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Argentina: all roads lead to 'Evita'
The midterm election Sunday is being seen as a referendum on the populist policies of President Cristina Kirchner, whom the media often compare to Eva Perón. |
27 million tons & what do you get?
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.---Three Colombia labor leaders are long dead---all felled in 2001 at the hands of Colombian right-wing assassins near the Drummond coal mines in northeastern Colombia where they labored and led a coal miners' union. |
'Critical moment' for the hemisphere
The inauguration of a new president in El Salvador today is a testament to the strength and durability of democracy throughout the Americas. |
Brazil: Profiting from insecurity
To watch the nightly news or pick up the morning papers in this metropolis of 20 million is to see a place where people are afraid to leave their homes for fear of murder, robbery, kidnapping, and assault. |
Mexico's next war on drugs
Addiction skyrockets as drugs bound the US circulate within Mexico.
Mexico City - Gerardo Flores was 16 when he first was offered marijuana, and by the time he was 19 he had tried ecstasy, LSD, and cocaine. |
