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January 2008
- Chavez Turning Florida Into Lil' Venezuela
  
  New York Times | Jan 23, 08 2:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Like Cubans fleeing Castro, Venezuelans leery of their country's future under socialist President Hugo Chavez are hightailing it to the US—mainly Florida. Venezuelan expats are raising kids, investing money, and opening businesses in South Florida, the New York Times reports. Asked about returning to Venezuela, “I won’t consider it, as long as there’s that guy there," replies one new Floridian. More »
- 'Mistrust' Fueling Latin American Arms Race
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Jan 16, 08 12:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Recent bursts of defense spending from Brazil and Venezuela have experts wondering if Latin America—decades removed from a war between nations—has entered an arms race, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Chile has also invested in weapons recently, and Colombia is rife with war-on-drugs firepower. “There is a real risk of it escalating,” one expert said. “There is tremendous mistrust between countries.” More »
- Brazil Prez: Fidel 'Healthy, Lucid'
  
  Reuters | Jan 16, 08 9:07 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - After meeting with Fidel Castro, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday the 81-year-old leader was "incredibly lucid," healthy, and "ready to assume his political role in Cuba and the role he has in history." Lula met earlier with Raul Castro, who has been running the country since his brother's stomach surgery in 2006. More »
- Colombian Hostage Reunited With Son
  
  BBC | Jan 14, 08 4:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Colombian woman held captive for nearly six years by rebels was reunited yesterday with the son she had as a hostage. Clara Rojas' baby, Emmanuel, fathered by one of the rebels, was taken from her when he was just eight months old, suffering from a broken arm and a parasitic disease. Now 3, he has been living in a foster home for the last two years. More »
- Colombian Hostages Joyfully Return to Families
  
  CNN | Jan 10, 08 9:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Two freed hostages are back with their families tonight after years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, CNN reports. "We are being reborn!" said Clara Rojas as she was reunited with her elderly mother in Venezuela. "This is like living again," said her fellow former hostage, Consuelo Gonzalez. "Sometimes I think it's a dream." More »
- Inside the $800K Suitcase Scandal
  
  Bloomberg | Jan 10, 08 6:29 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - At the center of an international scandal linking Argentina, Venezuela, and a suitcase filled with nearly $800,000 in cash is a rotund dual US-Venezuelan citizen who lives in a million-dollar Miami condo and has a fondness for fancy watches and fast cars. Bloomberg takes a closer look at the bizarre case of Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson and five of his associates charged in a cover-up. More »
- Ex-CIA Agent Agee Dies in Cuba Exile
  
  Associated Press | Jan 9, 08 4:23 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Philip Agee, an ex-CIA spook who became a critic of US policies in Cuba, has died in Havana after surgery at age 72. Agee quit the CIA in 1969, and in 1975 published a book detailing the agency's alleged unethical policies against Latin American leftists. Agee moved to Cuba in 2000, where he started a travel website to bring Americans tourists there, the AP reports. More »
- Director Rips Bush in Colombia Hostage Drama
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jan 7, 08 3:40 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Maverick Hollywood director Oliver Stone had a front-row seat on the scene of the failed hostage rescue mission in Colombia last month—and has returned blaming that nation's government and President Bush. "Shame on Bush,” Stone told the Guardian . Colombian rebels reneged on a deal to free two female politicians and a child, saying stepped up military operations in the area made release too dangerous. More »
- Rebels Admit They Don't Have Hostage Boy
  
  BBC | Jan 5, 08 6:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rebels in Colombia have acknowledged that the 3-year-old boy in foster care in Bogota is Emmanuel, the son of one of the hostages they are holding and the focus of a much-publicized release that fell through last week. Farc rebels had announced the release of Emmanuel, his mother Clara Rojas, and another Colombian politician to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. More »
- DNA Tests Show Rebels Don't Have Colombian Boy
  
  Bloomberg | Jan 4, 08 4:36 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - DNA tests all but confirmed today that a 3-year-old boy Colombian rebels had pledged to include in a hostage-release deal has actually been in foster care since 2005. The group FARC negotiated the release of Emmanuel Rojas—born to a female hostage and her rebel captor—with Hugo Chavez; the test results appear to cement Colombian claims that FARC duped the Venezuelan president. More »
- Colombia Prez: Rebels Don't Have Hostage's Love Child
  
  AFP | Jan 2, 08 10:29 AM CST