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Breaking News Sun, 5 Jul 2009
President Barack Obama, front row center, pose for a group photo with Caribbean leaders, from left, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Bahamas`Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, St. Lucia's Prime Minister Stephenson King, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and Dominica's Primer Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, during the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Saturday April 18, 2009.
(photo: AP / Andres Leighton))
Embrace Trade, Not Chávez
National Review
| By the Editors | This past weekend's Summit of the Americas, in Trinidad and Tobago, was a carnival of platitudes and absurdities. As a "gift," Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez gave Pres. Barack Obama a radical-left history book written by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano. Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega d...
Swine flu sends ship home early to Aruba
The Miami Herald
| ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Aruban health authorities checked passengers and crew from the cruise ship Ocean Dream on Friday for signs of the swine flu that cut short their Caribbean trip, and some could find themselves spending still more time on board. ...
A matter of morality.
Philadelphia Daily News
He takes First World nations to task | By Tirdad Derakhshani | Inquirer Staff Writer You won't like what Eduardo Galeano has to say. | The Uruguayan author, who read from his new book, , June 2 at the Free Library of Philadelphia, is the Superman of ...
Gaga over Kaka
Hong Kong Standard
AC Milan have denied reports in Spain that Brazilian playmaker Kaka has signed for Real Madrid in a 65 million euro (HK$ 716 million) deal. | //--> Thursday, June 04, 2009 | AC Milan have denied reports in Spain that Brazilian playmaker Kaka has sign...
Peru maintains growth despite global recession
The Miami Herald
| While much of Latin America is facing negative economic growth this year, Peru is weathering the world economic recession far better than most of its neighbors. | It is expecting economic growth of 4 percent in 2009, said Luis M. Valdivieso, Peru's...
Argentina: Diverse, rich and successful
The Times Of India
|               Text: As an investment destination, Argentina offers investors a dynamic, profitable and open economy with a wide range of investment opportunities in sectors with global growth potential. Talen...
Barter clubs expose Argentina's weakness
CNN
By Brian Byrnes | CNN | BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- They line up early every Saturday morning at the decrepit gymnasium that houses the La Matanza Barter Club. | Club members shuffle in carrying sacks stuffed with everything from homemade clothing to ...
Geodesic buys Interactive Networks
Business Journal
| Geodesic Ltd., which focuses on mobile and desktop communication and entertainment, said Monday it acquired Interactive Networks Inc. | Geodesic, which has U.S. headquarters iin Santa Clara, did not provide financial terms of the deal. | Montevideo...
Mexico soccer clubs leave tournaments in flu spat
The Guardian
* Players from Uruguay, Brazil refuse to travel to Mexico * Mexican players complain of virus-related taunts (Recasts with wider pullout, adds details, byline) By Carlos Pacheco MEXICO CITY, May 8 (Reuters) - Mexican soccer teams on Friday pulled out...
Embrace Trade, Not Chávez
National Review
| By the Editors | This past weekend's Summit of the Americas, in Trinidad and Tobago, was a carnival of platitudes and absurdities. As a "gift," Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez gave Pres. Barack Obama a radical-left history book written by Uruguayan a...
What Can Obama Do in Latin America?
Middle East Online
How The Nation Magazine Saved the American Empire | What if Barack Obama had picked the Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel or Democracy Now! anchor Amy Goodman to advise him at the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago this week? Unlikel...
Uruguay off tax haven 'black list': OECD
The Times Of India
|               Text: PARIS: Uruguay has been taken off the OECD blacklist of tax havens that had not agreed to respect international standards, after assurances from the country's finance minister, the organis...
What Can Obama Do in Latin America?
Middle East Online
How The Nation Magazine Saved the American Empire | What if Barack Obama had picked the Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel or Democracy Now! anchor Amy Goodman to advise him at the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago this week? Unlikel...
Uruguay off tax haven 'black list': OECD
The Times Of India
|               Text: PARIS: Uruguay has been taken off the OECD blacklist of tax havens that had not agreed to respect international standards, after assurances from the country's finance minister, the organis...
G-20 leaders blacklist 4 tax havens
The Times Of India
|               Text: PARIS: The OECD has placed Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and Uruguay on its blacklist of non-cooperative tax havens, as part of efforts agreed at the Group of 20 summit to crack do...
Politics
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez waves to photographers during the opening session of the Arab- South American Summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Latin American leaders are set to begin a summit meeting with their Arab counterparts in Qatar, looking to boost ties between South American and Arab states
(photo: AP / Hassan Ammar)
Venezuela’s Hope of More Sway Dims as Riches Dip
World Security Network
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, left, and President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. | CARACAS - President Hugo Chávez's push to extend his sway in Latin America is waning amid low oil prices and disorder in Venezuela's own energy industry. | In recent years, Mr. Chávez has used his nation's oil wealth to drive his socialist...



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