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China and Cuba seek greater cooperation
Xi Jinping said his country would like to work more closely with Cuba on international and regional issues. Xi told Cuba's visiting first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, that China would like to forge a good partnership with Latin American and Caribbean nations, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader called for stronger cooperation between China and Latin ...
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In Germany Obama Defends US Surveillance Programs
U.S. President Barack Obama listens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, June 19, ...
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South Africa to Host Worlds Biggest Telescope
JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa is preparing to host the biggest radio telescope in the world. Along with Australia, the country has been chosen to host ...
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Carlsbad students project helps village in Mexico
CARLSBAD -; Pacific Ridge School senior Akash Patel is working on turning an abandoned school bus into a library and community center for an elementary school in San Ignacio, a fishing village in ...
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Colombian Govt Guerrilla Resume Talks in Cuba
8 de junio de 2013, 11:39 Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) presented their considerations in this capital today of convening a Constituent Assembly in that country, after resuming peace talks with the ...
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Walter Lee Williams Former USC Professor On FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List Arrested In Mexico
This 2011 image provided by the FBI shows Walter Lee Williams, 64, one of the U.S. FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Tuesday June 18, ...
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Sao Paulo Protests Rage In Brazils Largest City
SAO PAULO -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament – people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption. That was the repeated message Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 ...
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What Does American Actually Mean
In Latin America, "American" means anyone from the American continent. U.S. citizens claiming the word are considered gauche or imperialist. So what's the ...
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International Fund for Animal Welfare Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt
Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and as far north as Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, 3000 km north of Sao Paulo. IFAW (International Fund for Animal ...
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RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Actions to Block Life-saving Funds to Haiti
RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American Development Bank deliberately obstructed $146 million in approved IDB financing. WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante released internal U.S. ...
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Morsi Critics Demand Early Egypt Elections
An Egyptian signs a petition for Tamarod, Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections in the Shubra neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, June 2, ...
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Senate Includes Foreign Adoptees in US Immigration Reform Bill
The U.S. Senate has voted in favor of automatic citizenship for foreign-born children adopted by American families. The chamber added the measure to landmark legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, a top priority of President Barack Obama’s agenda. Senators have proposed scores of amendments to the immigration bill, and Tuesday the Senate voted on four of them. Democratic ...
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Gunmen Kill Dozens in Northern Nigeria Village
Witnesses say dozens of gunmen arrived on motorbikes early Tuesday in the village of Kizara, moving from house to house and shooting at residents. Some of the gunmen climbed on top of a hill and opened fire on villagers who tried to escape the attack. Zamfara state officials say the gunmen were part of a group of cattle rustlers that have been terrorizing the local community. The gunmen ...
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Al-Shabab Attacks U.N. Compound in Mogadishu
Militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for what officials are calling a suicide bomb attack on a United Nations compound in the Somali ...
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Obama Africa Trip is Effort to Re-engage with Continent
WHITE HOUSE -- U.S. President Barack Obama returns to Africa next week, only the second visit of his presidency to the continent. In Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, he will stress support for democracies and economic progress, and speak about the importance of human rights. Obama has spent less than 24 hours in sub-Saharan Africa, an all-too short visit to Ghana in 2009. He spoke to ...
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Space Africa Looks to the Final Frontier
JOHANNESBURG -- Space, the final frontier, and one that African nations have largely left unexplored. But with the emergence of space agencies around the continent, some intrepid space-gazers are studying ways to boldly go where few Africans have gone before. Observers looking at Africa today will see a new reality. Satellite dishes monitor hundreds of privately owned satellites above ...
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President of Sao Tome and Principe Ends Visit to Cuba
Havana, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The President of Sao Tome and Principe, Manuel Pinto da Costa, ends today an official visit to Cuba, to strengthen bilateral relations. The African statesman complied with an agenda that included official talks with his Cuban peer Raul Castro. The two leaders talked about the bonds of friendship and cooperation between their respective countries, spoke out for ...
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Brazils Scolari focusing on Mexico clash – video
Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari says he thinks Mexico will want to prove they are a better team than Brazil when they meet in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. He refrains from commenting when asked about recent protests in Brazil, timed to coincide with the Confederations Cup and partly prompted by the rising cost of hosting the World ...
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Dominican Republic’s biggest land fraud case goes to Supreme Court
Santo Domingo.- The National District Prosecutor filed to appeal a ruling acquitting former Agrarian Institute (IAD) director Jaime Rodriguez Guzman, a brother and his wife of charges od defrauding the State out of thousands of hectares at Bahia de las Aguilas (southwest). Yeni Berenice Reynoso asked the Supreme Court to revoke the June 4 ruling by 1st First Instance Court presiding judge ...
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AFCs President congratulates Asian soccer teams who have qualified for participation in the World Football Cup2014 in Brazil
Kuala Lumpur: June 19 -- (BNA)-- The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)'s President, Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, congratulated the Asian football teams who qualified for participation in the World Football Cup finals in Brazil in 2014, wishing them success and best of luck in future in order to honor Asian soccer. Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa praised the great ...
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Violence in Sao Paulo as Brazil protests continue
Thousands of demonstrators have flooded into a square in Brazil's economic hub, Sao Paulo, for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the state of public transport, schools and other public ...
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9-cent hike leads to clashes in Brazil
Brazilians took to the streets across the country to protest a 9 cent rise in bus fares. Brazil is building massive stadiums and revamping infrastructure ahead of the soccer World Cup, which it hosts next year. Students took to streets on June 18, 2013 in ...
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Mass protests continue in Brazil
Brazilian nationals rally in Mexico City. Protests have spread across Brazil and abroad against the country's heavy tax burden, corruption and woeful public services. The sign at centre translates: "We are fighting for quality in education, heath and transport." (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/Associated ...
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Brazil Protests 50000 Take To The Streets
Tens of thousands of Brazilians have once again taken to the streets in Sao Paolo, protesting at the high cost of staging the World Cup next year. The protests followed Monday night's demonstrations in the country's biggest city as residents vent their anger about the high cost of public transport - and its inefficiency - and a government that they see is riddled with corruption. ...
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Cat stands for election in Mexican city
It started as a joke between friends, but Morris the cat's bid to become mayor of the Mexican city of Jalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz, has now turned into a social media phenomenon with a serious message about political disenchantment."Morris has become an expression of how fed up people are with all the parties and a political system that does not represent us," said ...
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Latin American unity plagued by tensions
Division and suspicion seem the order of the day in Latin America at present, negating any optimism that the countries of the region may one day move toward a regional integration model based on that of the EU.
Latin America has seen itself become heavily divided over the issue of whether to readmit Honduras to the Organization of American States (OAS) after the 2009 coup, with all the Central American states accepting the new government while big regional players like Brazil and Mexico insist that more must be done before they’ll recognize it. Meanwhile, President Alan Garcia of Peru has told Latin America news providers that there is a quiet arms race occurring in the region. In all, it seems that regional integration along the same lines as the EU remains a long way off at present. Read more
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