A little more "local flavor" from South American, Dave:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...6A35752C1A9659
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World Briefing | Americas: Ecuador: Account Of Arms Trafficking Rejected
By Juan Forero (NYT)

The government said its ambassador to Colombia would not be returning to his
post until Colombia's president, Álvaro Uribe, offered an explanation for
his assertion that rogue Ecuadorean military officers had furnished
Colombian leftist rebels with a rocket launcher used in a failed
assassination attempt last month. The government recalled the ambassador on
Friday, after Mr. Uribe said the weapon used by rebels who tried to kill the
president of the Colombian cattlemen's association had come from the
Ecuadorean military. Ecuadorean Army officers vigorously denied the charge,
and Ecuador's president, Lucio Gutiérrez, a former colonel, has supported
them, saying Mr. Uribe has shown no proof to back his claim. Juan Forero
(NYT)