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Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is considering an unprecedented third term and looks untouchable should he decide to run in 2010
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 00:00
The Brazilian government is to launch a campaign as part of an effort to get 300,000 guns off the streets and to cut the country's high murder rate
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
The court's prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo will conduct an official visit to Bogota from Monday August 25 to August 27 to find out whether the Colombian government is capable of securing justice in the context of its civil conflict
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
Kidnapping jumped almost 40 percent between 2004 and 2007 in Mexico
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
While Uribe currently enjoys an 85 percent approval rating, 50 percent of those Colombians surveyed say he has not done enough to tackle unemployment, poverty and rising food prices
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
The region needs democracy, underpinned by strong institutions. It does not need more strongmen — however popular they may be or indispensable they may consider themselves
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
The investigation followed a Supreme Court ruling in June that a former lawmaker was offered bribe to support a constitutional amendment allowing Uribe to run for his successful second election
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with the nation's governors and security officials and proposed steps to counter a wave of violent crime
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
President Calderon proposes new anti-kidnapping squads, special prisons, cellphone tracking and aid for local forces
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with the country's 32 governors Thursday to create a plan to combat the nation's staggering rise in crime and kidnappings