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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 ...

  • Price of oil eases ahead of release of Fed minutes Bernanke testimony

    NEW YORK - The price of oil fell Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy. Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 47 cents to $96.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will appear before Congress and the central bank will release minutes of its most recent policy ...

  • Maduro Advocates a New Kind of Television for Peace in Venezuela

    Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for a new kind of television that promotes human values, coexistence and peace, during meetings with the directors of the private channels Venevision and Televen. At the conclusion of these meetings, Maduro told reporters that he was very clear about the major challenges that must be overcome in the consolidation of a ...

  • Leaked recording stirs political furor in Venezuela

    CARACAS (Reuters) - A recording released by Venezuela's opposition purportedly revealing graft and conspiracy in the ruling Socialist Party has stirred a new political storm in the OPEC nation's already traumatic transition after the death of Hugo ...

  • Colombia Opening Gates to Asia Pacific Summit

    Bogota, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The Summit of the member countries of the Asia Pacific Alliance, whose opening will be on Thursday, have an anteroom today in the southern city of Cali, with the meeting of the High Level Group comprising ministers Trade and Foreign Affairs. The ministers, who have been working for several months in the agreements to be sealed on the 23rd, developed technical ...

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Glory [Blu-Ray]

Glory [Blu-Ray]

Edward Zwicks Glory is one of the great war films and perhaps the greatest film ever made about the American Civil War. While there are dozens of films stretching back to the silent era that are either about the Civil War or use the war as a historical backdrop, Glory was the first to ... ...

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  • Venezuelan Take Five Medals at Intl Wushu Match in Hong Kong

    Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan athletes won five medals at the World Traditional Wushu Championship held in Hong Kong, as part of the development of the discipline in the country, official sources reported today. According to the Sports Ministry, Venezuelan Jenny Neng and Jorge Perez won two gold, two silver and one bronze medal. Perez won the two gold medals after his performance in ...

  • Oil prices drop before Fed chiefs testimony

    LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices fell on Tuesday as traders looked ahead to the latest thoughts of Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on the outlook for the US economy.Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July dropped 53 cents to $104.27 a barrel in approaching midday in London.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for June, slipped 24 cents to $96.47 per barrel.Bernanke will appear ...

  • Weak dollar props oil prices

    Brent crude rose 16 cents to $104.80 a barrel The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar, AP reported.Benchmark oil for June delivery gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Oil moved higher as U.S. stock markets reversed early losses around midday. Although stocks slipped in the afternoon, a weak dollar propped up ...

  • PMs South America trip turns focus from turmoil to trade

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and then to Colombia for trade talks this week - after he speaks to his caucus about a growing Senate expense scandal that claimed his chief of staff over the weekend. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...

  • 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 ...

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