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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Waving his arms in outrage and shouting that he is innocent, Alberto Fujimori went on trial Monday on charges of using a death squad to kill leftist guerrillas and collaborators
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Cuba has announced that it will sign two major UN agreements on civil and political rights and allow periodic UN monitoring of its human rights record
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Argentina's incoming and outgoing presidents are calling for renewed diplomatic efforts to free Ingrid Betancourt and dozens of other hostages held by Colombian guerrillas
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been sworn in as president of Argentina, six weeks after her convincing win in October's election.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner took office as Argentina's first elected female president on Monday in a rare husband-to-wife handover
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Cristina Fernandez was sworn in Monday as Argentina's first elected female president, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure continued recovery
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Nestor Kirchner, Argentina’s most popular president in decades, draped the light-blue-and-white sash over the shoulder of his wife, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Sunday asked that the Red Cross be allowed to visit hostages held for years by leftist rebels
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa joined a growing list of heads of state urging Colombia's biggest guerrilla group to free 45 hostages
Monday, December 10, 2007 - 00:00
BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 7 -- President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that his government was willing to meet with Marxist rebels in a specially demarcated swath of rural Colombia in a bid to win the release of high-profile hostages. The captives include a French-Colombian politician and three Pentagon contractors.
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<br />The announcement generated hope among hostages' families, and some analysts saw it as a reversal of the president's long-held pledge never to cede territory for talks with the rebels.