Author: Jim Wyss
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Latest international effort to help Haiti greeted by doubts
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A new international effort is under way to reverse Haiti’s rapid descent into lawlessness, but disagreements, tepid contributions and delays in deploying police forces have raised concerns that yet another mission to rescue the Caribbean nation is doomed to fail. A multinational security force established by the United Nations Security Council last October has yet…
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Venezuela’s Maduro warns of civil war amid power struggle
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BOGOTA, Colombia • In an unusual morning appearance, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Thursday asked his military for “loyalty” and warned them that the United States was stoking discontent to create division in the ranks and spark a civil war. Addressing several thousand troops in Caracas alongside Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, Maduro said the…