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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
A group of Colombian soldiers were convicted on Monday of killing 10 police on an anti-drugs mission two years ago, a case that highlighted the corrupting power wielded by cocaine smugglers
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who chairs a Western Hemisphere subcommittee in the House of Representatives, said duty-free access to the U.S. market is key to fighting poverty in Ecuador
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Judge Edmundo Lopez now has 15 days to sentence former Lt Col Byron Carvajal and the 14 soldiers who were under his command when the policemen were killed
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Lt. Col. Byron Carvajal and his soldiers face prison sentences of up to 60 years. Prosecutors want Judge Edmundo Lopez to impose the maximum
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro has announced he will not return to the presidency, in a letter published by official Communist Party paper, Granma
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
An ailing Fidel Castro stepped aside as Cuba's leader Tuesday, ending nearly a half-century of rule that saw him become an arch-enemy of 10 U.S. presidents
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Saying he is no longer healthy enough to hold office, Cuban leader Fidel Castro has announced he will not seek reelection after 49 years in power
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Castro, 81, and ailing with an undisclosed intestinal disorder, announced in a statement carried on the state-run Granma International newspaper website early today that he was stepping down
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CHRONOLOGY OF CASTRO ERA
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<br />1953: Lawyer Fidel Castro leads rebels in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Death toll: 69 attackers, 19 soldiers and police. Castro is captured.
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<br />1955: Castro gets amnesty and leaves for exile in Mexico.
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<br />1956: Castro leaves Mexico with 81 followers aboard the yacht Granma. After a disastrous landing in eastern Cuba Dec.