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Uribe rides high in Colombia

Uribe rides high in Colombia

President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted... Full Story

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  • Uribe rides high in Colombia
    Uribe rides high in Colombia

    Sun, Jul 06, 2008 06:11 AM EDT

    President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom.

  • Tropical depression hovers near Mexico
    Tropical depression hovers near Mexico

    Sun, Jul 06, 2008 05:54 AM EDT

    The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is hovering hovered close to Mexico and threatens to strengthen into a tropical storm over the next day.

  • US checks Mexico for source of salmonella outbreak
    US checks Mexico for source of salmonella outbreak

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 09:45 PM EDT

    Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico.

  • Colombia army finds ton of explosives
    Colombia army finds ton of explosives

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 09:36 PM EDT

    Colombia's military says it has found more than a ton of explosives in a house in a rural area outside the capital.

  • Uribe eases tensions with Venezuela
    Uribe eases tensions with Venezuela

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 09:32 PM EDT

    Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe pledged closer ties with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Saturday after months of on-and-off tensions, but Ecuador's leftist president said problems remain and he isn't ready to re-establish relations with Colombia.

  • Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
    Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 08:47 PM EDT

    Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.

  • Freed hostage's Colombian fiancee travels to Texas
    Freed hostage's Colombian fiancee travels to Texas

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 07:28 PM EDT

    The Colombian fiancee of freed U.S. hostage Keith Stansell has traveled to meet him in Texas along with their 5-year-old twin boys, who will see their father for the first time.

  • Argentine lawmakers back export taxes

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 01:14 PM EDT

    Argentina's lower house of Congress on Saturday approved a package of grain-export taxes that have sparked nationwide farm protests and food shortages.

  • Mexico sees anti-drug aid for police

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 01:50 AM EDT

    Mexico's president says he plans to use the recently approved package of U.S. anti-drug aid to improve the country's police force.

  • Argentine congress debates export tax

    Sat, Jul 05, 2008 01:11 AM EDT

    The Argentine Congress is debating on live television a proposal to increase grain-export taxes that has sparked farm strikes and food shortages across the country.

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