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Peru: Shining Path suspends military action, asks for government dialogue

The leader of the Peruvian terrorist group Shining Path in the Upper Huallaga Valley, Filomeno Cerron Cardoso, announced the suspension of military...
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Ecuador opens two military outposts on Colombian border

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa led the inauguration on Monday of two new military outposts along the country’s 720-mile border with...
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U.S. providing $1.4 million in anti-terror equipment to Paraguay

AmbassadorLiliana Ayalde (Official Photo) At an event that took place today at Paraguay’s army headquarters outside the capital city of...
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Terrorism in Latin America 101: What is the FARC?

The FARC is the Spanish acronym for las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The group is a...
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Israel accuses Hugo Chávez of turning Venezuela into Americas base for Iran

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Dani Ayalon (AP Photo) Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Dani Ayalon today accused Venezuelan President Hugo Ch...
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U.S. Congressmen want to designate Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism

Rep (R-FL) Connie Mack (AP Photo) Two South Florida congressmen introduced a resolution yesterday to officially designate Venezuela as a state...
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PERU: Controversy over potential for Shining Path terrorists to participate in elections

Jailed former Shining Path leader Guzmán (AP Photo) Shining Path – or Sendero Luminoso, as they’re known in Peru – is a...
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Farnsworth to Congress: Allowing Iran into Latin America is 'playing with fire'

The presence of Iran in Latin America was the topic on Capitol Hill today, as several prominent academics testified at an open hearing of the...
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Colombia: FARC planner and financier of 'Club El Nogal' bombing killed by police

The man behind one of Colombia’s worst terrorist attacks on a civilian business was shot and killed by police on Sunday in the southern...
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Chile to invoke anti-terror law in response to alleged Mapuche attacks

Mapuche Indians (Photo from Gáldu) The Chilean government announced Tuesday it would invoke a controversial Pinochet-era anti-terror law to...
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