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US - Brazil Relations Desafinado

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Oscar Niemeyer, Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Brazil, Lula, Honduras, Farc, Obama, Desafinado, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Celso Amorim, George Lemieux, Thomas Shannon, Brasilia, Unasul, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Christmas season marks the 50th anniversary of Brasilia, the futuristic capital city designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, and magazines and online media are celebrating the event.

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Terrorist Or Activist? A Young Colombian, Gabriel Gonzalez, Fights For His Country, His Reputation (VIDEO)

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, Venezuela, Colombia FARC, Human Rights First, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, Democratic Security, Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Abuses, Diane Tucker, Foreign Policy, Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Human Rights Violations, Hillary Clinton Colombia, Human Rights, Tom Brokaw, Colombia, Colombia Free Trade, Alvaro Uribe, Gabriel Gonzales, Farc, Mexico's Drug War, Alvaro Uribe Government, Video, World News
Diane Tucker

Last week Tom Brokaw presented a human rights award to Gabriel Gonzalez. The thoughtful young man then flew home to Colombia, where he is charged with being a terrorist and faces seven years in prison.

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Journalist Embeds With Colombian Army During Mission Against The FARC

globalpost.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Farc, Foreign Affairs, Colombian Army, Colombia, John Otis, World News

LA MACARENA, Colombia -- Accompanying frontline Colombian soldiers is not something I would have tried when I first arrived here 12 years ago. At the ...

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Meeting a Girl FARC Guerrilla in Bogotá

Karin Badt | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Farc, Programa De Atencion Humanitario Al Desmovilizado, Demobilization Program, Bogotá, Guerillas, Colombia, Child Soldiers, World News
Karin Badt

My image of a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla was not a small-framed pretty girl in a jean-jacket, hands bangled in silver rings and white-sparkling nail-polish.

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Russia Huffs and Puffs as the House Comes Down

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Robert Amsterdam, Kremlin, United States, Joe Biden, Cold War, Ukraine, Russia Georgia War, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Yukos, Natalia Estemirova, Viktor Yuschenko, Chechnya, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Farc, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, World News
Robert Amsterdam

By creating manageable confrontations with Europe, the U.S, and former Soviet states, the Kremlin is attempting to govern outwardly, diminishing pressures for greater domestic accountability.

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Drug Wars: Brazil's Amazon The New Rio Grande

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Council on Foreign Relations, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Lula, Farc, Mexico, Dea, Obama, Brazil, Plan Colombia, Kgb, France Iran, Hip Hop, Colombia, Michele Bachelet, Alvaro Uribe, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Drug War, Celso Amorim, Cuba, Amazon, Sivam, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The last thing president Lula and Brazilian democracy need is the United States on its northern border using the drug war to interfere in internal politics like it has done in the past with Mexico.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: India, Venezuela, Israeli Settlements, Foreign Affairs, Nigeria, Spain, Iran, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George MItchell, Robert Gates, Spain ETA, Honduras, Kurdistan, Farc, Israel, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Push for Peace in Israel SI Analysis: The Obama administration is making a concerted effort to restart pe...

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Holder Helped Secure Lenient Plea Deal With Bush Lawyers

The Raw Story | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doj, Bush, Farc, President Obama, Eric Holder, Bananas, Obama, United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, Michael Chertoff, Department of Justice, Chiquita, Bush Administration, Carl Lindner, Columbia, Jr., Chiquita-Colombia, Carol Lam, Jeffery A. Taylor, Politics News

When the US Justice Department announced in March 2007 that Chiquita Brands had pleaded guilty to "one count of engaging in transactions with a specia...

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Colombia FARC Rebels Strive To Reinvent Themselves

Miami Herald | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: President Uribe, Colombia FARC, Colombia Farc Hostages, Colombia, Farc, Foreign Affairs, Alvaro Uribe, Uribe, President Alvaro Uribe, Advocacy, Colombia Farc Rebels, World News

Colombia's FARC is working to reinvent itself after suffering almost seven years of sustained military pressure under President Alvaro Uribe -- a peri...

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Hostage Carolina Zuluaga Rescued

Colombia Reports | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Farc Hostages, Colombia FARC, Cinthya Zuluaga, Colombia, Foreign Affairs, Carolina Zuluaga, Colombian-American Rescued, Farc, Advocacy, World News

A Colombian-American citizen, kidnapped February 6, was rescued by Colombian authorities Tuesday in the rural zone of Yumbo, in the south western depa...

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Colombia Guerillas Fail In Bid To Kill Defense Minister Due To Spelling Mistake

Telegraph | Jeremy McDermott in Medellin | Posted 04.29.2009 | World

Read More: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Spelling Mistake Thwarts Rebels, Manuel Santos, Farc, FARC Guerillas, Colombia, World News

A special forces unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had planned to celebrate the movement's 45th anniversary by killing Juan Ma...

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Pacifico Colombiano: Hot Sounds from Colombia's Violence-Plagued Pacific Coast

Modiba | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Ecuador, Bogota, Pacifico, Columbia, Farc, Salsa, African Music, Music, Pacifico Colombiano, World News
Modiba

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

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I Was Held Hostage in Colombia, and My Captors Should Face US Justice

Marc Gonsalves | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: Farc Hostages, Colombia FARC, Farc, Farc-Hostages, Extradition, Columbia, Marc Gonsalves, World News
Marc Gonsalves

Until this past July, I was held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). My captor must be brought to the United States to account for his crimes.

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Colombian Rebels' New Strategy: Release Hostages

csmonitor.com | Sibylla Brodzinsky | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Alvaro Uribe, Farc Hostages, South America, Colombia, Hostages, Farc, World News

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA - Colombian leftist guerrillas freed four hostages on Sunday in the first of three hand-overs planned for this week. The relea...

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FARC Rebels To Free High-Profile Hostages

Latin American Herald Tribune | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Farc Hostages, Alan Jara, Colombia Farc Hostages, Latin America, Gov Alan Jara, Piedad Cordoba, Colombia, Bogota, Farc, Sigifredo Lopez, Colombia Farc Rebels, World News

BOGOTA -- The release of the captives Colombia's FARC rebels promised to free will take place Sunday, an opposition lawmaker who has acted as a mediat...

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McColombia

The Real News | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Latin America, Colombia, Farc, United States, War on Drugs, Presidential Debates, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
The Real News

In this interview with The Real News Network, Hylton says that neither McCain nor Obama really know what 's happening in South America.

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Former Colombia Foreign Minister Argues For An Extension Of Tough U.S. Drug Plan And Free Trade, Supports McCain

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Russia, Congress, Colombia FARC, Venezuela, Pablo Escobar, Sarah Palin Vice President, War on Drugs, Wall Street Journal, Killing Pablo, Offthebus, Plan Colombia, Trade Deficit, Colombia Free Trade, Alvaro Uribe, Farc, Para-Military Groups, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, John McCain, Democratic Congress, John Bussey, Pablo Escobar Films, Terrorism, Free Trade, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, Barack Obama 2008, Outsourcing, Outsourcing to India, Labor Unions, Colombia, Sarah Palin, Narco-Trafficking, Fernando Araujo, Unions, Cocaine, Tu-160, Home News
Diane Tucker

I think Senator McCain will probably win in November because what North Americans value most is security, stability and experience, and that is McCain.

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Former Colombian Hostages Weigh Book And Movie Deal Options

Variety | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ingrid Betancourt Movie Deal, Ingrid Betancourt Hollywood, Ingrid Betancourt Released, Farc, Colombian Hostage, Thomas Howes, Keith Stansell, Colombian Hostage Movie, Marc Gonsalves, Entertainment News

Just one week after 15 hostages were freed by Colombian commandos, Hollywood has come knocking. Several potential projects are already taking shape, ...

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Betancourt Rescue Footage Released (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Colombia Rescue Video, Farc Rescue Operation Video, Farc Raid, Betancourt Rescue Video, Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia, Farc Rescue Operation, Farc, Colombia Betancourt Rescue, Home News

French officials say former hostage Ingrid Betancourt will be awarded the Legion of Honor on Bastille Day. Betancourt -- who was released from six y...

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Ingrid for President / Ingrid Para Presidenta

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

Read More: President Uribe, Us Hostages Rescued Colombia, Colombian Hostage, Colombia, Mccain Uribe, Mccain Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt, Ingrid Betancourt Reunited, Uribe, Alvaro Uribe, ÁLvaro Uribe, Alvaro Uribe Government, Chavez FARC, Colombia FARC, Farc, Plan Colombia, FARC Guerillas, FARC Guerrillas, Farc Hostages, Foreign Policy, World News
David Paul Appell

Betancourt has hinted at another run for the top job. If she does, she could become not just one the world's most respected presidents but also a much-needed beacon of hope in Latin America.

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Colombia Foils Bomb Plot After High-Profile Hostage Rescue

Reuters | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Colombia Hostage Rescue, Colombia, Colombia Hostages, Farc, Politics News

Colombia found explosives set to be used in bombs across the capital in reprisal for this week's rescue of leftist rebels' highest-profile hostages, i...

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The F Word: Celebration in Colombia? Not so Fast

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Us Hostages Rescued Colombia, Grittv, Flanders, John McCain, Farc, Colombia, Colombian Hostage, Politics News
Laura Flanders

Over 400 hundred labor organizers have been murdered during the Uribe regime alone. And for all those six years Washington has done nothing.

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Colombia Rescues Ingrid Betancourt, Americans From FARC

AP | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Colombian Presidential Candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Us Hostages Rescued Colombia, Farc Hostages, Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia, Farc Us Hostages, Farc, Us Military Contractors, Home News

***UPDATED 9:21pm ET -- July 2, 2008*** Colombia - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid B...

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U.S. Soldiers Help War Against Rebels In Colombia

Reuters | Hugh Bronstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Farc, Warwire, Colombia, Afghanistan War, Colombian Cocaine, Politics News

When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to hel...

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Oliver Stone Helicoptering Into Jungle On Hostage-Release Mission

AP | Toby Muse | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Hugo Chavez, Oliver Stone, FARC, Entertainment News

With its fearsome record of kidnapping and violence, Colombia's largest guerrilla army might seem a nightmare group to encounter. But not to Oliver St...

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