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  • Paraguay becomes South Americas used car paradise

    Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ...

  • Give Colombias Long-Overdue Peace a Chance

    Continued dissatisfaction with the Colombian peace process may impact the final outcome of next year's presidential elections. The stumbling talks may also come to represent yet another missed opportunity to end decades of conflict between the state and FARC rebels, or so warns Robert Valencia. By Robert Valencia for World Policy ...

  • OAS General Assembly will hold major debate on the drug problem in the Americas

    Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza presented on Monday the Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas to the members of the OAS Permanent Council, in a special meeting of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in which he expressed his hope that the document is understood “not as a conclusion, but only as the beginning of a long awaited ...

  • Workers Struggles The Americas

    , "President Dilma Rousseff optimistically predicted they would trigger a $25 billion spending spree on ports." The stevedores fear that the legislation would affect their job security and labor rights. The main provision opposed by the dockworkers' union would take the power to pick workers at private terminals out of the unions' hands. Union officials expressed hopes that ...

  • The crisis of Venezuela’s “Bolivarian” revolution and the political independence of the working class

    One month after its razor-close presidential election, Venezuela remains in a state of political crisis. The aftermath of the victory by Nicolas Maduro, the hand-picked successor of the late Hugo Chavez, who had led the country through 14 years of his self-proclaimed "Bolivarian Revolution," has seen the right-wing opposition, with the backing of the Obama administration in Washington, ...

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Strange Days

What would it be like if you could record your experiences? What if you could literally replay segments of your life over and over again, never letting them fade away? Or, what would it be like if you could live other people's experiences? To maintain status as a decent citizen, but know what it feels like to rob a bank or engage in an orgy without having to actually do it, and risk paying ... ...

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  • Canadian Prime Minister Travels to Peru and Colombia

    Ottawa, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper travels to Peru and Colombia today as part of its strategy to strengthen relations with Latin America and the Caribbean in the complex global economic scenario. According to an official statement, Harper will review on Wednesday with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, the current state of their business and discuss prospects ...

  • MLB Arizona 5 Colorado 1

    Patrick Corbin fired a complete-game three-hitter Monday and the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks cruised to a 5-1 victory over Colorado. Corbin (7-0) turned in his ninth straight start of allowing two or fewer earned runs with the dominating performance while lowering his ERA to 1.44. The left-hander allowed only one run and struck out 10 in the 97-pitch gem, which boosted the National League ...

  • Colombia says security measures ready for upcoming Pacific Alliance summit

    Colombian authorities have said security measures are in place for a two-day summit of Pacific Alliance later this week in Cali, capital of the western province of Cauca.Colombia has deployed more than 3,000 police officers to ensure the safety of the heads of state and other top officials at the event, and 180 motorbikes, 60 patrol cars, a helicopter and an unmanned aircraft are used for the ...

  • The West wont shed a tear for Chavez

    The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has become a number one topic in the Western press. Journalists discuss the Comandante's personality and the legacy he left behind. They also wonder how his death will affect other countries in Latin America, and who will replace ...

  • Colombia confirms killing of FARC security chief

    Colombian authorities announced on Monday that they had killed Ernesto Hurtado Penaloza, the head of security for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group.Penaloza, also known as "el Negro Eliecer," was in charge of the security detail for the FARC's top commander Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, known by his nom de guerre "Timochenko,"said Colombian ...

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