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Venezuela's Chavez accuses Colombia, US of plot
- President Hugo Chavez is accusing Colombia and the United States of plotting to set up a fake rebel camp on Venezuelan soil to discredit his government.
- President Hugo Chavez is accusing Colombia and the United States of plotting to set up a fake rebel camp on Venezuelan soil to discredit his government.
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Ecuador revokes Shuar radio broadcast license
- Ecuador has revoked the broadcast license for an indigenous radio station in the Amazon region over accusations it incited violence during protests in October.
- Ecuador has revoked the broadcast license for an indigenous radio station in the Amazon region over accusations it incited violence during protests in October.
Senate passes trade bill stalled by custody fight
- The Senate has unanimously approved a trade bill that benefits more than 130 countries exporting thousands of goods into the United States after the legislation briefly became entangled with a New Jersey man's legal battle to have his 9-year-old son returned from Brazil.
OPEC opts to hold output steady
- OPEC held its year-old output targets unchanged Tuesday, as the group grappled with overproduction by some in its ranks that could undercut efforts to support oil prices amid a fragile global economic recovery.
- OPEC held its year-old output targets unchanged Tuesday, as the group grappled with overproduction by some in its ranks that could undercut efforts to support oil prices amid a fragile global economic recovery.
Spanish lottery hands out more than $3 billion
- Spain's Christmas lottery showered hundreds of thousand of euros (dollars) in prize money on the country's capital Tuesday.
- Spain's Christmas lottery showered hundreds of thousand of euros (dollars) in prize money on the country's capital Tuesday.
Spanish airline is grounded
- Spain's Development Ministry said Tuesday it had withdrawn the flying license for debt-stricken Air Comet, leaving thousands of Christmas travelers to Latin American destinations stranded at Madrid's airport.
OPEC holds output steady
- OPEC held its output quotas unchanged Tuesday, several ministers said as the producer group called for greater compliance from some members whose overproduction could undercut efforts to support prices amid a fragile global economic recovery.
- OPEC held its output quotas unchanged Tuesday, several ministers said as the producer group called for greater compliance from some members whose overproduction could undercut efforts to support prices amid a fragile global economic recovery.
Venezuela's Chavez sees US threat in Dutch islands
- Hugo Chavez accused the Netherlands on Thursday of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela's Caribbean coast to prepare a possible military attack against his country.
World's mayors gather at climate summit
- The following is a list of mayors and other local leaders provided by the Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors. The gathering occurred Tuesday paralleling the global climate summit:
EU, Latin American countries end banana dispute
- European and Latin American countries on Tuesday ended a 13-year dispute over banana tariffs in a deal that will significantly open EU markets to more imports from countries such as Ecuador.
House votes to renew 2 expiring trade accords
- Two trade programs allowing developing nations to sell their products duty-free in the United States would be extended for a year under legislation approved by the House Monday.
Raul Castro: Copenhagen a failure before it starts
- Raul Castro on Sunday declared the global climate summit in Copenhagen a failure from the start and urged leftist Latin American leaders to devise their own plan on how to cope with climate change.
- Raul Castro on Sunday declared the global climate summit in Copenhagen a failure from the start and urged leftist Latin American leaders to devise their own plan on how to cope with climate change.
Leftist LatAm bloc to begin using its own currency
- Members of a leftist bloc of nine Latin American nations said Saturday they plan to use a new currency dubbed the "sucre" for trade among themselves starting in January.
- Members of a leftist bloc of nine Latin American nations said Saturday they plan to use a new currency dubbed the "sucre" for trade among themselves starting in January.
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