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  • Colombian bill bans use of wild animals in circuses

    Elephants, lions, bears, tigers, monkeys and other wild animals will no longer be permitted in circuses in Colombia under a bill approved by Congress. The legislation covers "native and exotic" animals, which account for a small percentage of the circus acts in the country. Circus industry executives, however, have expressed opposition to the bill, calling it unfair. "In Colombia, there are ...

  • Workers Struggles The Americas

    A strike begun June 5 by workers at Venezuela's state-owned Ferrominera Orinoco (FMO) iron mine was ended June 14 after National Guard troops occupied the facility. It was the fourth strike at FMO this year. The workers, members of the Sintraferrominera union, struck over a number of longstanding issues, including delays in the payment of the remaining 50 percent of Sunday wages dating ...

  • Oil prices nearly unchanged as traders wait for results from US central bank policy meeting

    BANGKOK -- The price of U.S. benchmark oil rose slightly Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 5 cents to $97.82 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Monday, the contract fell slightly after it climbed to $98.74, its ...

  • Futures Movers Oil prices rise ahead of inventory data

    LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Futures prices for U.S. crude oil rose Tuesday, ahead of weekly data expected to show a decline in ...

  • To silence rationing rumours Venezuela announces 760.000 tons of imported food is on the way

    Venezuela is awaiting the arrival of 760.000 tons of food from different associated countries and which are destined to build a national reserve of food, according to Food Minister Felix Osorio. The announcement follows strong suggestions that rationing of certain food and toiletry items was in the ...

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Polyester [DVD]

Polyester [DVD]

By the time writer/director John Waters made Desperate Living in 1977, he was already a notorious midnight-movie cult celebrity, a genuine fringe iconoclastic auteur whose low-budget cinematic barbs skewered self-aggrandizing hippies as readily as it did fascist oppressors. His early movies, Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974), had taken the midnight ... ...

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  • Maduro Im ready to be the president of Venezuela

    "The people will win on April 14 in the state of Zulia, Venezuela and achieve rhe biggest victory in the political history of the country," vowed United Battle Command. Hugo Chavez commands the election campaign of the candidate Nicolás Maduro in state of Zulia. "Comandante Chavez, the people of Zulia swear that you will not fail, and that will lead to a win for ...

  • Breast-feeding is best so ban bottles Venezuelan lawmaker proposes

    (CNN) — Venezuelan lawmakers are weighing whether to ban the use of baby bottles as part of a push to promote breast-feeding, state media reported. The proposed measure will be up for debate in the South American country’s National Assembly on Tuesday, lawmaker Odalis Monzon said in an interview with state-run VTV. ';Every baby has the right to breast-feeding,'; said ...

  • Venezuelan lawmakers mull ban on baby bottles

    Companies marketing baby formula should be fined, lawmaker says Lawmakers are set to debate a measure banning the use of baby bottles An opposition lawmaker calls it "unacceptable and ...

  • India cuts Iran oil imports 42 percent takes Venezuelan other crudes

    By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India cut its Iranian oil imports by more than 40 percent in the first five months of the year, replacing the crude with shipments from Venezuela, Iraq and Oman, and pushing Iran down four places to seventh among its suppliers. India's imports of Iranian oil for May dropped 12.2 percent from a year ago to 213,500 barrels per day (bpd), tanker arrival ...

  • OAS Signs Agreement to Provide Greater Transparency to Parliaments of the Americas

    June 17, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Foundation for Documentation Sciences (FCD) of Spain signed a memorandum of understanding that seeks to promote the strengthening of the management of legislatures in the region, through actions that promote transparency, access to public information and citizen participation. The Secretary General of the OAS, José ...

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