Colombia
Obama: No trade deals without help for workers
May 24, 2011The Obama administration tells congressional Republicans, biggest backers of so-called "free trade" treaties, they must restore trade aid for workers who lost their jobs to imports.
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Chavez’s jailing of Colombian political refugee causes outrage
May 2, 2011An arrest near Caracas triggered questions about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a socialist and protagonist of continent-wide emancipation knuckling under to Colombia.
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Paramilitaries alive and well in Colombia
April 5, 2011Paramilitary forces have displaced over four million rural people from 16 million acres of land.
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World Notes: Cuba, Afghanistan, India – and more
March 7, 2011International news about Cuba, Afghanistan, India, Ireland and Colombia.
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World Notes: Cuba, France, Iraq – and more
February 23, 2011From book fairs in Havana to human rights in Iraq - keep up to date on what's going on in your world.
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