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/ Central America
NICARAGUA
Nicaraguan
Former President Aleman Vows to
Oust Sandinistas
(Bloomberg) -- Former Nicaraguan
President Arnoldo Aleman said
he’ll help attract investment
and unite a divided opposition
against President Daniel Ortega
in a bid to return to the
presidency next year.
GUATEMALA
Guatemalan President
Praises Results of Visit to US
GUATEMALA - President Alvaro Colom is
pleased over the results of a work visit to
the United States that includes
international support for a fiscal reform in
Guatemala, it was reported here.
PANAMA
Panama House Ponders on New
Ministries
PANAMA - Creation of the Public
Security and Interior Ministries
will be among the issues for
discussion in the Panamanian
Parliament next week, after the
initiative was approved by the
Executive.
HONDURAS
Honduras' Return To
OAS Important: Brazil
BRASILIA - Brazil on Friday stressed the
importance of Honduras's return to the
Organization of American States (OAS) and
said the government of Porfirio Lobo should
adopt measures to ensure national
reconciliation.
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/ Latin America
LATIN AMERICA
New Steps Towards
Latin America, Caribbean Unity
Quintana Roo, Mexico - Bringing forward
Latin American and Caribbean integration
will be one of the key topics during the
so-called Unity Summit, to take place in
Cancun in the Mexican Mayan Riviera.
BRAZIL
Brazilian
President To Meet Fidel Castro
in Cuba
BRASILIA - Brazilian
President Luiz Incio Lula da
Silva will meet with Cuban
leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday
for a meeting of "friends"
during which they will discuss
aspects of international
politics, Lula's spokesman
Marcelo Baumbach said Friday.
ARGENTINA
Powerful Storm Sweeps
Argentina's Capital
BUENOS AIRES - A 90-minute powerful storm
with a heavy rainfall of 90 millimeters in
volume swept Argentina's capital city of
Buenos Aires on Friday, causing an overflow
of the Maldonado Stream and seriously
interrupting the traffic.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela
Government Calls to Prepare for
Defense
CARACAS - Venezuelan Vice
President Elias Jaua called
people to prepare for defending
the country against US economic
and political ambitions.
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/ Special Reports
ENVIRONMENT-LATIN AMERICA: Glass
Half Empty
The
countries of Latin America have
made progress in terms of access
to clean water and sanitation,
but have failed to curb
greenhouse gas emissions and
deforestation, says a new United
Nations report. "We should put a
suitable price tag on the
environment," Alicia Bárcena,
executive secretary of the
Economic and Social Commission
for Latin America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC), told IPS at
the launch of the report in
Mexico City Wednesday.
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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