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02/09/2010 - 00:00

Mandatarios confirman asistencia a reunión de UNASUR, el próximo martes

  • By intern at 02/02/2010 - 19:03

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September 2

Entire Region
- U.S. exports up, but losing market share in Latin America
Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald

Argentina
- Un acusado que acusa, Pagina/12

Brazil, Colombia
- Santos: Las FARC son asunto de Colombia
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Colombia
- Entre el Optimismo y la Euforia
Rodrigo Botero Montoya, El Colombiano

Cuba
- House candidates David Rivera, Joe Garcia can't escape Cuba factor
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Mexico
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- Mexico's crackdown on organized crime is working, Calderon says
Ken Ellingwood, The Los Angeles Times

Venezuela
- Jewish community in Venezuela shrinks by half, MercoPress

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September 1

Entire Region, Colombia
- How to update U.S.-South American defense agreements
Stephen Johnson, Foreign Policy

Argentina
- Argentine to increase budget defence 50%, recovering losses of Falklands war, MercoPress

Colombia
- Un pulso a las verdades en los Montes de Maria, Verdad Abierta

Colombia, Venezuela
- Denuncian envio de armas a las FARC
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Mexico
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August 31

Brazil
- Un nuevo mapa del mundo
Celso Amorim, El Universo (Ecuador)

Colombia
- Santos garantizo fuerte combate contra las Farc si no reflexionan
Juan Carlos Monroy Giraldo, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia)

Mexico
- Tenth of Mexico's federal police fired
Jo Tuckman, The Guardian

Venezuela
- Will Chavez steal parliamentary elections?
Carlos Alberto Montaner, Firmas Press, The Miami Herald

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August 30

Brazil
- Serra in disarray “campaigns” for Lula da Silva’s protege Dilma, MercoPress

Colombia
- La agenda de Santos
Hernando Gomez Buendia, El Colombiano (Medellin Colombia)

- Guerra de pandillas controladas por los narcos desangra a Medellin
Federico Rios, EFE, El Nuevo Herald

Dominican Republic
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Ramon Perez Reyes, Listin Diario (Dominican Republic)

Haiti
- Plans and Benchmarks for Haiti, The New York Times

Mexico
- Drug War on the Poor
Laura Carlsen, CounterPunch

- Mexico needs U.S. help -- but not troops
Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald

- Massacre in Tamaulipas, The New York Times

Peru
- Leading Again, Peru President Still Unpopular
Simon Romero, The New York Times

Venezuela
- Venezuela, only economy next with Haiti that will contract in 2010, MercoPress

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August 27

Argentina
- Video: La Presidenta ataco a los diarios y dijo que hoy envia el proyecto, La Nacion

Central America Regional, Mexico
- Mexican drug cartels expand reach in Central America
Sarah Grainger, Reuters

Colombia
- U.S.-Colombia base pact on the rocks
Edward Schumacher-Matos, The Washington Post

Mexico
- Migrant misery, in Mexico, The Los Angeles Times

Paraguay
- Paraguay: ¿sigue activo el EPP?
Eduardo Arce, BBC Mundo

Suriname
- Suriname president falls ill, cedes power to No. 2 , Associated Press, Houston Chronicle

Venezuela
- US terms unexplainable Venezuela's arms purchases , El Universal (Venezuela)

- Venezuela: la policia "no garantiza la seguridad"
Yolanda Valery, BBC Mundo

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