South America
Paraguay's New President May be Moderate
Fernando Lugo

Paraguayan President-elect Fernando Lugo was all smiles as he and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez embraced, talked of a revolution for the poor and pledged to build a united Latin America.

But as the former Roman Catholic priest ended a three-nation tour Thursday that also included visits to Venezuela's leftist allies in Bolivia and Ecuador, political analysts predicted he will take a less radical approach to governing.

'He sees himself on the side of the progressive forces that want to change the relationship between Latin...

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Chavez Protests EU With Oil Threat
Hugo Chavez (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened not to sell oil to European Union countries.

The threat is for those that follow new rules on immigration, but oil analysts...

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Coca Cultivation Rises In Colombia, U.N. Says
Coca Cultivation BOGOTA, Colombia, June 18 -- The amount of land devoted to production of coca, the leaf used to make cocaine, has grown at a dramatic pace in Colombia despite a huge American-funded...
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