US-Venezuelan relations could
improve: senator
US-Venezuelan relations could
improve in the short term, US
congressman Christopher Dodd, a
Connecticut Democrat, was quoted
by the El Universal daily as
saying Tuesday.
The US senator said relations
between the two countries are of
great importance to the US
Congress.
"We're here to see if we could
start with new relations. It is
worthless to keep on talking
about what has happened.
Washington will turn a new page
in its relations with Caracas in
the new year," Dodd said.
Dodd also held a meeting with
representatives of the National
Assembly, Supreme Court
President Ivan Rincon, and
members of civil organization.
Dodd and Rhode Island Republican
Lincoln Chafee and Bill Nelson,
a Democrat from Florida,
concluded a three-day official
visit Monday after meeting with
President Hugo Chavez.
Colombian journalist dies after
gunmen attack
A
Colombian journalist died
Tuesday after being shot by two
gunmen in Cucuta, capital of
Norte de Santander department,
police said.
Julio Palacios was attacked on
his way to work and died later
in hospital, said Cucuta Police
Commander Jose Henao.
Palacios, who worked for a
Cucuta radio station, received
death threats after making
accusations of local government
corruption on the radio.
It was not clear whether his
murder was linked to the
threats. The police are trying
to capture the gunmen.
Colombia has one of the world's
highest homicide rates, with
20,000 murders recorded in 2004.
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Landslide kills at least
three children in Mexico
Landslides killed at least
three children early Tuesday
morning following heavy
rains in the northeastern
Mexican state of Baja
California.
Local authorities confirmed
the deaths of the children
occurred in the San Antonio
de los Buenos district of
west Tijuana.
The civil security office of
Tijuana said a five-year-old
child died at home when a
landslide crushed his house.
But his mother and brother
are safe.
A nine-year-old girl and her
teenager sister were found
dead at their home after the
landslides devastated the
area together with floods,
said Jose Rosas, a technical
coordinator of the office.
Storms also killed 13 people
in the US state of
California.
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