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Paraguay's New President May be Moderate PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 22 June 2008 08:31
Fernando Lugo

Paraguayan President-elect Fernando Lugo was all smiles as he and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez embraced, talked of a revolution for the poor and pledged to build a united Latin America.

But as the former Roman Catholic priest ended a three-nation tour Thursday that also included visits to Venezuela's leftist allies in Bolivia and Ecuador, political analysts predicted he will take a less radical approach to governing.

'He sees himself on the side of the progressive forces that want to change the relationship between Latin...

Last Updated on Friday, 27 June 2008 19:43
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FDA Visits Mexico Farms Tainted Tomatoes PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 16:40
Tomatoes In Mexico There might be a break in the salmonella case -- or not. Food and Drug Administration inspectors headed for farms in Florida and Mexico on Friday as new clues emerged to the...
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 June 2008 14:14
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Chavez Protests EU With Oil Threat PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 16:22
Hugo Chavez (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened not to sell oil to European Union countries.

The threat is for those that follow new rules on immigration, but oil analysts...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:42
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Coca Cultivation Rises In Colombia, U.N. Says PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:45
Coca Cultivation BOGOTA, Colombia, June 18 -- The amount of land devoted to production of coca, the leaf used to make cocaine, has grown at a dramatic pace in Colombia despite a huge American-funded...
Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:42
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Picasso Prints Stolen From Brazil Museum PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:19
Alonso Unsure SÃO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Three heavily armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown São Paulo on Thursday, the city's second high profile art theft...
Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:41
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