The BBC's Jeremy McDermott in Medellin: "This is perhaps a turning point in Colombia's civil conflict ( Read more... )

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IN APRIL 2010, as part of a scheme to beautify the rundown port near the centre of Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic games, workers were replacing the drainage system in a shabby square when they found some old cans. The city called in archaeologists, whose excavations unearthed the ruins of Valongo, once Brazil’s main landing stage for African ( Read more... )

For skeptics of how the American government has conducted its so-called War on Drugs, don’t worry, it will soon be out of their hands ( Read more... )

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Officials in Colombia's second-largest city on Monday inaugurated a giant, outdoor escalator for residents of one of its poorest neighborhoods.

For generations, the 12,000 residents of Medellin's tough Comuna 13, which clings to the side of a steep hillside, have had to climb hundreds of large steps authorities say is the ( Read more... )

TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Venezuela and Cuba as part of a four-nation Latin America tour in the second week of January 2012, an official said Wednesday ( Read more... )

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This year, LAWG’s Colombia team brought together a coalition of labor, human rights, faith-based, and environmental groups to build a national grassroots movement to oppose the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA). While this FTA ultimately did pass on October 12th, 2011, we are proud of the work that everyone involved did to generate debate ( Read more... )

By Diane Anderson-Minshall

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