Latin American Studies

Venezuela weapons worry US, Colombia (AP via Yahoo! News)

16 May 2008

The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela's peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels.

Interpol: Colombia did not doctor FARC files (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

16 May 2008

An international forensics team has determined that Colombian officials did not tamper with computer files they say prove Venezuela's close collaboration with leftist rebels.

Berry College students take studies to Dalton for experience in Hispanic culture (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

16 May 2008

DALTON, Ga. — Kharis Wilhite, an education major at Berry College, opened the book “Little Quack’s Hide and Seek,� and looked at the 20 pre-kindergartners sitting in a circle around her.