For many people in the tropical lowlands, Branko Marinkovic, whose parents emigrated to Bolivia in the 1950s from the former Yugoslavia, is an example of entrepreneurial resilience and leadership. But for President Evo Morales and the social movements that support him, Marinkovic is the kind of magnate who symbolizes all that is wrong in rebellious eastern Bolivia.
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Two new massacres in Venezuelan territory could raise the number of Colombians killed in recent weeks in Venezuela to at least 20, according to officials in both countries.
South Florida has seen a surge in trips to Cuba as new U.S. policies toward Havana take shape.
A plan to increase the American military presence on at least three military bases in Colombia, Washington’s top ally in Latin America, is accentuating Colombia’s already tense relations with some of its neighbors.
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