making progress, but worker representatives at the United Nations agency's committee on labour standards disagreed
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
On Sunday an investigative unit of the government's finance ministry issued a statement saying some judges on the country's highest courts might be linked to illegal activity. No details were provided
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
Three different drug organizations are struggling for control in the state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
A Peruvian indigenous leader linked to protests in the Amazon region has sought refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy in Lima, Peru's prime minister says.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
The U.S. government is opposing many asylum requests because, experts say, the law doesn't squarely apply to victims of Mexican organized crime. Immigration judges, for various reasons, have sent some of them back
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 00:00
Knowing where USAID stands in relation to the vast network of NGOs in Bolivia would help provide a clearer picture
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
Whatever the explanations, the events have caused unease among Chileans - a sense of guilt over not doing enough to protect their country's spectacularly rich wildlife
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
What Walter Kendall Myers kept hidden, according to documents unsealed in court Friday, was a deep and long-standing anger toward his country, an anger that allegedly made him willing to spy for Cuba for three decades
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers were recruited from academia by Fidel Castro's intelligence service - one of the best in the world