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Monday, December 8, 2008 - 00:00
Benign neglect by the United States and Latin/Caribbean reticence have produced a pattern of episodic engagement. As a result, the region's aspirations for economic growth were overlooked
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican narcotraffickers buy Texas guns, and thousands of people die as a result
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 00:00
Perhaps Obama's national security team finally will rethink three decades of drug war futility. The focus must be on reducing demand
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 00:00
Ten suspected traffickers and a soldier were killed in gunbattles Sunday in a southern Mexican state plagued by drug violence
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 00:00
While seemingly tranquil, the area has become a magnet for drug traffickers who roam the borders here with Colombia and Peru
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 00:00
If prices don’t rebound soon, the countries will be forced to cut spending on popular programs or dig into their reserves
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 00:00
Such a switch could put at risk agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea that already have been signed and are awaiting Congress' approval
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 00:00
The ex-rebel, whose name is Wilson Bueno but is best known by his code-name 'Isaza,' deserted the ranks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in October along with Congressman Mauricio Lizcano
Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 00:00
Like many Colombians, Richard Velasquez, a persuasive advocate for Guardians of the Forest, is proud of how the country is changing, and gets almost misty-eyed when he talks about “el Presidente de la Republica, Senor Alvaro Uribe”
Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 00:00
A former Colombian naval officer has been extradited to the United States to face charges of selling charts purporting to show where U.S. vessels were to cocaine dealers