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Paraguay's New President May be Moderate |
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 |
(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 |
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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Madagascar: New Eco-Deals Protect Unique Forests |
Madagascar has signed a series of environment agreements to protect unique forests and support local communities as part of a commitment by the government to ramp up environmental protection on the Indian Ocean island.
In its largest ever debt-for-nature swap, Madagascar signed a deal with France this month, in which US$20 million of debt owed to the former colonial power was put into a conservation fund, the Foundation for Protected Areas and Biodiversity (FPAB).
"Thanks to this, the money will go into the protection... |
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