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Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 00:00
Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa proposed Saturday pardoning the lengthy jail sentences of low-level drug couriers known as "mules" and drafting new laws that better reflect the severity of drug crimes
Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 00:00
Improving the rule of law in Colombia is vital, but delaying approval of the U.S.-Colombia TPA is not the answer
Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 00:00
Three congressmen have sent a letter to the leader of Colombia's largest rebel group welcoming the recent release of "proof-of-life" videos of three Americans held hostage by the guerrillas
Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 00:00
He also said some groups in Colombia — both close to and within Colombia's U.S.-allied government — "are going to try to keep the liberation from being successful, but we will achieve it."
Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 00:00
FARC doesn't need soothing words and concessions; it needs to fear that a far greater force will be used on them than already has been
Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 00:00
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has expressed regret over human-rights abuses committed during his decade in power
Friday, December 21, 2007 - 00:00
Colombian Marxist guerrillas have confirmed that they plan to release three hostages, including a top aide to Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and a child born in captivity
Friday, December 21, 2007 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez's government has soldiers and police ready to receive hostages that Colombian rebels have promised to free
Friday, December 21, 2007 - 00:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the U.S. government should step up efforts to win the release of hostages held by the country's biggest rebel group, advocacy organizations and the mother of one of the captives said
Friday, December 21, 2007 - 00:00
Columbian Senator Piedad Cordoba charged at a press conference here Wednesday that the government of Colombian President Álvarao Uribe has little interest in negotiating a settlement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia