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Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:00
President Álvaro Uribe said Colombia's intelligence agency, DAS, has responded by offering the guerrilla protection from extradition should the hostages be freed. He gave few details or names
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:00
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday most foreign companies that filed lawsuits against the government over an oil tax have reached out of court settlements
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:00
As populist movements grow stronger in Latin America, threatening US financial interests as well as the standing of right-wing US political allies in the region, the "war on drugs" is becoming an increasingly central part of US counterinsurgency
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:00
Monument dedication on 80th anniversary of revolutionary's birth reflects national shift
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:00
Los ruralistas de Argentina declararon su cuarto paro en tres meses, y anunciaron un nuevo "cese de comercializacion" de productos agropecuarios
Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 00:00
With the national army deployed in a stranglehold around the town, there is nobody to traffic the town's only commodity – drugs
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 00:00
BUENOS AIRES --
With thousands of protesters blocking roads and people rushing to withdraw their savings, this country at times seems as if it's nearing the kind of economic collapse that sent more than half of Argentines into poverty seven years ago.
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 00:00
Cases of violence against trade unionists and violations of labour standards committed in Colombia were presented to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) panel of legal experts, which will instruct the Colombian state to modify its policies
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 00:00
The Colombian leader first mentioned the offer Thursday and said he had accepted it, but Friday revealed that it pertained to Betancourt
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 00:00
Kassar later met again with the sources at his home and agreed to provide prices for "surface-to-air missile systems for the FARC to use to attack United States helicopters in Colombia," prosecutors said