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Colombian authorities say they have arrested the brother of the powerful interior minister on charges that include illegal enrichment.
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The party that governed Mexico for 71 consecutive years has rebounded in local elections, returns showed on Monday, and a poll had it jumping into the lead for next...
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EBay Inc. did a little shopping of its own on Monday, saying it would pay $1.34 billion for online payments site Bill Me Later and two Danish classified ad Web sites.
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EBay Inc. said on Monday it will cut about 1,000 employees, reducing its work force by about 10 percent.
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AP, San Jose
EBay Inc. says it will cut about 1,000 employees, reducing its work force by about 10 percent.
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AP, Brasilia
Allies of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were poised to pick up the most local mayorships in municipal elections Sunday that were marred by isolated...
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AP, San Cristobal De Las Casas
Five state police officers were arrested Sunday in connection with the deaths of four villagers during a raid on protesters who had seized the entrance of a Mayan...
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AP, Caracas
Bureaucrats in oil-rich Venezuela can look forward to fewer expensive SUVs, top-of-the-line mobile telephones and whiskey-fueled parties next year.
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AP, Monterrey
When critically obese, bedridden Jose Luis Garza pleaded for help in shedding a few hundred pounds, he landed the world’s biggest weight watcher.
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AP, Caracas
Give up your gas-guzzler and get a free car. That’s President Hugo Chavez’s offer to Venezuelans.
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AP, Tijuana
Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week of violence related to the drug...
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AP, Santo Domingo
Grammy-winning merengue superstar Juan Luis Guerra is planning to teach at his Boston alma mater.
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AP, San Juan
The Pentagon on Friday denied military prosecutors’ request to seek the death penalty in the trial of a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombing of the...
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AP, Santo Domingo
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have issued an arrest warrant for New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos after a crash involving his SUV that killed two women.
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AP, San Juan
The U.S. economy got a US$700 billion shot in the arm Friday _ and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands got a shot of assistance from rum.
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AP, Caracas
Venezuela’s state-owned bank says it will not be affected by the U.S. financial crisis.
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AP, Caracas
A former Venezuelan defense minister who is a prominent critic of President Hugo Chavez has been detained by military intelligence agents.
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AP, Santiago
The Chilean government says the cost of living rose by 7.6 percent during the January-September period this year, compared with 7.3 percent during the same period in...
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AP, Sao Paulo
Latin American stocks headed higher Friday after steep losses a day earlier brought on by concerns that a U.S. bailout plan won’t prevent a global economic...
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AP, Sao Paulo
Brazilian stocks are heading higher after steep losses a day earlier brought on by concerns that a U.S. bailout plan won’t prevent a global economic slowdown.
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AP, San Juan
A lawsuit filed by Antigua’s ousted police commissioner shows it’s not always a tropical idyll when a veteran officer from Britain or Canada chooses to...
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Colombian superstar Shakira says Democrat Barack Obama is the best candidate for president, citing his leadership skills.
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AP, Caracas
A monument to the late Colombian rebel leader Manuel Marulanda, who died in March at age 78, is going up in a poor Caracas neighborhood.
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AP, Copenhagen
Six people who tested Denmark’s anti-terror law by selling T-shirts to raise money for Colombian guerrillas and Palestinian militants were convicted Thursday of...
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AP, Washington
The United States on Friday accused three members of anti-American Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s inner circle of aiding Colombian rebels by supplying arms...
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AP, New York
A reputed Colombian drug lord more used to a life of luxury than solitary confinement wants out of his cramped maximum security cell in New York City.
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AP, Madrid
Spanish police have arrested a suspected Colombian drug trafficker listed among the most wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the police force said in a...
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AP, Caracas
Venezuelan authorities say they have captured a former Colombian senator wanted on charges of conspiring with paramilitaries to kidnap a reputed political rival.
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AP, Rome
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday was able at last to thank Pope Benedict XVI, the man whose voice she said reached deep into the Colombian jungle “like...
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AP, Norton
Camilo Villegas has been on the PGA Tour for three years and has tried to stay patient. But it has been difficult lately for the 26-year-old Colombian to watch other...
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AP, Sao Paulo
Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was extradited to the United States on Friday to face racketeering charges, a year after he was captured in a luxurious...
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AP, Brasilia
Brazil’s Justice Ministry said Wednesday it has approved the extradition of Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia to the United States to face...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexican police say they have captured a Colombian cartel operative who served as a liaison to a Mexican drug gang.
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AP, Miami
Two warlords from a far-right Colombian paramilitary group blamed for some of modern Colombia’s worst atrocities pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to a drug...
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AP, Miami
Two former warlords of a far-right Colombian paramilitary group have pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to a drug conspiracy charge.
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AP, Bogota
A senior Colombian rebel commander is rejecting asylum in France or anywhere else for jailed guerrillas freed in any potential prisoner swap.
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AP, Managua
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he is open to meeting with Colombia’s FARC rebels, but the Colombian government angrily rejected the proposal on...
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AP, Bogota
Colombian rebels on Friday blamed two guerrillas who were guarding hostages for the success of a rescue mission by the military that freed three U.S. defense...
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AP, Bogota
Latin America’s last major rebel army is denouncing the “betrayal” of two guerrillas who were guarding 15 hostages liberated by the Colombian military...
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AP, Paris
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she’s been in a “bubble of happiness” since being rescued from more than six years of captivity in the Colombian...
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A Colombian paramilitary is escorted by U.S. DEA Agents at his arrival in Opa-locka, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Members of a Colombian paramilitary group arrived from Colombia to face U.S. drug trafficking and money laundering charges in federal court.
