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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
Ecuador said that spraying by Colombia “has already caused serious damage to people, to crops, to animals, and to the natural environment on the Ecuadorian side of the frontier, and poses a grave risk of further damage over time”
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
Cuban farmland reform revealed as consumer items become available
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
A reputed Colombian drug lord whose cartel is accused of having shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States was sentenced Tuesday to more than 30 years in prison in Brazil for crimes commmitted in that country.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
President Cristina Fernandez blasted striking farmers at a rally on Tuesday, comparing their nearly three-week-old protest to a 1976 strike that sowed chaos one month before a military coup.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
The Bush administration believes congressional Democrats will agree to vote on a free trade pact with Colombia, despite an unfriendly U.S. political climate for trade
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday asked Colombia to halt military operations against FARC guerrillas to help a "humanitarian mission" secure access to hostage Ingrid Betancourt
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will send a humanitarian mission to Colombia's jungles to treat ailing hostages held by leftist rebels there, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 00:00
"If their slogan was land, dignity and peace, this time it will be terror, murder and hell," said a threat sent to human rights defenders and trade unionists who took part in a Mar. 6 march in homage to the victims of Colombia’s far-right para
Monday, March 31, 2008 - 00:00
A spokesman for French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday that a Falcon 900 plane is ready to leave France at any time to fly Betancourt to hospital
Monday, March 31, 2008 - 00:00
France is ready to take in Colombian rebels freed from jail in their homeland in exchange for hostage Ingrid Betancourt, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said