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Ibero-American
Summit Wraps-Up
Leaders of Spain, Portugal and their former colonies in the Americas on Saturday wrapped up a two-day summit,
held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, after issuing 14 communiques on a range of issues
targeting controversial agricultural subsidies, trade, poverty, anti-corruption measures and tourism.
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Texas Archbishop
Advises Catholics to Avoid Costa Rican
Group
In an extremely rare move, Archbishop Patrick Flores has issued a public warning to Catholics to stay away from a group in Costa Rica that some have called a doomsday cult.
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Lean
Travel Times Gaining Strength
...suddenly seeing more interest in places like Costa Rica and Hong Kong, according to product manager Teri Franklin.
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World Bank to lend Argentina 4.5 billion US dollars
Argentina will receive in the next five years 4.5 billion US dollars in credit from the World Bank (WB), Argentine representative Alieto Guadagni announced.
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Twin blasts rock Bogota, injuring dozens
Two explosions that hit an upscale district in the Colombian capital late Saturday night injured dozens, with some of them in serious condition, local media reported Sunday.
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UN supports debt reduction for Group of Rio
The United Nations supports the demand of the Group of Rio for international financial organizations to diminish their debt burden.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS
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U.S.
Moves to Squeeze FTAA Opponents
The
United States might be trying to
re-write its strategy towards a
threatened trade deal in the Americas by
adding more pressure tactics to its old
technique of doling out economic
benefits to Latin American countries.
Trade ministers from 34 countries will
meet next week in Miami for the eighth
ministerial meeting of the Free Trade
Area of the Americas (FTAA), a
pan-American deal that would create the
largest trading bloc in the world
stretching from Canada to Argentina --
with the notable exception of Cuba -- by
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COLUMNISTS:
HANK
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Home
For The Holidays?
For almost a week now, Osvaldo Villalobos is once again enjoying
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surroundings other than those of a prison cell or hospital room.
The younger brother of the Steward of our Money has returned home, albeit not his old and public one, but a home none the less with only access given to relatives, close friends and of course inspecting agents from the government who swing by unannounced for a boca and to make sure their man is staying put.
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