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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
A jailed top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has been indicted by a U.S. federal court in Washington for the kidnapping of three American defense contractors held captive for more than five years, authorities announced Monday.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
The campaign against drug gangs as well as other violent criminals has been repeatedly compromised by corrupt police officers, pushing Calderon to turn to the army. As of June, 40,000 soldiers and 5,000 federal police were deployed nationwide. The adminis
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
A Mexican man whose case has drawn international legal attention is set to be executed in Texas for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
Opponents of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are up in arms over a raft of decree laws they say replicate constitutional reforms rejected by voters last year
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez is using his decree powers to enact a set of socialist-inspired measures that seem based on a package of constitutional changes that voters rejected last year. His actions open a new stage of confrontation between his government and
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
Our federal government should also require that every illegal immigrant’s native country repay us monetarily for whatever debt was incurred. Of course, any employer who employed an illegal immigrant should be required to pay back pay for full wages earn
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
Coca cultivation is under control and drug trafficking interdiction is up. The U.S. acknowledges the achievements, even as it remains skeptical of Morales' policies on the industrialization of non-narcotic coca products
Monday, August 4, 2008 - 00:00
Twelve exhumation teams work across the country in an effort to recover and, they hope, identify the remains of thousands of victims of Colombia's long-running civil war
Monday, August 4, 2008 - 00:00
"Chevron views free trade and free trade agreements, as extremely positive for countries throughout the world, including Colombia and the United States of America," he says.
Monday, August 4, 2008 - 00:00
Two programs that began in 2006 provided through the Pentagon the kinds of military and development funds to partner countries in the fight against terrorism -- support that is traditionally directed by the State Department.