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Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia's mass graves are starting to reveal the true horror of more than a decade of paramilitary massacres and murders. But few believe the full truth will ever be known or that the government wants it all revealed
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
No one can say for sure what re-electing Correa will mean for Ecuador. But it would seem that the process of rewriting constitutions perpetuates a state of flux -- an arrested development
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
Villafane supplied drugs to a gang led by Arturo Beltran Leyva, a one-time ally of Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman, considered Mexico's most wanted man
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
The Treasury said that among companies added to its list of specially designated narcotics traffickers were three money exchange firms in Bogota, a call center in Villavicencio and two other Bogota firms it called "front companies"
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
When President Felipe Calderon opens the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on Sunday, he can rightfully boast that his country has one of the lowest HIV rates in the Americas. The percentage of people living with HIV-AIDS in Mexico is half
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican police say they have captured a Colombian cartel operative who served as a liaison to a Mexican drug gang. Police say Ever Villafane Martinez represented Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel in dealings with Mexico's Beltran Leyva gang.
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
Mexican agriculture officials said Thursday that U.S. colleagues hunting for the source of a salmonella outbreak are rushing to a conclusion about finding the strain at a Mexican pepper farm.
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced a plan to nationalise Bank of Venezuela, one of the largest banks in the country. He has asked for a meeting with the bank's owners, Spain's Grupo Santander, for a meeting to agree a price.
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez failed to show up for a narcotics summit of Latin American leaders on Friday and his government said he did not attend because of security concerns
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 00:00
As the cost of oil and value of the Colombian peso has surged this year, flower farms are turning to social programs to help workers