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No joke: Comic to challenge Hugo Chavez
Jul 28 2006 9:50PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - He became a household name in Venezuela as a standup comedian who aims his wit _ rapid-fire, irreverent and loaded with vulgarities _ at everyone from his family to the Roman Catholic Church.
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U.S.-born woman exiting Guyana politics
Jul 28 2006 9:41PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - An American-born woman who has served as a lawmaker, cabinet minister, and president of this South American nation is not running for office for the first time in 60 years.
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Former Peruvian president inaugurated
Jul 28 2006 9:04PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alan Garcia returned to the presidency of Peru on Friday, pledging to battle poverty 16 years after ending his first term with the country wracked by economic chaos and spiraling political violence.
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U.S. trade official to work with Brazil
Jul 28 2006 7:22PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - The United States and Brazil will look for ways this weekend to bridge bitter divisions between rich and poor nations that led to the collapse of trade liberalization talks, Washington's chief trade negotiator said Friday.
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Mexican electoral judges face hard test
Jul 28 2006 6:42PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The future of Mexico's young democracy lies in the hands of seven judges who have the final word on a disputed presidential election that has strained class divisions and threatened the nation's stability, with one candidate calling for millions to protest.
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Colombia to offer compensation in massacres
Jul 28 2006 4:20PM (CT)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The government will pay $1.4 million to relatives of 19 farmers killed by paramilitaries in two massacres in the mid-1990s, honoring a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, authorities said Friday.
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Haitians flee slum to escape gangs
Jul 28 2006 4:13PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Hundreds of people fled their homes in a hillside slum of the Haitian capital Friday to escape fierce fighting between gangs that has killed at least 30 people in the past two months, officials said.
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