* Venezuela: Thousands of protesters participated in separate rallies on Saturday for and against President Hugo Chavez in his latest tiff with the local media.* Ecuador: Four Democratic Senators wrote a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk claiming that Chevron is campaigning to cut trade benefits to Ecuador while the company is still on trial for supposedly polluting the Amazon.
* Cuba: Continental Airlines will start direct flights today to Cuba two months after President Obama said that he would ease travel restrictions to the island.
* Argentina: The country may halt wheat exports on the global market for the first time in about a century due to severe droughts.
Image- PRESS TV
Online Sources- Reuters, cbs2.com, LAHT, Bloomberg
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