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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has resisted pressure to schedule a vote on Colombia, the first pact the White House wants Congress to approve
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
In his final State of the Union address Monday, President Bush highlighted Colombia in particular. He said failure to pass the deal with the Andean nation would "embolden the purveyors of false populism"
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
Thousands with limited opportunities at home are lured by pay; but for some who are injured or disabled, the cost his high
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
These days the FARC, the hemisphere's oldest rebel group, is more of a criminal enterprise than a political movement
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
A former Colombian rebel leader was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Monday for conspiring to take hostages in connection with the kidnapping of three American contractors in 2003
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
Though he denounced terrorism and said he hoped the hostages would be released, Ricardo Palmera restated his allegiance to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
A Colombian rebel leader has been jailed for 60 years by a US court, in connection with the kidnapping of three US intelligence operatives in 2003
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
The 60 year sentence meant that Palmera, who is 57, would likely live out his life in prison
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
An army general who participated in one of the country's worst massacres in recent history goes free.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
Even Lou Dobbs could love the Colombia FTA, which rectifies what is currently an unbalanced, one-way free trade relationship.