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2008-03-09 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The hand & ID is nice but that laptop is the diamond in the ring.

Posted by tipover 2008-03-09 01:27|| 2008-03-09 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder why Columbia is making nice now? They have the goods on Correa and Chavez for backing FARC. I don't think either will stop, rebels will still take refuge in their countries. Columbia has given up when they hold most of the stick.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-03-09 11:00|| 2008-03-09 11:00|| Front Page Top

#3 A joint communique issued by the so-called Rio Group Summit of Latin American Leaders ... noted that Correa had agreed to review electronic files taken from a laptop computer found at the rebel camp that Colombia alleged showed Ecuadorean officials had met with Raul Reyes, the rebel leader who was killed in the raid.

Uribe can back off a little in public. He's got 2 senior FARC leaders dead and the goods on Correa, with the threat of making more public if needed to spur a cleanup of the Ecuadorean border.

Plus the regional leaders see past Hugo's bluster: do Hugo's dirty work and expect to be the one who pays.

Posted by lotp 2008-03-09 11:25|| 2008-03-09 11:25|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder why Columbia is making nice now?

It's called 'having them by the balls'. Much easier to show magnamity and keep the weapon hidden at this point.

Posted by Pappy 2008-03-09 11:53|| 2008-03-09 11:53|| Front Page Top

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