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Energy deals boost Colombia-Venezuela ties despite border violence
World NowAs bi-lateral relations improve, Venezuelan President Chavez promises to send added troops to the area where FARC rebels fled after killing 12 Colombian soldiers... -
Colombia rebels' hostage recalls friendship with wild pig
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A little wild pig named Josefo, abandoned by his mother, helped keep Sgt. Jose Libardo Forero sane. For nearly 13 years, Forero was one of the "forgotten" hostages held by the leftist rebels known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces...
Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Leishmaniasis , Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Prisons
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Colombian army officials say 12 soldiers killed by rebels
World NowTwelve Colombian soldiers were killed by suspected leftist guerrillas who then fled into Venezuelan territory.... -
Colombia bomb injures ex-minister, kills 2 as new trade era dawns
World NowA former Colombian cabinet minister was injured in a bomb blast that killed five people in Bogota on the day that the Colombia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement starts taking effect... -
Colombian police announce the surrender of top narco to the DEA
World NowJavier Antonio Calle Serna, one of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers, has surrendered to the DEA in Aruba and is now in a New York jail to face charges. The U.S. State Department had offered a $5-million reward for information leading to his arrest.... -
High-ranking Colombian FARC rebel captured in Ecuador
World NowEcuadorean army units captured a high ranking leader of the Colombian rebel group known as the FARC. Wilson Tapiero is thought to have been the financial chief of the rebels' 48th Front which operates along the two countries' border area.... -
At 80, Colombian artist Fernando Botero has no plans to retire
BOGOTA, Colombia — Honored here on his 80th birthday last week with a congressional medal and dinner with the president, Colombia's most famous artist, Fernando Botero, says he'll keep working until he keels over with "a paintbrush in my hand." But...
Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Fernando Botero
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Venezuela's Chavez breaks silence with lengthy phone call
World NowVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez denounced rumors that he had died undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba, saying they were part of a "dirty war" being waged against him by opponents and that he was responding well to radiotherapy.... -
In Colombia, the face of one of the 'Missing Ones'
World NowA Colombian woman holds a photo of her missing relative. His name is Carlos Alberto Forero, a hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC.... -
49 killed as train slams into retaining wall in Buenos Aires
World NowA commuter train went out of control and slammed into a retaining barrier in a central Buenos Aires train station during peak rush hour Wednesday morning, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 500, federal police officials said.... -
Peru's Humala declares state of emergency as protests continue
World NowPeru's president declares state of emergency as protests against proposed mine continue... -
Argentina's Fernandez sworn in for a second term as president
World NowArgentinan president Fernandez de Kirchner was sworn in for a second term, after winning re-election in an October landslide...
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