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Castro reportedly in grave condition
Jan 15 2007 11:50PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in "very grave" condition after three failed operations and complications from an intestinal infection, a Spanish newspaper said Tuesday. The newspaper El Pais cited two unnamed sources from the Gregorio Maranon hospital in the Spanish capital of Madrid. The facility employs surgeon Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, who flew to Cuba in December to treat the 80-year-old Castro.
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Colombian police arrest drug kingpin
Jan 15 2007 10:10PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A reputed drug kingpin was captured Monday following a shootout, police said, ending a years-long hunt for a man wanted by American officials for allegedly smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States.
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Kidnap debate renewed in Colombia
Jan 15 2007 8:35PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's interior minister said Monday that kidnapped former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was in good health, reopening a national debate over freeing thousands being held captive by mostly leftist rebels.
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New president takes office in Ecuador
Jan 15 2007 6:53PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Rafael Correa vowed to put Ecuador's poor ahead of foreign debt payments as he was sworn in as president on Monday, raising a sword given to him by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in a ceremony attended by members of the growing club of leftist Latin American leaders.
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Gunmen kill Mexican politician
Jan 15 2007 6:42PM (CT)
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - Gunmen burst into the home of a political leader in the northern Mexican state of Durango and fatally shot him, two family members and an employee, authorities said Monday.
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Mexican president launches jobs program
Jan 15 2007 6:36PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Felipe Calderon launched a program Monday to create jobs for young Mexicans and curb the flow of millions of migrants to the United States.
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Bodies found in Sao Paulo subway crater
Jan 15 2007 6:34PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Rescuers found the bodies of two women Monday after the collapse of a subway construction site and held out little hope for finding any survivors among up to five others still believed buried under tons of dirt and rubble.
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Mexican leader says he's provided peace
Jan 15 2007 3:22AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's president defended his decision to fight crime with the military and insisted that the country has experienced "more peace and certainty" during his first 45 days in office.
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Guatemalan leader refuses to read speech
Jan 15 2007 1:58AM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemala's president declined to read his state-of-the nation speech to Congress, instead sending a written version to lawmakers after violent clashes erupted between protesting teachers and police outside the legislative building.
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