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Lugo calls Congress to vote for Venezuela's Mercosur incorporation
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 00:00
Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo called on Congress, under opposition control, to support the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur, as has already been voted by Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
Argentine congress to vote bill discriminating companies working in the Falklands
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Argentina's Lower House issued on Tuesday a majority opinion, without dissent, on the bill that contemplates sanctions for companies that operate in Argentina and that wish to participate or are involved in oil activities in the Falklands/Malvinas.
Ex Chilean president says relations with Ecuador and Argentina deteriorating
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
The foreign policy of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was criticized last weekend by one of his predecessors.
Chile announces complete de-mining of border areas with Bolivia
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Following five years of sustained efforts the Bolivian border with Chile has been swept free of mines, 22.988 of them that were planted in the seventies under the military regime of Dictator General Augusto Pinochet.
Unasur fearful of overlapping with the Andean Pact and Mercosur
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 00:00
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Secretary General Nestor Kirchner said on Tuesday he hopes for the block to "create profound policies in the region" but without overlapping.
Serra blasts Lula da Silva's foreign policy in 'support of dictators'
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 00:00
Brazil can't continue to support dictators and regimes that ignore human rights, said opposition presidential hopeful.
Rousseff promises a Lula da Silva tailored Brazil with a woman's heart and soul
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 00:00
President Lula da Silva's former cabinet chief Dilma Rousseff was officially proclaimed Sunday as the ruling Workers' Party presidential candidate for the coming October elections.
Power emergency extended for another 60 days in Venezuela
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela extended for another sixty days the national power emergency which has first imposed last February to address the energy crisis punishing the country.
Bolivia votes 'native justice'; four policemen lynched by indigenous mobs
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 00:00
The Bolivian Lower House dominated by President Evo Morales party approved this week the Judiciary Bill which contemplates "native or indigenous justice" which has been strongly criticized.
Beginning of the end to Argentine pickets blocking bridge leading to Uruguay
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 00:00
Argentina has filed criminal and civil charges against activists who have been blocking a bridge leading to Uruguay for over four years.

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