This raised the death toll to at least 12 since the Oaxaca conflict began.

26, has polarized Ecuador's 13 million inhabitants, over half of whom still live in poverty, despite Ecuador's formidable oil industry.

27, 1997 assassination attempt, in apparent retaliation for his investigations into the drug underworld. and their supporters consider this a turning point and an important symbolic defeat for the state. -backed irregulars into Nicaragua.

He did an unbelievable job. defense secretary to visit Paraguay. Staunch backers of the U.

It would be too costly for a poor Central American nation such as Honduras to build and operate such a major military facility on its own.

The continuous strengthening of the Honduran military is being viewed as a significant security threat by Managua. Rumsfeld is known to be a strong supporter of maintaining a U.

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