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Chavez: Venezuela captured 4 U.S spies
Aug 19 2006 9:23PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela has caught four people spying for the American government, but a U.S. embassy spokesman said Saturday that he had "no idea what the president is talking about."
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Mexican officers charged in Felix probe
Aug 19 2006 9:20PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican prosecutors announced Saturday that they have charged two policemen with protecting the Arellano Felix drug trafficking gang, whose alleged kingpin was recently arrested by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Mexico governor's race is heated battle
Aug 19 2006 9:07PM (CT)
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) - Mexican police said Saturday they had broken up a vote-buying scheme in Chiapas on the eve of state elections, which will be closely watched in a country already straining under the turmoil of a disputed presidential election last month.
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Nicaragua's parties open campaigns
Aug 19 2006 8:37PM (CT)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Nicaragua's five political parties kicked off their campaigns Saturday for November's general elections, which could see the return of the leftist Sandinistas who ruled this Central American nation in the 1980s.
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Ecuadoreans defy warning about volcano
Aug 19 2006 7:00PM (CT)
BILBAO, Ecuador (AP) - In normal times, Luis Egas would have risen before dawn to tend livestock or fields of potatoes and onions. But as the sun rose Saturday, all he could do was survey his village, laid waste by a volcanic eruption that spewed incandescent rock, showers of ash,and rivers of molten lava.
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Castro steadily improving, brother says
Aug 19 2006 6:58PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Ramon Castro, the older brother of leader Fidel Castro, said Saturday his more famous sibling is steadily improving after intestinal surgery that has left their younger brother Raul temporarily in charge of the country.
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Top Chavez opponent holds first rally
Aug 19 2006 5:09PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales led several thousand supporters at his first campaign rally Saturday, where he accused President Hugo Chavez of not doing enough for the poor.
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Crimes spark tourism concerns in Brazil
Aug 19 2006 10:56AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - The murder of a 19-year-old Portuguese student on Copacabana beach and a rash of robberies have rekindled concerns about security in Brazil's top tourist city, where authorities have tried several initiatives to make streets safer for visitors.
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Raul Castro says Cuba open to U.S. ties
Aug 19 2006 1:50AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Acting President Raul Castro said Cuba remains open to normalized relations with the United States, but warned the Bush administration in his first comments since assuming power that it will get nowhere with threats or pressure.
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