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Chavez granted astonishing powers
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Adopting what Hugo Chavez once dubbed "the mother of revolutionary laws," Venezuelan legislators on Wednesday gave him broad...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 02/01/07 by John Otis Houston Chronicle · More from publication -
U.S. displeased with Colombia on extradition: Move offers protection to kingpins already in prison.(World)
BOGOTA, Colombia - The approval of a watered-down extradition bill that protects the imprisoned leaders of the Cali cocaine cartel angered...
Washington Times, The, 11/28/97 by Otis, John · More from publication -
Colombia vote big despite terrorism.(World)
BOGOTA, Colombia - Government officials rushed yesterday to put a positive spin on local elections in which large numbers of voters turned out in...
Washington Times, The, 10/28/97 by Otis, John · More from publication -
In Colombia, life insurance often is a health hazard
Life insurance fraud is common in Colombia. Criminals buy policies for the destitute, kill them and become beneficiaries. One gang allegedly bought...
Insight on the News, 09/22/97 by John Otis · More from publication -
Violent death rampant in Colombia: Insurance fraud often is motive.(World)(Briefing/The Americas)
BOGOTA, Colombia - With his front teeth knocked out and standing just over 5 feet tall, Alberto Acosta looks nothing like an action movie hero....
Washington Times, The, 08/05/97 by Otis, John · More from publication -
Euthanasia movement gains speed in Colombia.(World)
BOGOTA, Colombia - Unconscious and curled up in the fetal position, the 58-year-old Colombian woman was wasting away from a brain tumor. On...
Washington Times, The, 06/22/97 by Otis, John · More from publication -
Oil and poverty just don't mix
Colombian oil companies have lost over $1 billion in sales and repairs since 1987, due to terrorist sabotage of facilities. The terrorism is fed by...
Insight on the News, 02/24/97 by John Otis · More from publication -
Colombia cites rebel-union link to pipeline blasts: Critics: Little cash trickles down.(World)(Briefing/The Americas)
CUCUTA, Colombia - The explosions echo through the jungles of northern Colombia almost like clockwork. Nearly once a week, leftist guerrillas...
Washington Times, The, 01/28/97 by Otis, John · More from publication -
Weapons sales to South America flourish: U.S. profits despite a ban on arms trade.(World)(Briefing/The Americas)
QUITO, Ecuador - The can-do conversations of Latin American finance ministers are often punctuated with tradespeak acronyms such as NAFTA and...
Washington Times, The, 01/14/97 by Otis, John · More from publication -
Daniel Ortega attempts Clinton-style comeback
Ortega trails front-running conservative Arnoldo Aleman by only a few points in Nicaragua's splintered presidential election. The former Sandinista...
Insight on the News, 10/21/96 by John Otis · More from publication
