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Friday, January 16, 2009 - 00:00
All of the usual trappings of popular Bolivian election campaigning seem to be hiding in hibernation somewhere, as if everyone just sort of forgot
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 00:00
U.S. foreign assistance to the region has been modest for decades and is inadequate to ensure necessary levels of growth
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated three international representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a narco-terrorist organization.
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
In 2008, U.S. official assistance to the region totaled over $1.9 billion. U.S. engagement was built on promoting prosperity, investing in people, protecting the security of the democratic state, and consolidating democracy
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
When authorities confront "drug subs" on the high seas, trafficking busts turn into rescue operations, the Coast Guard says
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
"Personally, I have a hard time figuring out who is more audacious, President Bush for giving the human rights award, or President Uribe for receiving it"
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
With Democrats now controlling the White House and Congress, it should be possible to work out a solution with Colombia that resolves concerns, Rangel said
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
Noriega's attorney Jon May told a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that his status as a "prisoner of war" gives him special protections under the Geneva Conventions
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
Noriega, 73, in September completed a 17-year US prison term on drug charges but has remained in US custody while appealing his extradition to France
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 00:00
A skeptical panel of federal appeals judges questioned Wednesday whether former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has any legal right to challenge his proposed extradition to France