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Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
President Alvaro Uribe urged Colombians to begin looking for his successor, giving the strongest indication yet that the popular hardline leader will not back efforts by his supporters to give him an unprecedented third term
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
Rep. David Dreier, a Republican from Los Angeles, sparked amusement and some outrage among his Colombian counterparts on Tuesday when he sat casually atop a lectern while addressing lawmakers
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
The U.S. Treasury said it was barring any financial or commercial transactions by U.S. citizens and companies with Colombian brothers Miguel Angel Mejia and Victor Manuel Mejia, who are known as "Los Mellizos", or "The Twins"
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
Hundreds of Colombian peasants returned home from Ecuador on Thursday after the government promised to protect them from leftist rebels trying to sabotage a coca eradication campaign
Friday, August 31, 2007 - 00:00
U.S. companies' collusions with paramilitaries help keep Colombia the most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists
Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 00:00
"What a slap in the face to American workers, opening the highways to dangerous trucks on Labor Day weekend, one of the busiest driving weekends of the year," said Teamsters President Jim Hoffa
Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 00:00
Peruvian officials say they have run out of tents and urgently need at least 40,000 more to house victims of the devastating earthquake two weeks ago
Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 00:00
At the invitation of President Alvaro Uribe, Chavez comes to Colombia on Friday to discuss how he might facilitate an exchange of imprisoned rebels for hostages
Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 00:00
Brazil has for the first time published an official document detailing atrocities said to have been committed during the military dictatorship
Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 00:00
Thousands of Chileans took to the streets yesterday in a burgeoning middle class revolt against the 17 years of coalition government that has ruled since the fall of Augusto Pinochet