Hollywood, Fla. – As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez began an elaborate operation to pick up three high-profile hostages from rebel-held areas in Colombia on Friday afternoon, Edgar Montanez couldn’t help but think of what happened 14 years ago.
He remembered his anguish when members of the same leftist group kidnapped and killed his brother, Juan, while on assignment for Colombia’s national police force. Continue Reading →
Santiago, Chile – A U.S. Senate Subcommittee report released in July linking former Gen. Augusto Pinochet to suspected money-laundering activities at the Washington-based Riggs Bank has roused Chileans of various political factions, as well as the country’s traditionally conservative media and up-and-coming centrist and liberal publications. Continue Reading →
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