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  • Guyana legislators oppose crucial anti-money laundering bill

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Legislators in Guyana say they won't approve a crucial anti-money laundering bill until more safeguards against corruption are added to the measure. The two parties that together have a one-seat majority in Parliament say they are seeking the creation of a commission to oversee contracts and tenders, as well as an expansion of the state's financial intelligence ...

  • Venezuela releases ex-general jailed in post-election crackdown on opposition

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election. Retired Gen. Antonio Rivero said he would "take care of my health" as he was freed late Friday. Opposition leaders said he was hospitalized Saturday with a respiratory infection and digestive problems ...

  • Dissident ex-general released in Venezuela

    CARACAS, Venezuela -; Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential ...

  • WikiLeaks Evidence that the U.S. planned to overthrow President Chavez

    The documents were released by WikiLeaks on their Twitter accountAround 73 emails available on Wikileaks Global Intelligence Files online, show how Stratfor and Canvas set the routes that the right-wing would follow in order to topple Hugo ...

  • Venezuela troops fight crime in violent neighborhoods

    PETARE, Venezuela – Since Monday, in the socialist government's latest attempt to control Venezuela's pandemic of violence, President Nicols Maduro has sent the military into slums to frisk local residents and man dozens of military checkpoints. Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of ...

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Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Since I have long been of the opinion that Gladiator (2000) is one of the most overrated blockbusters in recent memory and probably the least deserving Best Picture Oscar winner of the last decade, I was not particularly enthused about the release of Robin Hood, which reteams ... ...

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  • Villages in Trinidad embrace threatened sea turtles spark tourist boom

    In this May 2, 2013 photo, a leatherback turtle heads back to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. With more than half of all adult leatherback turtles on the planet having been lost since 1980, mostly in the Eastern Pacific and Asia, the resurgence of leatherbacks in Trinidad is touted by many as a major achievement. ...

  • Venezuelas military fights crime in violent neighborhoods

    PETARE, Venezuela – Since Monday, in the socialist government's latest attempt to control Venezuela's pandemic of violence, President Nicols Maduro has sent the military into slums to frisk local residents and man dozens of military checkpoints. Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of ...

  • Colombia Opens Ecumenical Forum for Peace

    Bogota, may 18 (Prensa Latina) More than 500 people will attend from today an ecumenical forum for peace to favor reconciliation and the construction of a stable and lasting peace for Colombia. The forum, organized by the Ecumenical Table, seeks "to carry a message to the Government, the guerrillas, social, political and popular actors and the international public opinion", affirm its ...

  • New board to oversee Trinidads Caribbean Airlines

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -; Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 ...

  • Street Government Ties with China Mark Venezuelan Reality

    Caracas, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The arrival of the Street Government to Tachira and Barinas states, the deepening of bilateral relations with China, and the opening of the new mausoleum for Simon Bolivar, marked guidelines in the Venezuelan reality this week. After completing his visit through Miranda, the Street Government implemented by the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, to solve ...

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