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Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 00:00
Accusations that President Alvaro Colom helped orchestrate the murder of a prominent lawyer continue to intensify – deepening divisions in a country still recovering from a 36-year civil war.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
The measure passed 62-5 following a heated session during which 26 opposition senators stormed out in protest
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
The upper house version calls for a binding referendum to remove constitutional term limits and allow Uribe, who hasn't disclosed his intentions about a third term, to run again in 2010. The lower house measure would require him to sit out a term before
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
Opposition leaders say allowing the change would pave the way for the erosion of democracy in Colombia
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
This town, what's its history?" said a Colombian intelligence agent who has tracked the FARC in this region. "It was built by the FARC"
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
Revelations that army troops confiscated 14.5 tons of marijuana at a warehouse belonging to the brother of a prominent Mexican senator have heightened feuding in an election season that has been shaken by claims that drug barons have infiltrated the polit
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
More than a dozen big projects intended to broaden his nation's reach are in limbo - including a gas pipeline across the continent and at least eight refineries, from Jamaica to Uruguay - as Venezuela grapples with falling revenues and other trouble
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
The freeing of more than 50 inmates at a state prison - allegedly by members of a drug cartel - garnered headlines worldwide
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
Rodolfo Lopez Ibarra and 12 other people with him are seized by soldiers when he steps from a plane in Monterrey, where he allegedly was assigned to take over cartel operations