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Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
The armies massing on both sides of the border are marching against a common foe - drug cartels - and the coming months will be a crucial test as to whether they can effectively work together to fight it.
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
After suffering a series of bitter defeats in 2008, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) have launched what they call "Plan Rebirth", Colombian officials say.
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
Colombian soldiers have unearthed guerrilla hide-outs in caves deep in the jungles where rebels evaded attacks, stashed land mines and stored medical supplies
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
In a spat over prices, President Hugo Chavez on Saturday told the army to temporarily take control of all rice processing plants in Venezuela
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the army to take control of all rice processing plants in the country
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
The report criticized Bolivia and Venezuela, both of which are led by leftist presidents with anti-U.S. sentiment, for failing to cooperate in the war on drugs
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
Activists in civil war-torn Colombia are frequently accused of belonging to the leftwing guerrillas, or of slander or defamation, and are secretly investigated for months or years before being "illegally detained
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
President Alvaro Uribe Thursday restricted the eavesdropping powers of Colombia's intelligence service, which faces allegations of unauthorized spying, but stopped short of disbanding it
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
The domestic-intelligence agency is caught misbehaving again
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 00:00
"Ingrid had sent notes to (FARC commander) Sombra telling him that we were CIA agents and she wanted us out of there for that reason," Stansell writes