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Zapatista rebel leader gives interview
May 9 2006 10:35PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Zapatista rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos Tuesday criticized a police crackdown against protesters in a town near the capital, predicting that political fallout from the clashes would affect the upcoming presidential election.
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Mexico lawmakers claim fraud by Fox's sons
May 9 2006 10:29PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican lawmakers handed federal investigators a box of evidence on Tuesday that they claim shows that two of President Vicente Fox's stepsons were involved in fraud and illicit enrichment through real estate deals.
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Women allege sex abuse by Mexican police
May 9 2006 10:16PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's human rights agency said Tuesday it has filed complaints with prosecutors after nearly two dozen women claimed they were raped or sexually abused by police following a violent protest.
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Land program draws protests in Bolivia
May 9 2006 8:47PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A plan by Bolivia's leftist government to redistribute up to 54,000 square miles of land to the poor generated protests Tuesday by leaders in the wealthy province of Santa Cruz _ the stronghold of opposition to leftist President Evo Morales.
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U.S. offers Peru candidate visa help
May 9 2006 8:30PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The United States has offered presidential hopeful Ollanta Humala help in regaining his visa after revoking the document last year following his brother's armed takeover of a police station.
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Haiti legislators sworn in, hold session
May 9 2006 6:45PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's first parliament in two years was formally installed Tuesday as President-elect Rene Preval prepared to take office and steer this impoverished nation toward stability.
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Puerto Rico unions call off protests
May 9 2006 6:30PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Union leaders called off island-wide protests on Tuesday as a special commission looked for answers to a fiscal crisis that has partially closed the government and eroded the credit rating of this U.S. territory.
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