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Maduro Im ready to be the president of Venezuela
"The people will win on April 14 in the state of Zulia, Venezuela and achieve rhe biggest victory in the political history of the country," vowed United Battle Command. Hugo Chavez commands the election campaign of the candidate Nicolás Maduro in state of Zulia. "Comandante Chavez, the people of Zulia swear that you will not fail, and that will lead to a win for ...
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John Denver Tribute Links Musicians from Various Genres Generations
Fifteen years after his death in a small plane crash and more than 40 years after his first hit, John Denver’s songs are getting a new lease on life. "The Music Is You," is a new tribute that brings musicians from various genres and generations together to re-imagine Denver’s biggest hits. The musicians include southern rockers My Morning Jacket, who cover "Leaving ...
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Dominican merchants close key border market in protest over Haiti ban of poultry egg imports
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Merchants in the Dominican Republic have shuttered a large border market in protest over neighboring Haiti's ban on poultry and egg imports. The Dajabon market was closed Monday seeking to pressure Haiti to drop the ban. A Dominican board says the country sells about 25 million eggs and 8 million chickens to Haiti every month. Early in June, Haiti said ...
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Another round of protests in Brazilian cities
Protestors march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. Protests in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, were set off by a 10-cent hike in public transport fares, have clearly moved beyond that issue to tap into widespread frustration in Brazil about a heavy tax burden, politicians widely viewed as corrupt and woeful public education, health and transport systems and ...
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Thousands protest on Brazils streets
Tens of thousands of people marched through Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, as protests spread over rising public transport prices and the cost of staging the 2014 World ...
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Amid woes at home Maduro meets with Pope Francis
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, gives Pope Francis a statuette of Venezuela's Jose' Gregorio Hernandez, a popular figure amongst Venezuelans whom Maduro expressed hope for his canonization on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Andreas Solaro, ...
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Make-or-break Brazil test for Mexico
Italy , leaving them with little room to manoeuvre. Another reverse here coupled with an Italian win over the Japanese will see them exit the competition. They face a stiff test against a side that is slowly but surely coming together under Luiz Felipe Scolari and intent on making further progress in front of their fans in Fortaleza. Jose Manuel de la Torre's side emerged with a 2-0 win ...
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Tens of thousands return for further fare hike protests across Brazil
South America Mass protests continued throughout Brazil on Monday, with tens of thousands of demonstrators converging in Sao Paulo and several other cities, sparked by a 20-cent increase in bus fares. Protests began last week following a government announcement of an increase in public transportation costs, which brought out students and young workers and led to more than 250 arrests. ...
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EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil stocks hurt as Batistas OGX MMX tumble
* By Asher Levine and Danielle Assalve SAO PAULO, June 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks fell on Monday, dragged down by a decline in shares of oil producer OGX and mining company MMX, both controlled by billionaire Eike Batista, whose holdings have suffered a sharp sell-off this year. OGX declined 15.46 percent, while MMX dropped 14.38 percent, pulling the Bovespa stock index 0.49 percent into ...
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Tens of thousands protest Confed Cup costs in Brazil
People take part in a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 17, 2013. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities Monday protesting the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs, police ...
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US names prisoners slated for indefinite detention
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The U.S. is identifying several dozen Guantanamo Bay prisoners slated for indefinite detention at the U.S. base in ...
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UPDATE 1-Peru protesters push to stop $5 billion Newmont mine
Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:21pm EDT By Mitra Taj PEROL LAKE, Peru, June 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of opponents of a $5 billion gold project of Newmont Mining circled a lake high in the Andes on Monday, vowing to stop the company from eventually draining it to make way for Peru's most expensive mine. Lake Perol is one of several lakes that would eventually be displaced to mine ore from the Conga ...
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Brazil warns against soccer protests
Brazil warned on Monday that it will not allow ongoing nationwide protests against higher public transportation fares and the use of public funds to disrupt international football tournaments."We will not allow any of these demonstrations to disrupt the events which we have pledged to host - the Confederations Cup and (next year's) World Cup," Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo ...
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Ecuador firm on Assange asylum
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses members of the media and supporters from the window of the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge, west London on Dec. 20, 2012. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) Ecuador on Monday defended its protection of Julian Assange after holding fruitless talks with Britain, resulting in no change to the fugitive's asylum ...
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Hours After Supreme Court Strikes Down Voter Suppression Law Senator Introduces Bill To Overturn Decision
struck down an Arizona voter suppression law in a surprise move Monday, but one Republican senator is already trying to work around that decision. Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the 7-2 opinion in ...
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Protests build in Brazil as discontent spreads
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a growing protest that is tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The marches, organized mostly through snowballing social media campaigns, blocked streets and halted traffic in more than a half-dozen cities, ...
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Latinamerica and Mercosur priorities of Brazil foreign policy ratifies Rousseff
President Dilma Rousseff ratified Latinamerica and Mercosur as Brazil’s foreign policy priorities, but at the same time emphasizing the ‘excellent relations’ with the United States and the European ...
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US Selects 8 New Astronauts
NASA says half the appointees are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronauts in one class. They all were chosen from more than 6,000 applications in a selection process that lasted a year and a-half. NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Monday the group will help to lay the groundwork for missions to an asteroid and to Mars in the coming decades. The new astronauts ...
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Assad Warns Europe Will Pay the Price for Arming Rebels
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is warning Europe it will "pay the price" if it arms the rebels fighting to drive him from power. Assad told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that giving the rebels weapons would "export" terrorists to Europe. He said fighters in Syria would gain combat experience and return to Europe with extremist ideologies. The ...
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Most US Retailers Choose Not to Sign Bangladesh Factory Accord
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Ecuador would examine Snowden asylum claim
Ecuador says it would consider any asylum claim by US leaker Edward Snowden meaning he could one day potentially join Julian Assange in Latin ...
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Colombia will not reach adjusted 4.5 economic growth target Reuters poll
According to experts consulted by the news agency, this year’s growth is most likely to be the same as last year. The Colombian government started off the year expecting the country’s growth domestic product (GDP) to grow 4.8% but was forced to lower its expectation to 4.4% or 4.5% last week citing disappointing Q1 growth as ...
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Peru More Demonstrations Against Conga Mining Project
Yanacocha mine Peru (photo: Wikipedia) Hundreds of Peruvian farmers are demonstrating today in Cajamarca, Northern Peru, against the start of construction of ...
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Obama Putin disagree on Syria at icy G8 talks in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland US president Barack Obama has sparred with Russia's Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict eclipsed the rest of the ...
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FIFA Confederations Cup Preview Brazil v Mexico
Hosts Brazil will be looking to secure a FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final spot with a win over Mexico in their meeting on Wednesday.After their opening victory over Japan, Brazil know that victory in their Group A clash in Fortaleza will guarantee a place in the last four with a game to ...
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Shipping Wars: Uruguay and Argentina face off over rival port expansion plans
Argentina and Uruguay both want to be the shipping hubs of South America, or southern South America at least, and both are planning to considerably expand their port infrastructure in Buenos Aires and Montevideo respectively, which is leading to considerable diplomatic strain.
Argentina is a regional power in South America, the country is considered one of the more developed nations on the continent on-par with Uruguay (on paper at least, with a similar per capita income and Human Development Index rating) although the country occupies a majority of the continent with Brazil and presides over a massive coastline. Read more
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