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Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 19:23 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most brutal drug traffickers was detained Tuesday, in the second major victory for the government against the narcotics trade in a month.
Mexico captures major Tijuana drug gang leader
Jan 12, 2010 17:57 EST
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police captured a drug kingpin on Tuesday known for having the corpses of tortured rivals dissolved in acid and blamed for much of a surge in violence in the northern border city of Tijuana.
Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 15:27 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most-wanted and brutal drug traffickers, was detained Tuesday, in the second major victory for the government in less than a month.
Top Tijuana drug lord 'El Teo' captured: Mexico police
Jan 12, 2010 13:49 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords, was captured early Tuesday on the northwestern Baja California peninsula, a federal police official said.
Bolivia banks on 'Coca Colla,' fizzy coca-leaf drink
Jan 10, 2010 18:01 EST
President Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous leader known for chewing coca leaves at UN meetings, is making a fresh push for the plant, this time in the form of the soft drink "Coca Colla."
County breakdown on proposed smog standards
Jan 08, 2010 04:46 EST
State-by-state breakdown of how proposed smog standards would affect select counties.
County breakdown on proposed smog standards
Jan 07, 2010 14:10 EST
State-by-state breakdown of how proposed smog standards would affect select counties.
Bolivia demands access to Pacific Ocean: Arica tunnel
Jan 04, 2010 11:20 EST
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Three Chilean architects proposed a plan on Friday to expand sea access for Bolivia, which has been landlocked for more than a century, by constructing a tunnel that will run through Chile's first region in Arica.
Bolivian Indians see rocky exodus from serfdom
Jan 03, 2010 00:17 EST
Bolivian's poorest Indians eager for their president, a fellow Indian, to fulfill his promise. Juan Vasquez didn't have much of a childhood. He never went to school, began to work as a ranch hand at age 12, married three years later and has nine children.
Bolivian president in emergency plane landing
Dec 23, 2009 19:52 EST
Plane carrying Bolivia's presidents makes emergency landing; no one injured. A plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Moarales had to make an emergency landing Wednesday because of a failure in its hydraulic system, but no one was harmed, a spokesman said.
Bolivia's Morales says will deepen leftist reforms
Dec 07, 2009 18:51 EST
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales vowed on Monday to increase state control over the economy and strengthen political power for indigenous groups, a day after exit polls showed he was re-elected in a landslide.
Bolivia's Morales says will deepen leftist reform
Dec 07, 2009 10:32 EST
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales said Monday he would deepen reforms focused on Indian power and state control of the economy after exit polls showed he was re-elected in a landslide Sunday.
Bolivian president Morales easily wins re-election
Dec 07, 2009 02:27 EST
Leftist Evo Morales wins easy re-election in Bolivia, further empowering Indian majority. President Evo Morales easily won re-election, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.
Bolivia's Morales headed to easy re-election
Dec 06, 2009 18:43 EST
Leftist Morales bound for easy re-election in Bolivia, further empowering Indian majority. President Evo Morales appeared headed to easy re-election Sunday with a strong mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.
Morales tipped for win as Bolivian polls close
Dec 06, 2009 16:33 EST
Ballots closed Sunday in Bolivian elections likely to give President Evo Morales a second term with a strengthened mandate to extend his leftist reforms -- and antagonistic relations with the United States.
Morales tipped for win as Bolivian polls close
Dec 06, 2009 15:51 EST
Ballots closed Sunday in Bolivian elections likely to give President Evo Morales a second term with a strengthened mandate to extend his leftist reforms -- and antagonistic relations with the United States.
Bolivia's anti-US leader poised for re-election
Dec 06, 2009 13:27 EST
Bolivian President Evo Morales, a fervent anti-US leader, looked poised to easily win re-election on Sunday thanks to overwhelming support from his country's indigenous majority.
Bolivia's anti-US leader poised for re-election
Dec 06, 2009 09:49 EST
Bolivian President Evo Morales, a fervent anti-US leader, looked poised to easily win re-election on Sunday thanks to overwhelming support from his country's indigenous majority.
Bolivian leader to change law to jail polls rival
Dec 01, 2009 16:18 EST
Bolivian President Evo Morales, seeking reelection in weekend elections, said Tuesday the law would be changed so a conservative opposition candidate and his running mate could be jailed for corruption.
Spain's Repsol to invest $1.5 million in Bolivian gas
Nov 26, 2009 15:40 EST
Spanish oil company Repsol YPF will invest 1.5 million dollars over the next five years to boost natural gas production in Bolivia, the company announced Thursday.
