September fifteenth was chosen as the starting date because it is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Flournoy says the withdrawal date is not arbitrary and Mr.Obama did not, as she put it,pull the timeline "out of a hat."

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Allowing it to drag on, as other parts of the process already have, would just provide another excuse to push back the poll date.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"The occasion of the CRC's is an opportunity for us all to reflect upon the injustice of such disparities, and to rededicate our efforts to realizing the rights of these excluded children, as well as to sustain the gains made to date."

VOA: standard.2009.10.08