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Russ Campbell's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
H igh fives all around, folks. The City of Toronto has won the 2015 Pan Am Games, beating out Bogota, Colombia, and Lima, Peru by a 33 of 52 vote on the first ballot. After losing out to world-class cities in its five attempts to attract two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and one attempt to get a World’s Fair, Toronto relegated itself to the minor leagues and finally got the international...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Bogota- Colombia's secret service seized 6.2 million dollars in counterfeit US bills that were hidden in Bogota and were set to be distributed in the United States, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Colombia's secret service, the Administrative Departemen...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Wednesday warned Venezuela not to brush aside last month's deaths of nine Colombians on the border as paramilitary gang violence, an incident that fueled tensions between the Andean neighbors.
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The Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
http://tinyurl.com/y88du26 October 31, 2009 Colombia and the US sign military pact to fight cocaine trade Behind closed doors and with little fanfare, the US and Colombia signed a military pact yesterday to expand the presence of US troops in the South American country, a deal that caused stand-off with neighbouring Venezuela. The agreement, which allows the US to use seven Colombian military bases...
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CNN (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
In a move that has already come under harsh criticism in Latin America, Bogota and Washington signed an agreement Friday that allows U.S. personnel to be stationed in Colombia.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Bogota- Colombia and the United States signed Friday a controversial military deal granting the United States use of seven military bases on Colombian soil. The US-Colombian plan had been announced this summer and drew sharp criticism from Latin Amer...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Bogota - Colombia and the United States signed Friday a controversial military deal granting the United States use of seven military bases on Colombian soil. The US-Colombian plan had been announced this summer and drew sharp criticism from Latin Ame...
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
BOGOTA - In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers on Friday signed a pact to expand Washington's military's presence, a...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
BOGOTA -- The United States and Colombia have signed an agreement to expand the U.S. military presence in the Andean nation - a deal that has prompted objections from leftist neighbors.
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Colombia and the United States signed Friday in Bogota a deal granting the US military access to Colombian bases that has caused anger and concern in several South American capitals.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia and the United States signed a pact on Friday increasing U.S. access to Colombian military bases despite objections from left-leaning South American governments, a U.S. embassy official said.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To further development of the Colombian stock market and to incentivize the public's involvement in said stock market, Ecopetrol S.A. ("Ecopetrol" or the "Company") (NYSE: EC) announced that, as of November 1, 2009, it will continue to directly assume the administrative and custodial costs associated with the shares of the Company...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Gang warfare has left 33 dead since Saturday in the city chosen to host the 2016 Olympics. Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro police on Wednesday announced seven more deaths and 17 arrests as drug-fueled violence continued to sweep over parts of the city that this month was named to host the 2016 Olympics.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
BOGOTA -- Colombia's acting chief prosecutor is reopening a preliminary investigation into Vice President Francisco Santos over meetings the politician held with far-right militia leaders as a journalist.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian prosecutors have reopened a probe into Vice President Francisco Santos over charges by a former paramilitary boss that he had sought to organize outlawed militias, an investigator said on Monday.