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Venezuela Controlling Drug Flows
Caracas - After pressure by drug traffickers
who are using its territory as bridge to move drugs,
Venezuela is planning to strengthen its legal
mechanisms to face this scourge.
Colombia Scandal Witnesses Summoned
Bogota - The Colombian Prosecutors Office summoned
150 witnesses Thursday, to give testimony on the
scandal on the illegal interceptions made by the
Department of Security (DAS) to magistrates,
politicians and opposition leaders.
Protests Continue in Peru
Lima - Social protests continue in several Peruvian
regions for a third day, with people expressing
their dissatisfaction with the current economic
policy.
Ecuador Proposals as UNASUR Chair
Quito - Creation of an intermediation system on foreign investments is one of the initiatives that Ecuador will present once it assumes UNASUR presidency on August 10, the Ecuadorian media announced on Thursday. |
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PERU: Three Days of
Anti-Government
Protests
Wednesday was the
second day of a
three-day strike
declared by trade
unions and social
movements in Peru to
protest the economic
policies of
President Alan
García. According to
the government, the
strike has been a
complete failure.
Labour Minister
Jorge Villasante
said "work has
continued as normal
in Peru. The protest
has not caught on
among the workers as
the organisers had
hoped."
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Settle
For a Slowdown
There are times when all you
want from your vacation is
to move slower than a
narcoleptic construction
worker. If embracing the
Kenny Chesney motto, "no
shoes, no shirt, no problem"
sounds awfully good, look no
farther than Samara Beach,
Costa Rica, a perfect beach
town where the clocks don’t
work.
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Travel Store Tours |
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Could Costa Rica
Overthrow Its President?
The
Honduran legislature
decided last week
decided that that the
president as unfit to
govern and Sunday
morning a group of
soldiers took Manuel
Zelaya by force and put
on a plane headed for
Costa Rica, in a coup
d'etat since the Cold
War. Zelaya said he was
kidnapped by Honduran
military officers, who
dragged him from his
residence. |
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