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VENEZUELA: Sparks Fly Near the Oil Again
Venezuela is living through another week of tension as the planned increase in petrol prices was not accompanied by the prearranged private sector pay increases - blocking the social escape valve planned by the government.VENEZUELA: Unresolved Death Comes Back to Smear Anti-drugs Chief
The unresolved death of a young woman, Lorena Marquez, six years ago, came bobbing back up in Venezuela smearing the anti-drugs minister Carlos Tablante with alleged narcotraffic links.LATIN AMERICA: Venezuelan Banks Grow To Match Country’s Wealth
The Venezuelan banking system is minute in comparison with that of the big five national banking networks in Latin America.LATIN AMERICA-ECONOMY: Stability Boosts Stock Exchanges
The economic stability felt lately in Latin America gave a big boost to the region's seven main stock markets - Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela and Colombia, by order of size - in May, which capped the positive performance seen so far this year.MEDIA-SOUTH AMERICA: Race Against Time for Women Journalists
Any South American woman seeking a career in journalism had better make her decision very early. Employers lose interest in women aged between 35 and 50 years of age - regardless skills and accomplishment - according to a media survey here./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ AMERICAS: Free Trade Depends on – Africa?
The fast track negotiating authority that has so far eluded U.S. President Bill Clinton for negotiating the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) at last seems likely to be granted by Congress - through a bill promoting trade with Africa.AMERICAS-TRADE: Small Economies, a Hot Issue in FTAA Talks
The asymmetrical treatment that the small economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will need in order to participate in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is one of the most charged issues for the trade ministers of the 34 countries involved in the mega-project.AMERICAS-TRADE: Small Economies, a Hot Issue in FTAA Talks//REPEAT//
The asymmetrical treatment that the small economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will need in order to participate in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is one of the most charged issues for the trade ministers of the 34 countries involved in the mega-project.AMERICAS: Free Trade Depends on – Africa?
The fast track negotiating authority that has so far eluded U.S. President Bill Clinton for negotiating the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) at last seems likely to be granted by Congress - through a bill promoting trade with Africa.ANDEAN COMMUNITY: Ministers Loosen Up Regional Relations
The Andean Community ministers set a date in June with their Mercosur counterparts, to speed on liberalisation agreements with Central America and the Caribbean in order to negotate within the FTAA as a bloc.NARCOTICS: US to Limit Colombian Drug Baron’s Sentence
The only way Venezuela will hand over the alleged Colombian Drug Baron Justo Pastor Perafan to the United States is if a series of commitments are made, including giving him a term of less than 30 years.LATAM-LABOUR: Less and Less Stability, Especially for Women
The economic growth seen in today's Latin America has not been accompanied by a reduction in poverty or unemployment. Only the informal sector, where women are predominant, has ballooned.SOUTH AMERICA: Toward a New Free Trade Zone
The Andean Community and members of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) are racing toward a 1998 deadline to reach agreement which will unite eight of the 10 South American countries in one liberalized trade zone.LATIN AMERICA: High-Level Meeting to Debate Threat of Disarmament
The danger of an arms race in Latin America and mechanisms to curb it will be analysed next week at a high-level meeting organised by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, Georgia./REPEAT/ ANDEAN COMMUNITY: Last-Ditch Attempt to Keep Peru In
The Andean Community agreed at this week's summit on a last-ditch attempt to get Peru to reconsider its withdrawal from the bloc.ANDEAN COMMUNITY: Last-Ditch Attempt to Keep Peru In
The Andean Community agreed at this week's summit on a last-ditch attempt to get Peru to reconsider its withdrawal from the bloc.LATAM-POLITCS: Pre-Summit Meetings Begin
The first in a series of meetings prior to the 1997 Latin American Summit began here Thursday to complete work on a six-point declaration on strengthening democracy - focal point of the meeting of 21 Heads of State on Margarita Island.VENEZUELA-DRUGS: Colombia and U.S. Fight over Arrested Trafficker
Colombia and the United States are fighting over the extradition of Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Justo Pastor Perafan, arrested in a Venezuelan town near the Colombian border.ANDEAN COMMUNITY: Peru Wants to Have its Cake and Eat it Too
Peru said it would do all it could to stay in the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) after leaving the bloc last week, but the remaining four countries want Lima out, and fast.ANDEAN COMMUNITY: Peru hits the Exit, like Chile Before it
Peru's decision to leave the Andean Community Friday followed the precedent set by the traumatic exclusion of Chile in 1976.MUSIC: New Version of National Anthem Upsets Purists
What do the tunes of U.S. musicians Stevie Wonder and the late Jimmy Hendrix have in common with Charley Garcia of Argentina and Ilan Chester of Venezuela?« Previous Page — Next Page »
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