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Peru Bets on Desalination to Ensure Water Supplies
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:00:00 PM
LIMA—Peru plans to start desalinating water from the Pacific Ocean to make up for declining supplies from fast-melting glaciers affected by climate change, President Alan Garcia said Tuesday.The An ...   Full Story
 

Latin American Nations End Crisis With Handshake
Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:03:00 PM
SANTO DOMINGO—The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela ended a border dispute on Friday with a summit handshake after a week of regional diplomacy in the face of troop buildups."And with t ...   Full Story
 

Colombia Says Another Top Rebel Leader Killed
Friday, March 07, 2008 8:11:00 PM
BOGOTA—A top commander of Colombia's biggest rebel group was killed by his own bodyguard in the second major blow to the left-wing insurgency's leadership in less than a week, the government s ...   Full Story
 

Ecuador Captures Colombian Rebels as Leaders Meet
Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:44:00 PM
QUITO—Ecuador said it captured five Colombian guerrillas as Latin American leaders gathered on Thursday for a summit that will be dominated by a regional crisis over a cross-border military raid by Co ...   Full Story
 

Venezuela Mobilizes Forces to Colombia Border
Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:05:00 AM
CARACAS—Venezuela deployed tanks and air and sea forces toward the Colombian border on Wednesday in its first major military mobilization in a crisis that has raised fears for regional stability.Ve ...   Full Story
 

Ecuador Lobbies for Support in Andean Crisis
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:18:00 PM
CARACAS—Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa visited Latin American powerhouse Brazil on Wednesday on his regional tour to push Colombia to apologize for a military operation in Ecuador as an Andean cri ...   Full Story
 

Uribe to Denounce Chavez in Court in Andes Crisis
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:10:00 AM
BOGOTA—Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Tuesday accused Venezuela's Hugo Chavez of backing genocide and said he would denounce him in international court as a diplomatic and military crisis grippe ...   Full Story
 

Venezuela, Ecuador Break Colombia Ties Over Raid
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:07:00 AM
CARACAS/QUITO—Leftist allies Venezuela and Ecuador escalated a crisis with Colombia on Monday, cutting diplomatic ties after their neighbor raided inside Ecuador in an attack that sparked troop deploy ...   Full Story
 

Andes Brinkmanship Fuels Risk of Border Clash
Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:03:00 AM
BOGOTA—Venezuela and Ecuador may be rattling sabers more than preparing for war by sending thousands of troops to Colombia's borders, but the brinkmanship in a growing Andes crisis raises the risk ...   Full Story
 

Ecuador Delays Oil Exports After Pipeline Damaged
Friday, February 29, 2008 8:30:00 PM
Ecuador will delay crude shipments by two to three days after a damaged pipeline caused South America's fifth-largest oil producer to declare force majeure on exports, officials said on Friday.   Full Story
 

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