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Monday, May 26, 2008 - 00:00
CARACAS, Venezuela — Manuel Marulanda, the guerrilla tactician whose rise from peasant origins to top commander of Latin America’s largest rebel group was a mythical feature of Colombia’s long internal war, died on March 26 in a mountainous hideout
Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 00:00
I found it interesting that Obama, who comes from the Democratic Party's liberal wing, made his first major Latin America policy speech before a traditionally conservative Cuban-American audience in Miami
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 00:00
Now I know what the easy thing is to do for American politicians. Every four years, they come down to Miami, they talk tough, they go back to Washington, and nothing changes in Cuba
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 00:00
Barack Obama wants to open a new chapter of cooperation and partnership with our neighbors to promote democracy, opportunity and security across the hemisphere
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 00:00
In addition to the augmented medical team, members from the U.S. Public Health Service and the nongovernmental organization Project Hope also accompanied the crew on the two-month humanitarian mission.
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 00:00
These extraditions will actually remove the pressure on those members currently in the process to keep quiet and will accelerate the rate of forthcoming truth and reparation testimonies
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 00:00
Since when is it bad policy, or an infringement of anything, to insist that American taxpayer dollars not be given to corrupt, abusive police or military forces in a country whose justice system has serious flaws and rarely punishes official misconduct?
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 00:00
I am confident that the Merida Initiative will be enacted in due course, enabling Mexico and the U.S. to build upon our already successful security cooperation and share in the fight against narcotrafficking
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 00:00
The Manta facility, called a forward operating location, or FOL, was established in November 1999 under a 10-year agreement limiting its use to anti-narcotics work
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 00:00
"To go through all the effort of negotiating an agreement and not vote on it, I have a hard time with that," Rep. Adam Smith, a Washington Democrat, said