* Venezuela: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied that planned military exercises between Russia and Venezuela are designed to provoke the U.S.* El Salvador: President Tony Saca continued his country’s commitment to maintaining troops in Iraq.
* Brazil: World Bank head Robert Zoellick proposed scrapping the G7 in favor of a “steering group” of nations including Brazil.
* Peru: The Andean country’s energy minster quit his post amidst a growing scandal over “alleged oil kickbacks.”
Image- boston.com (“The Pyotr Velikiy, Peter the Great, Russian nuclear-powered missile cruiser seen in the Barents Sea, Russia, in this July, 2004, file photo. The Peter the Great cruiser accompanied by three other ships of Russia's Northern Fleet was to sail from their base in Severomorsk…on a cruise which will include a joint exercise with the Venezuelan Navy, Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said on Vesti 24 television. (AP Photo/File).”)
Sources- forbes.com, AFP, The Latin Americanist, IHT
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