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Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 00:00
The Rocinha development, part of a $315 billion federal program aimed at improving the country's decrepit infrastructure, is one sign of how millions of poor are benefiting from an unprecedented period of economic growth in South America's largest economy
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 00:00
At least 46 people died in Bolivia on Tuesday when a truck loaded with goods and peasants lurched off a mountainous highway and fell nearly 1,000 feet
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 00:00
Hundreds of Chilean students and teachers fought riot police armed with tear gas and water cannons in the capital on Tuesday, the latest protest against an unpopular education reform bill.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 00:00
It’s going to be a tight race. But it looks like Evo is probably safe
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 00:00
According to the building director, Aboikoni Mimosa, once all the systems are plugged in and connected to the Internet, students and teachers from 14 other schools and community members will be able to travel to Brokopondo to take computer courses.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 00:00
With the FARC on its heels for the moment, I encourage you to press for its disarmament and its renunciation of drug trafficking and extortion in exchange for a seat at the negotiating table.
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 00:00
The rescue is a powerful indicator that U.S. assistance and support for Colombia's military through Plan Colombia continues to yield results in the campaign against the narco-terrorists of the FARC
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 00:00
USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51), crewed by 26 civil service mariners from the Military Sealift Command along with 14 specially-trained Navy rescue and salvage divers, pulled into Antigua to kick-off Navy Diver – Global Fleet Station 2008 (ND-GFS 08), July 4.
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 00:00
Eighteen U.S. Navy Seabees here are mid-way through the completion of a construction project in support of New Horizons - Peru 2008, a humanitarian effort focused on bringing vital quality-of-life projects to the people of the Ayacucho region.
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 00:00
Some have said they perceive the Fourth Fleet to be a “threat” to the countries of South America. It has even been suggested that the fleet’s reestablishment was somehow related to Brazil’s recent offshore oil discoveries. Let me be clear: This