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Paraguay becomes observer of the Alliance of the Pacific despite Brazil and Mercosur
The Alliance of the Pacific announced this week that Paraguay had been accepted as an observer of the regional group. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos chair and host of the alliance summit in Cali made it official during the reading of the final ...
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Brazil’s employment rate remains stable but job creation slowed in recent months
Brazil's jobless rate rose slightly in April for the fourth straight month but remained near record lows, suggesting that tight labour conditions bolstered a gradual recovery and fed into inflation, statistics agency IBGE said this ...
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Soldiers Place US Flags in Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- On Memorial Day - Monday, May 27 this year - Americans remember those in the military who died while serving their country. Ahead of that day, soldiers place American flags in front of the more than 360,000 gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington. Army Colonel James Markert places a flag at the tombstone of Christopher Henderson, who was killed in ...
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Ecuador’s Correa begins third presidential term with high popularity
Ecuador's Rafael Correa began his third term as president on Friday under seemingly ideal conditions: extremely high popularity, a more than two-thirds majority in Congress, a stable economy and a badly splintered opposition.The combative leftist economist used the opportunity to bash a few of his favourite targets: The Organization of American States, the Inter-American Commission on Human ...
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Andres Oppenheimer While Pacific Alliance thrives Mercosur withers
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos may not have been hallucinating when he said last week that the Pacific Alliance — the bloc made up of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile — “is the new economic and development engine of Latin America and the Caribbean.”Indeed, the Pacific Alliance, which was officially launched only one year ago, is growing rapidly and becoming a ...
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Rapes in Brazil Spur Class and Gender Debate
A wave of rapes on public transportation in Rio de Janeiro has led to the creation of women-only cars on trains, but some women say not enough is being ...
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Venezuela willing to normalize relations with U.S. FM
Venezuela is willing to normalize diplomatic relations with the United States on the basis of mutual respect and none interference in each other's domestic affairs, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said Sunday. "We will remain open to the normalization of relations with the United States....The first thing would be to restore diplomatic delegation at the highest level," ...
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Biden Phones Iraqi PM Concerned About Sectarian Violence
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to express concern over the recent rise in violence, including bombings. The White House says Biden pledged continued U.S. support for Iraq in its fight against terrorism. A statement says Biden and Maliki agreed on the importance of reaching out to all political leaders in Iraq and the need for a ...
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Forlan Lodeiro named in Uruguay squad
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has included Brazil-based players Diego Forlan and Nicolas Lodeiro in his squad for June internationals against France and Venezuela in addition to the Confederations Cup.Midfielder Lodeiro, 23, was rewarded for his impressive form for Botafogo,for whom he top-scored with eight goals during the club's triumphant 2013 Campeonato Carioca campaign, while Forlan has ...
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UPDATE 1-Perus Humala vows to prioritize investment after bump in road
Fri May 24, 2013 10:39pm EDT By Marco Aquino LIMA May 24 (Reuters) - Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said on Friday he will prioritize investments and speed up infrastructure projects after the economy hit a "bump in the road" with unexpectedly slow growth in the first quarter. Peru's economy slowed to expand 4.8 percent in the first three months of this year compared to the same ...
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Attack on Police Convoy in Pakistan Kills 6
A militant attack on a police convoy near the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least six policemen. Several others were wounded, including the district police officer, in the attack Friday on the Indus Highway. Local media say the militants armed with rockets ambushed the convoy, which was on its way from Peshawar to Kohat. A wounded driver was able to reach Kohat, ...
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Brazil officials must register gay unions as marriages
By The Associated Press Brazilian notaries public must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a statement that notaries public cannot refuse to marry gay couples or convert a same-sex civil union into a marriage if that's what the pair ...
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Brazils Santos decide to sell Neymar - club
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Santos said it had agreed sell striker Neymar to one of two unnamed soccer clubs, according to the club's official Twitter ...
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Ecuadors Correa sworn in for new term
ECUADOR'S President Rafael Correa has been sworn into office for an unprecedented third term. The left-wing leader and ally of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has a high popularity rating and his party controls Congress. Correa first took power in 2007 and will serve what he says is his last term until 2017. A number of leaders from the region and Europe attended Friday's ...
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Brazils Santos Decide to Sell Neymar-Club
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Colombia Hit man targeting high-profile journalists
By Helen Murphy, Reuters BOGOTA - Colombia's government warned on Tuesday of a plot by a criminal group to kill several high-profile journalists just weeks after the attempted assassination of an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the violence-plagued Andean nation.President Juan Manuel Santos also announced that 90 journalists are being given protection ...
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US Human Rights Abuses Continue in N. Nigeria
A U.S. official said Friday the State Department has been monitoring the situation and concludes that human rights abuses are continuing. The official says Secretary of State John Kerry plans to meet with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Nigeria has declared a state of emergency in the north, where Boko Haram extremists have launched ...
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Mexico far fewer people disappeared than feared - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois Missouri News Sports
By MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said federal and state governments are working to weed out people who have been located. He noted that many of ...
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia cenbank chief worries about medium-term external shocks
Fri May 24, 2013 7:18pm EDT * Uribe happy about economic growth, inflation rates * Concerned about shocks coming from EU, US in medium term * Foreign reserves rise, could help protect economy By Helen Murphy and Eduardo Garcia BOGOTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Colombia's central bank chief said on Friday his main challenge over the medium term was preparing the nation for a normalization of U.S. ...
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Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence
Monsignor Romulo Emiliani says the gangs will apologize to the public and ask for dialogue with the government and police to start changing from their gang ...
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Banco de Bogota sees new players in Colombia eyes Peru
Fri May 24, 2013 6:40pm EDT * Bank eyes growth in consumer, mortgage sectors * Looking at regional opportunities, sees competition * Banking investments pouring into Colombia By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Colombia will remain a hot spot for foreign banks in the coming years as low credit penetration provides ample room for growth, the head of its second-biggest ...
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Expert US Foreign Policy in Retreat
A former senior advisor to the late Richard Holbrooke, who served as U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, says when it comes to foreign policy, the U.S. is in "retreat." Vali Nasr, who is now dean of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), said the Obama administration has concluded that the best way forward for the United States ...
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British Security Services Scrutinized After Soldiers Murder
A police officer guards a block of flats in Greenwich following a raid in connection with the killing of a British soldier in nearby Woolwich, southeast London, May 23, ...
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Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual ...
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Bolivia Describes as Failure DEA Anti Drug Fight in LatAm
La Paz, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian government described today as a failure the anti-drug fight of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Latin America. In a press conference, the minister of the government, Juan Ramon Quintana, accused that organization of being responsible for thousands of fatalities, and the increase of money laundering and weapon sales in the region. He said that ...
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Chemical castration in Argentina for rapists?
Chemical castration of rapists seems a good way to prevent them from re-offending. But, if the 'treatment' is reversible by simply not taking the medicine anymore, and if taking the treatment get the rapist a light sentence, is it fair that the victim still has to carry his child if he makes her pregnant in the attack?
It was announced by officials in Argentina’s Mendoza province on the 21st of March, 2010, that chemical castration has been authorized for rapists convicted in the province. The move came after what the authorities called, a “significant rise” in the number of sexual assaults last year. Read more
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