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South America As a sign of protest against the Israeli army offensive in the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Venezuelan government ordered the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Caracas, Shlomo Cohen.
Transnational Crime Fernando Araujo, a former Colombian foreign minister and former hostage of the FARC who fled captivity just two years ago, revealed in an interview published today that he aspires to be a presidential candidate for the Conservative Party in the forthcoming elections.
South America The Ocucaje desert, about 300 kilometers south of Lima, houses hundreds of 20 million years old whale or shark fossils, treasures that the Peruvian authorities struggle to save from illegal trafficking.
South America Colombia has extradited the head of Colombia's most powerful drug cartel to face trafficking and murder charges in the United States.
Transnational Crime Former French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt said Monday in Rome that the first project of her foundation will prevent the FARC guerrillas from trying to recruit young Colombians.
South America A former member of Colombia's FARC rebel group is the first person to take advantage of a special French asylum offer. The rebel arrived in Paris with former French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
Central America Two U.S. military disaster relief teams from Joint Task Force-Bravo, based at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, have delivered more than 278,000 pounds of relief supplies to victims in flood-affected communities in Panama and Costa Rica.
South America Chilean naval vessels completed the evacuation of 89 passengers of the cruise ship 'City of Ushuaia," stranded in Antarctica on Thursday, confirmed Commander Alan Nettle, chief of operations of the Third Naval Area.
South America Brazil and Paraguay will build a second border bridge over the river Parana, a project that will begin next year and be completed in 2012, according to the agreement reached between the two countries and published today in the Official Journal.
South America The Colombian Navy and the Administrative Department of Security [DAS] delivered a hard blow to drug trafficking by locating and destroying a makeshift workshop where a series of semi-submersible craft were built for drug trafficking service.
South America Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maddelin Angebrand, Continuing Promise 2008 Public Affairs
South America On December 8th, Buenos Aires, the capital of tango, will celebrate that musical genre with “The Great National Milonga,” which is expected to draw a multitude of people to dance in two-four time to the music in the streets of Buenos Aires.
