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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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Night of the Demons [DVD]

Night of the Demons [DVD]

By the late 1980s, the slasher subgenre had largely run its course, and filmmakers were looking for new and creative ways to gather nubile, oversexed teenagers together and kill them off one by one without resorting to the old standby, the psychopathic killer. Night of ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Canadian PM to visit Peru Colombia to enhance economic ties

    Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay a four-day visit to Peru and Colombia next week to enhance economic relations with South American countries.Senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office said at a news briefing that Harper will meet with leaders, representatives from the private sector and Canadians who are helping to increase economic prosperity, reinforce democratic ...

  • Oil prices rise on encouraging economic data

    Oil prices extended rally Friday on upbeat US economic data as well as positive performance in US commodity markets.US consumer confidence surged to a six-year high in May thanks to a rising stock market and cheaper gas prices, the monthly Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment reported Friday.The preliminary reading of the consumer sentiment rose to 83.7 in May from ...

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