War Sullies U.S. Image in Latin America
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is heading off to Europe soon to try to heal divisions generated by the Iraq war. No less pernicious, according to some analysts, are that war's effects on the U.S. reputation in Latin America.
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MONTERREY, Mexico - Governments throughout Mexico and Central America are on alert as evidence grows that al-Qaida members are traveling in the region and looking for recruits to carry out attacks in Latin America - the potential last frontier for international terrorism.    The territory could be a perfect staging ground for Osama bin Laden's militants, with homegrown rebel groups, drug and people smugglers, and corrupt governments...
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The top U.S. military officer said on Thursday he was concerned by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's purchases of military equipment, saying they could harm efforts to build greater stability in Latin America.
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Just when President Bush was trying to accentuate the positive in Iraq and declare a new beginning in the war on terror, a rash of bad news comes from multiple fronts in the global struggle.
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Once a matter of bitter disputes, the Iraq war is strangely missing from this summit of world powers. A new generation of leaders has turned attention to other problems &#151; from global warming to poverty in Africa &#151; while the war grinds into its fifth year and the U.S. death toll climbs past 3,500.
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Latin American countries must work together to defeat drug trafficking and international terrorism as they have done in working to keep the peace in Haiti, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld, who has urged Latin American states to do more to  fight terrorism, on Wednesday raised the touchy issue of using  the military to combat terrorism and organized crime.
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From the snowy peaks of Bolivia to guerrilla hideouts in the Colombian jungle, Chavez's win fortified a common cause among anti-American radicals: the fight against "imperialist" economic policies that they believe Washington intends to impose on the region.
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Businesses are starting to sour on Asia and turning to Latin America and the U.S. for IT services.
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Chile is using a Pacific Rim summit to showcase itself as a Latin American model for free trade, democracy and modernity. But grinding poverty just outside the convention
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American officials are praising the Brazil-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti as an example of beneficial security cooperation among Latin American countries, even as the U.N. operation faces criticism for not doing enough to secure Haiti.
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President Bush sought to reverse an impression of U.S. neglect as he opened a weeklong tour of Latin America on Thursday. Police clashed with protesters in Brazil and across the region.
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The military's tsunami relief has boosted America's image in Indonesia. Will local hostility cut the mission short?
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The protests in Santiago, Chile, during President Bush&#39;s visit for an Asia-Pacific summit last month are a symptom of far deeper troubles in Latin America.
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Security concerns dominate Bush's Latin American trip. The view from inside the bubble.
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President Bush aims to dispel the perception of U.S. neglect of Latin America and burnish an American reputation damaged by the Iraq war, undertaking a second-term diplomatic offensive in the region akin to his recent courting of Europe.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - All of Latin America must  realize that terrorism is a growing threat in the Americas and  that the only way to defeat extremist guerrillas like al Qaeda  is to join ranks, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on  Tuesday.