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Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 00:00
The leaders of Colombia’s FARC guerrillas ordered the release of two women hostages and the young son of one of them as a gesture of "compensation" for the frustrated facilitation efforts made by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombian
Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 00:00
Authorities suspect that drug cartels are sending a grisly message after a major cocaine shipment was seized
Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 00:00
Suspected drug smugglers have dumped the beheaded or mutilated bodies of five people around the Mexican capital
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
Death threats forced El Nuevo Herald's Colombia correspondent, Gonzalo Guillen, to flee the country for several weeks this fall. Now the threats are starting again
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
Human rights violations are still a major problem in Ciudad Bolivar, a poor suburb in the hills on the southwestern edge of the Colombian capital, despite some improvements
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
In her five years of campaigning for the release of her captive son, Jo Rosano has evolved from an aggrieved mother into something of a poster mom for the plight of American and Colombian hostages
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
As I leave the presidential palace, I reflect on Uribe's biggest mistake--not having institutionalized a system under which his policies were less dependent on one man
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
Colombian rebels will hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, including an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and the woman's young son, according to a statement
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
Colombia's leftist rebels said yesterday they would release three of the dozens of high-profile hostages they are holding as bargaining chips with the Colombian government
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
The Colombian rebel group, Farc, is set to release at least three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuba's official news agency has said