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Caribbean, Latin American leaders likely to discuss spying, development at U.N. meeting
BOGOTA, Colombia — Last week, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a U.S. state visit over allegations that the National Security Agency listened into her conversations and spied on state-run oil company Petrobras. On Tuesday, as she kicks off the United Nations 68th General Assembly, she’s expected to vent those grievances to the globe by calling for more oversight and stricter…
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Colombia, U.S. help train Haitian women police
FUSAGASUGA, Colombia — Juliana Jolissaint is no more than 5-feet-5 and 123 pounds, but she could easily instill fear in the heart of a criminal. Put a nightstick in her hand and she drops a comrade to the ground in seconds. “I was very slow,” said Jolissaint, a 21-year-old cadet from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. “Everything that I have to do [now],…
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CARICOM/ANDEAN COMMUNITY SEMINAR ON INVESTMENT, TRADE AND BANKING, 21-22 FEBRUARY 2002, CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and Caribbean Export in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade of Columbia and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) will be hosting a Seminar on Investment, Trade and Banking in Cartagena, Colombia 21- 22 February, 2002. Background and Objective The Seminar is a result of a Cooperation Agreement between the CARICOM Secretariat and the Andean Development…
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