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Peru Bets on Desalination to Ensure Water SuppliesTuesday, 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 HandshakeSaturday, 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 KilledFriday, 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 MeetThursday, 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 BorderThursday, 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 CrisisWednesday, 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 CrisisTuesday, 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 RaidTuesday, 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 ClashTuesday, 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 DamagedFriday, 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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