Ex-Venezuelan Police Chiefs Seek Asylum
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Two former Caracas police chiefs requested asylum at El Salvador's embassy Friday amid investigations into their handling of violent 2002 protests that left 19 people dead, their lawyer said.
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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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Spanish business sectors investing in Venezuela have called on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias to ensure legal and political security for foreign investors.
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Mordechai Vanunu, who was barred from leaving Israel after being freed in April following 18 years in prison for revealing the country's nuclear ambitions, said he has been seeking asylum abroad.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Colombian drug kingpins in league with corrupt Venezuelan military officers are increasingly using this country as a way station for smuggling cocaine to the United States and Europe, according to Colombian and U.S. officials. The Bush administration's dismal relations with ...
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The flight of a convicted killer enjoying asylum in France has frustrated Italy&#39;s efforts to bring ex-guerrillas to justice and reopened wounds from an era when the Red Brigades terrorized the country.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prepared to send helicopters into neighboring Colombia to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela begin crisis talks aimed at ending a serious diplomatic row.
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The Colombian and Venezuelan leaders are to meet to try to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the two nations.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday appointed new ministers of interior and justice and information, a cabinet reshuffle after his victory in a recall referendum.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's interim prime minister accused ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of directing a wave of violence from exile, while 95 Chinese police arrived yesterday to participate in their first UN peacekeeping mission in the Western Hemisphere.
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An Argentine ex-officer on trial in Spain for the deaths of dissidents asks for protection for his family over threats.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - A top Colombian rebel  captured last month was apparently abducted from Venezuela,  possibly by Colombian security officials in a serious violation  of Venezuelan sovereignty, Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse  Chacon said on Wednesday.
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An ex-soldier and 200 supporters took over a police station in a poor Andean town on Saturday and demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo after a gunfight that injured seven people.
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Recruiters working for U.S. contractors are hiring former Colombian soldiers - and luring away active-duty ones - for security jobs in Iraq, according to a former army officer who met with the recruiters.
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Foreigners who visit Venezuela and criticise government will be escorted to the airport.
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The homeless in Venezuela's violent capital are heading to shelters for the night or sleeping in groups as safety precautions following the brutal murder of nine vagrants over the past four months.