Topic: South America
Ex-hostage Betancourt says she won't sue Colombia's gov't for damages over her hostage ordealFormer hostage Ingrid Betancourt said Sunday that she has no intention of suing Colombia's government for damages for the more than six years she spent as a hostage of ...
NY Spanish-language columnist, husband suspected in Russian spy ring shared leftist viewsBefore Vicky Pelaez became a columnist for one of the United States' best-known Spanish-language newspapers, she was a scrappy television reporter in her native Peru who turned her kidnapping by a ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held warm talks with Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa, paving the way to drive a wedge between him and Venezuela's anti-American firebrand Hugo Chavez.In a joint press conference, Clinton vowed to build on their partnership based ...
LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian court granted parole on Tuesday to U.S. citizen Lori Berenson after she served 15 years of a 20-year sentence in Peru for aiding leftist guerrillas.She was jailed after being arrested on a bus in Peru in 1995 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is committed to finalizing free-trade agreements with Colombia and Panama but faces "political winds" and an uncertain outcome, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.Speaking at a conference of leaders from the Western Hemisphere, Clinton ...
Looking to spur private-sector donations to Chile earthquake relief, the US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill enhancing tax benefits for charitable giving to help the battered country.The legislation, modeled on a bill passed after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Latin American countries on Friday not to get too close to Iran, calling it " a really bad idea" that could have consequences.Clinton said the United States was well aware Iran had ...
President Barack Obama made no commitments to move forward on stalled free trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea during private talks with lawmakers this week, a top ally said Thursday. "In terms of specific trade agreements, there was no discussion," ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama had done nothing beyond wishful thinking to earn the Nobel Peace Prize.Chavez, who has mixed praise for Obama personally with criticism of his government's " imperialist" ...
The author reflects on the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca's (ACIN) invitation for President-elect Barack Obama to join in minga of resistance in Colombia. ON NOVEMBER 10, 2008, THE ASSOCIATION of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN) sent a letter ...
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South America
Visiting the Amazon, Rio, Iguassu Falls, Buenos Aires, Lima, Cuzco ...2006-08-25 -
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Rock the Capitals song! With countries :D! for south america ...2010-09-06 -
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My 28 day vacation through South America and Antarctica. Recorded ...2010-10-27
