María del Pilar Hurtado, former director of Colombia’s Administrative Department of Security (DAS) under the government of President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), could seek political asylum in Costa Rica after Panama revoked her refugee status.
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Colombians are the largest group of foreigners who have gone to Peru seeking employment in the last ten years. Paola Garcia Pinedo wrote in
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Uruguay promulgated the bill which incorporates Bolivia as the latest member of Mercosur, the South American group made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
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In late May the Colombian Embassy and Consulate General in Buenos Aires hosted a cultural event called “Colombia Will Seduce You” that over four days presented dance, music, circus acts, and film “to show the Argentine people the best of Colombian culture.”
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After the heavy loss of production and the decline in exports during the first quarter, Argentina’s Minister of Industry reopened negotiations with Brazil to reach a new agreement.
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Bachelet traveled to Brazil to sign an agreement to facilitate information exchange on the human rights violations, but her government still has not indicated how it will deal with Bolivia’s demand for access to the Pacific.
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Chile will propose to open the Pacific Alliance to other countries in the region.
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The Universidade São Paulo (USP) of Brazil had been knocked off top spot after three years.
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The Drug Enforcement Unit of Peru and the Federal Police in Brazil have been deployed to the border area with Colombia as part of an operation aimed at stopping the flow of drugs to Brazilian cities, many of which will be World Cup venues.
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Documents reveal how Brazil helped the Chilean dictatorship with the training of agents, the repression of “subversives,” and arms sales.
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