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Ex-FARC Hostages Say Betancourt 'very sick' in Jungle
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:00:00 PM
BOGOTA—French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage by FARC guerrillas, is "very sick" in a Colombian rebel jungle camp and has been mistreated by her captors, hostages released on Wedn ...   Full Story
 

Colombian Rebels Free Four Hostages From Jungle
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:05:00 AM
Marxist rebels freed four Colombian lawmakers held hostage for years in the jungle Wednesday, in a victory for President Hugo Chavez of neighboring Venezuela who brokered the deal.   Full Story
 

Six Years on, Betancourt Symbol of Colombia Captives
Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:14:00 PM
BOGOTA—The photograph of Ingrid Betancourt in her mother's Bogota home could not provide a starker contrast to her life six years after guerrillas kidnapped her as she campaigned for the Colombian ...   Full Story
 

Colombian Soldiers Convicted in Massacre of Police
Monday, February 18, 2008 8:04:00 PM
BOGOTA—A group of Colombian soldiers were convicted Monday of killing 10 police on an anti-drugs mission two years ago, a case that highlighted the corrupting power wielded by cocaine smugglers in thi ...   Full Story
 

Bolivia Asks U.S. Envoy to Explain Spying Charge
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:13:00 PM
Bolivia asked the U.S. government Tuesday to explain a U.S. scholar's allegation that embassy officials urged him to report on Cuban and Venezuelan activities in the leftist-run country.   Full Story
 

Venezuela Moves Bank Accounts After Exxon Freeze
Monday, February 11, 2008 8:04:00 PM
CARACAS—Venezuela has begun moving oil revenue into Swiss banks to avoid a possible seizure of funds by Exxon Mobil in a legal tussle that pits leftist anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez against America& ...   Full Story
 

Chavez Vows Venezuela Revolution Despite Exxon
Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:01:00 PM
CARACAS President Hugo Chavez vowed Saturday to keep to his self-styled socialist revolution despite Exxon Mobil winning court orders freezing up to $12 billion of Venezuela's assets in a national ...   Full Story
 

Brazil's Army to Help Combat Amazon Destruction
Friday, January 25, 2008 8:15:00 AM
BRASILIA—Brazil on Thursday unveiled measures to slow deforestation of the Amazon region including one that calls for the army to help carry out inspections.The steps came one day after Brazilian o ...   Full Story
 

Venezuela Says No Need for OPEC to Up Output
Monday, January 21, 2008 8:32:00 PM
CARACAS—Venezuela does not believe OPEC needs to increase output to tame high oil prices despite pressure from consumer nations, especially the United States, oil minister Rafael Ramirez told reporter ...   Full Story
 

Colombia's ELN Rebels Release Nine Hostages
Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:20:00 PM
Colombia's second largest rebel group, the ELN, freed nine hostages Sunday in a rural southern province after holding them for more than two weeks, authorities said.   Full Story
 

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