Venezuelan VP: CIA plotting to kill Chávez
Venezuelan Vice President José Vicente Rangel has claimed that President Hugo Chávez' life "is seriously threatened," and puts the blame on the CIA for plotting to kill the Venezuelan head of State.

Mexican President appoints new labor minister
Mexican President Vicente Fox appointed on Friday his party colleague Francisco Salazar Saenz asthe new labor minister.

Protests continue in Bolivia
Protests in Bolivia continued on Saturday as demonstrators erected roadblocks on highways to La Pazand El Alto, said reports from La Paz, the administrative capital of Bolivia.

US intends to avoid Posada Carriles's extradition: Rangel
The United States intends to send Luis Posada Carriles to a country rather than Venezuela who requested his extradition in May, said Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel on Friday in Cuba.