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The military component of U.S. aid, about $300 million, accounts for some 5 percent of Colombia's $7.2 billion defense budget, which Santos said was being cut this year by $200 million
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Traffickers who used to fill speedboats with tanks of fuel to power long, clandestine sea journeys, leaving less room for drugs, are now fitting them with Global Positioning Systems so they can meet up with refueling ships
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UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees L. Craig Johnstone met this week with more than 300 displaced indigenous people in south-west Colombia and condemned those behind the violence that forced them to flee
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Diego Montoya Sanchez entered the plea Thursday before a Miami federal judge
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A shift in drug policy from jail to treatment and rehabilitation could be one of Obama's most meaningful achievements
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The U.S. is considering retaliation against Ecuador for expelling two American diplomats, the State Department said, calling the South American government’s actions “very troubling”
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The State Department denied the charges and said the issue could have been resolved amicably
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Daily demonstrations demanding that the army leave Mexico's streets have erupted in towns and cities along Mexico's border with Texas and down the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
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In a speech commemorating the founding of the Mexican army, Calderon suggested that drug bosses had paid marchers who took to the streets this week to protest the army's presence in a dozen cities
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The amendment represents a naked power grab by Chavez, who is systematically dismantling the checks on his authority