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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 00:00
A Colombian paramilitary group has sent threatening e-mails to Canada's embassy in Bogota because it provides asylum for former members
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Thousands of jobs in the tourist industry are now at risk and many hotels and restaurants in Argentina face the possibility of imminent closure unless the blockades are lifted.
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After decades targeting society's richest sectors, companies across Latin America are beginning to cotton on to the hidden potential among the poor.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 00:00
GARDEZ, Afghanistan --
Mohammed Naim Farouq was a thug in the lawless Zormat district of eastern Afghanistan. He ran a kidnapping and extortion racket, and he controlled his turf with a band of gunmen who rode around in trucks with AK-47 rifles.
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The United States said Monday that its ambassador to Bolivia will return to Washington for consultations after violent protests last week in La Paz.
The U.S. government expects Bolivia to continue to meet its international obligations to protect the Em
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Diego Murillo, formerly a top commander in the right-wing paramilitary group, United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, entered the surprise plea Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, just 35 days after arriving on U.S. soil.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 00:00
BUENOS AIRES --
Thousands of Argentines poured into the streets late Monday, banging pots and honking car horns to demand the government resume talks to end a 100-day farmers strike that has blocked grain exports and emptied supermarket shelves of food.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 00:00
SAO PAULO, Brazil --
U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain supports ending subsidies for U.S. ethanol production and would back Brazil's inclusion on an expanded United Nations Security Council, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 00:00
MADRID, Spain --
Mexico and Spain are calling for an easing of sanctions against Cuba in light of recent reforms by the island's communist government.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says the European Union should fully lift sancti
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 00:00
MEXICO CITY -- Farmers are mad enough to throw, well, rotten tomatoes at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is focusing heavily on Mexico as a potential source of the fruit that has sickened hundreds of people in the United States with salmonell