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Can Shakira Conquer the World?
Nov 09--When Shakira released her bestselling single “Hips Don’t Lie,” most listeners never knew that the phrase originated in a fairly chaste setting: the studio. “I would say, ‘Hey, do you see my hips moving?’ ” she says, explaining how she tests out potential tracks. ” ‘No? This is not working. My hips don’t lie.’ ”
Date: 11/9/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Chavez steps up Colombia war talk
Nov 09--Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged his armed forces to be prepared for possible war with Colombia amid growing diplomatic and border tensions--BBC NEWS
Date: 11/9/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
How Pablo Escobar's son atoned for the sins of his father
Nov 09--Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar was gunned down in 1993. In an exclusive interview, his son tells Uki Goñi why he had to seek reconciliation with the children of Pablo's victims
Date: 11/9/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Apologizing for a father's sins
Nov 09--Interview: The son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar plays a central role in a film about his father’s violent legacy.
Date: 11/9/2009 12:00:00 AM - Edition:
Venezuela vs. Colombia: The Battle Over Emigres
Nov 5--Fredys Villanueva has abandoned his native Colombia for neighboring Venezuela. But he's not quite like the hundreds of thousands of Colombians who have fled their country's bloody 44-year long civil war for the safety of the land of Hugo Chávez. Instead, he's like 2 million or more Colombians who have moved to Venezuela because it offers greater employment opportunities and a more secure social safety network. Perched on a sofa on the porch of his home in El Aguacate, a barrio outside Caracas, Villanueva is more than happy to be caught in the ideological wrestling match between South America's most polarizing rivals: leftist Chávez and conservative Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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