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In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust
Nov 5--Whether it's called an "arms race" or a "coincidental modernization" of existing stocks, a wave of weapons purchases by Latin American nations is causing neighbors to watch each other with growing mistrust and fear.
Date: 11/5/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Imagine: L.A. bicyclists in the driver's seat, one day a week
Nov 5--A group called cicLAvia wants to close major L.A. thoroughfares to cars and open them to bicyclists on Sundays. City officials are looking for ways to support the plan, which originated in Colombia.
Date: 11/5/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Drug Lord Pablo Escobar's Home Now a Theme Park
Nov 5-- One man brought Colombia to its knees a generation ago, bombing cities, killing presidential candidates, putting a bounty on policemen.
Date: 11/5/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
My Father, the Drug Lord: Pablo Escobar's Son Speaks
Nov 5--While on the phone with his son 16 years ago, Pablo Escobar stayed on the line just long enough for Colombian police to trace the call. Minutes later, the world's most violent and notorious drug lord was gunned down on a Medellín rooftop. Fearing for their lives, Escobar's wife, son and daughter sought safety in exile, but most nations shut their doors. After stopovers in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, South Africa and Mozambique — a whirlwind on par with the deposed Shah of Iran's desperate 1979 world tour — the widow and her children finally entered Argentina as tourists on Christmas Eve 1994. They've lived relatively quiet lives in Buenos Aires ever since.
Date: 11/5/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Colombia's ELN rebels show new vigour
Nov 5--With precise intelligence, apparently impeccable timing and serious firepower, rebels from Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) were able to spring one of their top leaders from prison last month.
Date: 11/5/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Parts of Colombia-Venezuela border closed after checkpoint attack
Nov 3--Two cross-border bridges that connect Colombia and Venezuela were closed last night after masked gunmen attacked a border checkpoint yesterday.
Date: 11/3/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Army Kills 7 FARC Guerrillas in Colombia
Nov 3--Army troops killed seven suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrillas and wounded three others in the southern province of Guaviare over the weekend, the Armed Forces General Command said.
Date: 11/3/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Colombian Defense Minister wraps up U.S. visit at Southern Command
Oct 30--Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Miami today, where he met with the SOUTHCOM commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Douglas M. Fraser, and other command leaders.
Date: 10/30/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Why Colombia's Leftist Guerrillas Are Defecting
Oct 30--At a ramshackle radio station nestled in former guerrilla territory, a Colombian soldier-DJ dedicates a country-and-western-style ballad to all the rebels out there having second thoughts about la revolución. In the song, a former guerrilla touts the benefits of disarming. "My life has changed," he declares. "Now I've got a girlfriend. I'm with my family. I give thanks to God."
Date: 10/30/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Militias march again
The “justice and peace” process the Colombian government offered to right-wing paramilitaries is at risk of falling apart--The Economist
Date: 10/30/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
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