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Latin America & Caribbean

All content relating to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean, or directly impacting people who live in this region.

Ascendant Copper Loses Mining Concessions in Ecuador

Ecuador’s government announced on Friday that it was revoking Ascendant Copper’s mining concessions for the controversial Junin Project.

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Database assembles U.S. warnings of Saddam threat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration's warnings about prewar Iraq, from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's "mushroom cloud" to Vice President Dick Cheney's statements on weapons of mass destruction, were released on Wednesday in a searchable online database.

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How does U.S. TV cover Venezuela?

Danny Schechter: "The News Dissector" on television coverage of the Venezuelan referendum. Danny Schechter, a former network TV producer and radio newscaster, known as "The News Dissector" edits Mediachannel.org. He has written nine books on media themes. His latest, Squeezed: America As The Bubble Bursts was inspired by his latest film, In Debt We Trust.


The complexity of Venezuela's Referendum

Mark Weisbrot talks about the constitutional referendum and the media's "anti-Chavez" slant. Mark Weisbrot is co-director and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. An economist, Weisbrot is a frequent guest on U.S. television and radio news programs and writes a regular column for the McClatchy-Tribune chain of over 550 newspapers.


New Politics in Old Bolivia: Public Opinion and Evo Morales

Nearly two years into the presidency of Evo Morales, government officials and leftist social organizations are determined to break with the past and transform the nation. The opposition calls it a civil war.

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Coup in Venezuela… Coming Soon to a TV Screen Near You?

ou had probably never heard anything about Venezuela until Hugo Chavez came to power in the oil rich Latin American nation.

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No Safe Haven: Oklahoma Shuts out Illegal Immigrants

A new Oklahoma law targeting undocumented workers is among the most punitive in the nation, making it illegal to "hire, transport or house an illegal immigrant."

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Chavez Challenges OPEC to Make Ethical Oil Sales

That evil monster known as Hugo Chavez has once again said something outrageously unacceptable.

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What is at Stake in Venezuela’s Reform Referendum?

On Sunday December 2, Venezuelans will return to the voting booths to ratify or reject two slates of constitutional reforms, 33 of which have been proposed by President Hugo Chávez and 36 additional reforms made by the National Assembly.

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