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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:51
The measures published Monday in the government's Official Gazette say state companies can keep up to 50 percent of their profits, 20 percent more than before.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 08:03
Army recruiters recently detained 26 gang members who tried to join the military. They told authorities that joining the army was part of a plan to get military training and then steal military uniforms and weapons
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 08:00
Just three days earlier, Army Spc. Hernaldo Beltran Jr., 24, was struck and killed by a branch that broke off a towering conacaste tree that stands a few feet from the school
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 06:42
Malhaes was the first member of the Armed Forces to openly acknowledge that he tortured, killed and hid the bodies of political prisoners
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 06:32
Critics say it's a thinly veiled attempt by Martinelli, a supermarket magnate known for bruising his opponents, to keep his grip on power after a five-year rule marked by mounting complaints of corruption and the steady erosion of checks and balances.
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 06:28
Several hundred people have taken to the main thoroughfare of the much-transited neighborhood in Thursday's protest. It appeared to be largely peaceful
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 06:20
The amendments were approved with 106 votes. They must still be approved by the lower house of congress.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 08:24
"He's also a very determined individual, and Alan means what he says, which is that one year from now if this issue has been resolved, he will come home to his family. If it has not been resolved, he will come home dead," Gilbert said.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 08:23
The system distorts the vote by giving half the seats in each district to the trailing coalition as long as it gets at least a third of the votes. In practice, that has meant many elections are decided behind closed doors.
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 04:59
Despite a government threat to fire them, some 500 soldiers marched in Bolivia's capital Wednesday for a second consecutive day to demand greater upward mobility within the armed forces.