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Made Popular Jun 11 2009
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Colombia’s government proudly claims that it is the biggest producer of biodiesel and ethanol in Latin America after Brazil, but human rights groups do not share that enthusiasm.

Critics warn that the cultivation of palm trees to produce biodiesel is..

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Jared, Mexico City
The terrorist attacks carried out in the city of Morelia this past September 15 brought out diverse perspectives in the international and Mexican media about the...
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Tamara Pearson, Merida
A Colombian paramilitary leader, supposedly demobilised, confessed in court that the armed ultra-right group killed, in February 2000, more than 60 farmers in the town...
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An Interview With Robert Young Pelton The following is an excerpt from News E-Magazine GlobalPundit.Org’s Interview with author( World’s Most Dangerous...
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Anshul Goel, Shimla
Colombian movie director Simon Brand is teaming up with producers in Hollywood and his native country to bring to the big screen the story of last week’s dramatic...
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Bobette, New Orleans
The country’s largest rebel group held more than 700 hostages throughout the vast jungle, and Santos knew that the insurgents would have the advantage in the face...
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Tamara Pearson, Merida
Yesterday, July 3, 15 hostages including the most famous, Ingrid Betancourt, were ‘rescued’ from the FARC. The hostages were transported to a planned location in...
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Radhika, Shimla
They were chained by their necks as punishment — sometimes to a tree or post — other times to each other.
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SHINO, New Delhi
In what has been seen as an attempt to ward off too many polemical issues flying around his political career, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently promised to...
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Taylor Flatt, Petersburg
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Three American defense contractors landed late on Wednesday in Texas, hours after they were freed from years of captivity in the jungles of...
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May 3 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Hugo Chavez says 18 soldiers have died in a helicopter crash near Venezuela’s border with Colombia.

 
 
May 3 2009 by AP0 Comments

Colombia’s social protection minister says a case of swine flu has been confirmed in the Andean nation. It is the first confirmed case in South America

 
 
May 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

Colombian authorities have arrested a retired lieutenant colonel and seven other soldiers in the killings of two civilians who they allegedly presented as guerrillas slain in combat to inflate rebel body counts.

 
 
May 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that his government will not tolerate incursions by Colombian rebels into Venezuelan territory.

 
 
May 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

In an April 28 story, The Associated Press reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he was exploring bringing together the presidents of five South American countries with U.S. representatives in a forum to discuss sensitive issues.

 
 
May 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

In an April 28 story, The Associated Press reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he was exploring bringing together the presidents of five South American with U.S. representatives in a forum to discuss sensitive issues.

 
 
Apr 30 2009 by AP0 Comments

Mexican soccer clubs Chivas and San Luis will be playing upcoming Copa Libertadores matches in Colombia, a move aimed at helping slow the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that the United States and Syria are close to restoring full diplomatic ties, but he doubted Cuba’s new openness means its leaders are ready to grant free speech or change their political system.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that the United States and Syria are close to restoring full diplomatic ties, but he doubted Cuba’s new openness means its leaders are ready to grant free speech or change their political system.

 
 
Apr 28 2009 by AP0 Comments

Dole Food Co. made regular payments for at least a decade in a banana-growing region to illegal far-right Colombian militias that killed thousands, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday.

 
 
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