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President Barack Obama has largely disappointed hopes for an "equal partnership" with the countries of Latin America, according to the latest in a series of annual reports on U.S. relations with the region released this past week.President Barack Obama has largely disappointed hopes for an "equal... more
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U.S. federal agents are closing in on four former Guatemalan soldiers accused of taking part in a massacre in 1982.
The massacre in Dos Erres is widely considered one of the darkest chapters of Guatemala's 36-year civil war that claimed some 200,000 lives, and in which the U.S. military played a shadowy role. One month after allegedly raping young girls and women during the massacre, one of the men under investigation, Pedro Pimentel Rios, began work as an instructor at the US Army School of the Americas, the Pentagon-run training school for Latin American militaries.
The investigations have raised questions as to how the men came to gain entry to the United States and then make lives here.U.S. federal agents are closing in on four former Guatemalan soldiers accused of... more
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Guatemala's government handed over a military document last week containing evidence the country's army massacred villagers during a time in which it was heavily backed by the United States. The document could help prosecute top officials for genocide.Guatemala's government handed over a military document last week containing... more
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President Hugo Chavez is accusing Colombia and the United States of plotting to set up a fake rebel camp on Venezuelan soil to discredit his government.President Hugo Chavez is accusing Colombia and the United States of plotting to set up... more
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Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia. This action is the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbors.Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia. This... more
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The United States is massively building up its potential for nuclear and non-nuclear strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean by acquiring unprecedented freedom of action in seven new military, naval and air bases in Colombia.The United States is massively building up its potential for nuclear and non-nuclear... more
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