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Mexico moving toward two-party system
Jul 10 2006 10:50PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - It may not be clear who won the presidency, but the July 2 election vividly demonstrated that Mexico is shifting toward a two-party system, with parties of the left and right holding the most seats in Congress.
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Leftist claims broad fraud in Mexican vote
Jul 10 2006 10:38PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his campaign staff claimed that a network of federal officials, prosecutors and possibly even judges collaborated in a broad conspiracy to steal last week's presidential elections.
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Bolivia education minister calls for ban
Jul 10 2006 9:53PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's education minister called for an end to religious education in the country's schools, drawing criticism from the Roman Catholic Church which could see its schools affected by the proposed change.
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U.S. panel calls for more spending in Cuba
Jul 10 2006 6:44PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A U.S. presidential commission on Monday urged Washington to spend $80 million to help nongovernmental groups hasten change in Cuba, but some dissidents here said the move would do them more harm than good.
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Venezuelan cacao farmers hope to get rich
Jul 10 2006 3:11AM (CT)
OCUMARE DE LA COSTA, Venezuela (AP) - There is sweet renewal on the old cacao plantations that just five years ago lay fallow on these lush mountain slopes along the Caribbean coast. Its mother is a lucrative niche market: organic chocolate.
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