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Monday, March 10, 2008 - 00:00
It’s an example of countries working together to resolve questions diplomatically and using some of the political institutions of the hemisphere
Monday, March 10, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, on February 28, 2008 we ratified the Andean Trade Preference Act, ATPA. Historically, these preferences have been decisive in encouraging both development and liberalization in a key region. Renewing them is an important step in our relations with the region, but we should also be realistic, and sophisticated, in our expectations for what these preferences can accomplish.
Monday, March 10, 2008 - 00:00
Section 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
(P. L. 106-398) as amended, requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on Department of Defense expenditures that support foreign counterdrug activities
Sunday, March 9, 2008 - 00:00
In the letter, the rebel's top leader, Manuel Marulanda, tells Reyes that fellow commanders differ on whether to donate $20,000, $50,000 or $100,000 to Correa's campaign
Sunday, March 9, 2008 - 00:00
The rebel, known simply as Rojas, said the Colombian troops were closing in on his guerrilla column and he wanted out of the fight. But the rebels shoot deserters — so instead he murdered his commander and fled
Sunday, March 9, 2008 - 00:00
The State Department says Gonzalez ran the Guajira cartel in Colombia and also smuggled arms from Europe through Venezuela to support a paramilitary group
Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 00:00
The restoration of diplomatic relations "will take a little time," Correa said in his weekly radio address
Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 00:00
The Colombian leader shook hands with Ecuador's Rafael Correa and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez at a summit in the Dominican Republic Friday, formally ending the six-day crisis. But the three leaders left the island with fundamental differences
Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 00:00
Mexico's ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan, has noted that as many as 2,000 weapons enter Mexico from the United States every day
Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 00:00
Sarkozy will arrive in Mexico Sunday for his first official visit to the Latin American nation, where he is also to sign agreements to build a vaccine plant, install security cameras in the Mexican capital and sell helicopters