Colombia political scandal widens
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Colombian orders the arrest of an ex-minister's father, as a political scandal over alleged militia links widens.
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LLANOGRANDE, Colombia  - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe told visiting U.S. lawmakers on Saturday his government's record illustrated it was addressing Democrats' concerns over anti-union violence and impunity that have stymied their approval of a free trade deal.
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The capture of a Colombian rebel on the streets of Caracas has triggered a diplomatic crisis with Colombia that has even drawn in the United States, with a top general accusing the Bush administration Friday of trying to undermine his government.
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Federal prosecutors in Brazil say they have identified 137 politicians and more than 400 officials involved in a corruption scandal.
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A leading Colombian paramilitary leader is accused of running a drugs empire from prison and loses privileges,
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Hundreds of thousands of Colombians headed for the streets on Thursday to show outrage at last week's news that 11 provincial politicians had been killed while held hostage by leftist rebels.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 18 -- Colombian guerrillas said Tuesday that they would hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¿vez, including an aide to French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.
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Colombian prosecutors on Friday ordered the arrest of a prominent political boss for alleged involvement in a kidnapping at the heart of a scandal tying Colombia's political elite to right-wing paramilitary groups.
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A Danish group has caused controversy in Colombia by publicly donating money to the country&#39;s largest Marxist guerrilla organization.
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Guatemalan President Oscar Berger is struggling to contain fallout from the murders of politicians and policemen in an election-year scandal that has revealed drug gang links to high-level security forces.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President Alvaro  Uribe offered on Saturday to meet his Venezuelan counterpart,  Hugo Chavez, to defuse a widening diplomatic dispute over the  capture of a top Colombian rebel in Venezuela.
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A corruption probe that brought down Shanghai's top leader is progressing further and others might be implicated, a Communist Party anti-graft official said Tuesday.
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Interpol launched an international call Monday for the arrest of a prominent Colombian politician who is believed to have fled to Venezuela after being accused of colluding with right-wing paramilitaries to kidnap a political rival.
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Assassinations of candidates in Colombia's October 28 local elections have risen far beyond political killings four years ago, the country's main political watchdog said on Friday.
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( Columbia -- November 28, 2004) --  There&#39;s new information that a rebel group in Colombia had planned to assassinatePresident Bush during his visit there last week.
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Chile's tax agency is broadening its investigation into charges of tax fraud by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, combing over more than 20 years of financial statements submitted by the former dictator, according to a report Tuesday.
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BOGOTA -- Colombia's government backpedaled yesterday on a sensational claim made by the defense minister that Marxist rebels wanted to assassinate President Bush during a recent state visit.