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Last week the government rejected an attempt in congress to overturn controversial laws which opened the Amazon to development
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Democrats like Baucus, who is from the farm state of Montana, support the Panama deal because of the boost it could bring U.S. exporters. Others, like Democratic Representative Louise Slaughter, oppose it because of concerns about labor laws and tax haven
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Trade cleaves Democrats like few other issues, and the administration's confusing actions on a relatively minor trade deal with Panama, a country not quite the size of South Carolina, has inflamed the family feud
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He was clearly angered over recent press reports that the administration is cooling on an outstanding free trade agreement with Panama
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The immediate goal of the Chavista bloc is precisely to redefine the practices, goals and principles of the Interamerican system in order to consolidate their new strain of 'electoral dictatorships'
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'I can't help but admire their disinterested and courageous conduct on behalf of Cuba,' he wrote in a web column published three days after the couple's sensational arrest.
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The first was a meeting of the Organization of American States in Honduras. The OAS voted to lift the 1962 ban on Cuba's membership. The second was the 25th anniversary celebration of the Venezuelan, pro-liberty think-tank Cedice Libertad in Caracas
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Mexican soldiers killed 16 gunmen in a battle with drug traffickers in a down-at-the-heels area of Acapulco, a once glamorous tourist destination that has become a battleground in the country's drug wars
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The IMF points to five countries -Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru- which together represent two-thirds of the GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
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The demonstrations against government plans to develop oil, natural gas and forestry resources turned violent Friday, resulting in the deaths of 23 police