A kidnapping target in her native Colombia, journalist Silvana Paternostro returned there to document life beyond the drug war.
By Matthew Fishbane Dec 3, 2007
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A "Colombian idol"-style search transformed a humble farmer into the 21st century version of TV's coffee icon. Meet the man behind the mule.
By Matthew Fishbane
October 16, 2007
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The controversial drama "Sin Tetas" offers a grim look at beauty standards and the economics of sex.
By Adrienne So
October 6, 2006
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Latin America's McOndo literary movement drags the butterflies of magical realism into Burger King. With Jorge Franco's narco-saga "Rosario Tijeras," it may have found its first masterpiece.
By Rachel Aviv
January 21, 2004
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Investigators knew employees for U.S. military contractors in Bosnia bought women as sex slaves. But because of legal loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, no one was prosecuted.
By Robert Capps
June 27, 2002
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Wives to gang members: no sex 'til you quit killing each other.
By Lynn Harris
September 13, 2006
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The recent lifting of the nation's abortion ban has brought women's health issues into the political mainstream.
By Sarah Goldstein
May 26, 2006
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The Bush oil-igarchy wants to spend $100 million in military aid to protect an Occidental pipeline from Colombian rebels.
By Arianna Huffington
February 23, 2002
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Guerrilla commander Fabian Ramirez's kidnapping of a prominent Colombian senator seems motivated more by passion than politics. And it has set off a new round in the country's long, bloody narco-war.
By Ana Arana
February 23, 2002
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The Colombian senator and presidential candidate talks about drug trafficking, political corruption, guerrillas, the paramilitaries and how to fix democracy in her embattled nation.
By Damien Cave
January 15, 2002
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Turning loose a force of heavily armed mercenaries in the middle of a bloody civil war in the name of America's war on drugs is more than a misguided policy -- it's utter insanity.
By Arianna Huffington
July 16, 2001
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Two new books detail America's deadly pursuit of Manuel Noriega and Pablo Escobar.
By Laura Miller
May 24, 2001
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In "Killing Pablo," Mark Bowden details the 16-month game of cat and mouse that finally took down Medellín cartel founder Pablo Escobar -- with the help of the U.S. government.
By Douglas Cruickshank
May 24, 2001
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The downing of a U.S. missionary plane over Peru raises questions about whether we can trust our drug-war allies -- and the families of soldiers who died in Colombia say the answer is no.
By Jeff Stein
April 24, 2001
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A night without men turns into a wild party for women.
By Jack Boulware
March 14, 2001
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The U.S.-backed Plan Colombia will soon touch down in a region battered by civil war and central to the cocaine trade -- will it ignite the conflict?
By Ana Arana
December 5, 2000
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Another drug czar leaves a failed tenure in office, declaring victory with a mess of skewed statistics.
By Arianna Huffington
October 20, 2000
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In the wake of a scandal involving his closest aide, Peru's president calls
for new elections and says he will step down. But can he be kept to his
word?
By Stephanie Boyd
September 19, 2000
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The girls from a certain city in Colombia are known for their allure, but why are they so special?
By Timothy Pratt
September 13, 2000
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September 8, 2000
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Indigenous Ecuadorians want Texaco to answer for alleged environmental recklessness in the Amazon -- and 30,000 of them are fighting the oil giant in U.S. District Court.
By Ana Arana and Garry M. Leech
September 7, 2000
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Bush and Gore should tell us where they stand on the ugly $1.3 billion drug war offensive in Colombia that the next president will have to face.
By Arianna Huffington
September 1, 2000
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Gen. Barry McCaffrey drives his government office like a lockstep battalion, but some contend his ruthless schedule and egomaniacal ways are only hurting his effort to bring sanity to America's drug policy.
By Arthur Allen
August 30, 2000
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Fearful of walking in the footsteps of Thailand during the Vietnam War, officials in Panama want to stay out of the U.S. offensive in Colombia.
By Mark Schapiro
August 30, 2000
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The fortress tourist town of Cartagena banned street children and demonstrations on the eve of the president's arrival.
By Ana Arana
August 28, 2000
"My Colombian War"
Being Juan Valdez 
Colombia's breast obsession
100 years of solitude -- on crack
Crime without punishment
Colombia's growing nightmare
Ingrid Betancourt
Uncle Sam, manhunter
Treachery over the Andes
Ground zero in the Colombian drug war
Adios, Alberto!
Angels from Cali
Globalized grievance
Portrait of a drug czar
Panama wants to stay out of the drug war
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