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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela said it will seek to renegotiate contracts with oil-service companies and force food producers to make basic items covered by the government's price-control policies -- moves that point to increased economic strain.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela has set quotas for 12 basic foods which are to be produced at the government's controlled prices.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez fired his defense minister on Tuesday in a minor cabinet reshuffle that left unchanged the key cabinet positions of oil minister, finance minister and vice-president.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Argentina’s government agreed to raise the quota for beef exports and increase the supply price for wheat in response to demands from farmers for changes in the Latin American country’s agriculture policies.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
After months of confrontations, Argentina's government and its farmers appeared Tuesday to have made progress toward resolving their differences
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Officials say they intend to have 7,000 troops and police in position by the end of the week.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers fanned out across Mexico's bloodiest drug war city on Tuesday, trying to prevent a collapse in law and order just south of the U.S. border
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Business owners, law enforcement officers, journalists and other professionals are among those seeking asylum in the U.S. -- even when it means sitting in jail
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
Cuba's former leader, Fidel Castro, has criticised two top politicians recently dismissed from office as "unworthy".
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
The United States was "closely" monitoring Cuba's political shakeup that saw President Raul Castro replace or move 12 cabinet members a year after assuming power from older brother Fidel, the State Department said Tuesday.