Friday, February 24, 2006
Stella Artois brewer beats forecast in Latin Ameica
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Politics and Carnaval
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Argentina, Uruguay at odds over pulp plant
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The Nation on Haiti
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Colombian politician remembered on the fourth anniversary of her kidnapping by FARC
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Still unknown fate of trapped Mexican miners
Rescuers are continuing their efforts in locating 65 trapped miners in a Coahuila,
Oscar Arias about to recapture Costa Rican presidency
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White House lays out rules for possible Puerto Rican plebescite
A recently released report from a White House task force sets the guidelines of how
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Cuba endorses Iranian nuclear program
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Western North Carolina plant closing and moving to Honduras
The Anvil Knitwear plant near
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Homosexuality still illegal in Jamaica, says government
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Little hope for trapped Mexican miners
Rescue efforts have been hampered in trying to save 65 miners trapped nearly three days in a coal mine in the northern state of Coahuila. Family members of the stuck miners anxiously await “a miracle from God,” while
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Israel and Mercosur nations working on a free trade deal
A Mercosur delegation visited
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PetroCaribe talks broke down, says Trinidad PM
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning admitted that negotiations with
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Colombia: Bombing raids against leftist guerillas; army chief resigns
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77 Ecuadorian migrants rescued off the coast of El Salvador
A British merchant vessel rescued 77 Ecuadorians off a sinking boat near El Salvador on Thursday. The Ecuadorians were trying to immigrate to the U.S. when their boat sprung a leak in international waters.
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'Desperate Housewives' dubbed in Spanish
White House softens view of Morales
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WAPO discusses the task of rebuilding Haiti
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Bono in Brazil to spread anti-poverty message
Sunday, February 19, 2006
U.S. Congressmen push for probe against FBI actions in Puerto Rico
House Representatives Jose Serrano, Lydia Velazquez, and Luis Gutierrez are urging for federal hearings and an investigation of an FBI counterterrorist operation against a Puerto Rican pro-independence group. The FBI raided several houses and businesses on February 10th and accused the People’s Boricua Army (a.k.a. Los Macheteros) of planning bombings and attacks in
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Mexican court nullifies verdicts related to murder of Cardinal Ocampo
The Supreme Court of the state of Jalisco overturned the sentences of 13 people involved in the 1993 killing of Cardinal Jesus Posadas Ocampo. Ocampo, the former Archbishop of Guadalajara, was killed in that city’s airport under very confusing circumstances.
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Toronto-based company given green light to build gold mine in Chile
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