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Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:00
South America's group of socialist presidents, led by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, face serious challenges at the ballot box in the next four months but they are likely to survive
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:00
Nearly 30,000 Amazon residents are seeking $12 billion from Chevron for dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste. According to Newsweek, the oil giant is urging the Bush administration to yank special trade preferences for Ecuador
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Ecuador uses the U.S. dollar as its currency and has seen the greenback's value fall more than 5 percent against the euro this year, pushing up the cost of imports
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Trade with Arkansas will be the topic next week when U.S. Rep. John Boozman visits Brazil and Peru along with officials of the Arkansas World Trade Center
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At least 38 people have died, including 16 since the start of June
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Riot police used tear gas Wednesday to block hundreds of Venezuelans protesting the latest moves by President Hugo Chavez to concentrate his power
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's opponents will meet with a regional trade bloc's human rights panel in a bid to press the government to reverse a rule that bans some of their candidates from running for office
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Demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas to oppose moves to bar nearly 300 politicians from standing for election
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The decrees declared by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez
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The measures, decreed through special powers allowing him to bypass Congress, resume his aggressive 2007 drive to forge a socialist state and closely resemble proposals included in a constitutional reform voters rejected