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Chavez Vows Venezuela Revolution Despite Exxon
Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:01:00 PM
CARACAS President Hugo Chavez vowed Saturday to keep to his self-styled socialist revolution despite Exxon Mobil winning court orders freezing up to $12 billion of Venezuela's assets in a national ...   Full Story
 

Brazil's Army to Help Combat Amazon Destruction
Friday, January 25, 2008 8:15:00 AM
BRASILIA—Brazil on Thursday unveiled measures to slow deforestation of the Amazon region including one that calls for the army to help carry out inspections.The steps came one day after Brazilian o ...   Full Story
 

Venezuela Says No Need for OPEC to Up Output
Monday, January 21, 2008 8:32:00 PM
CARACAS—Venezuela does not believe OPEC needs to increase output to tame high oil prices despite pressure from consumer nations, especially the United States, oil minister Rafael Ramirez told reporter ...   Full Story
 

Colombia's ELN Rebels Release Nine Hostages
Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:20:00 PM
Colombia's second largest rebel group, the ELN, freed nine hostages Sunday in a rural southern province after holding them for more than two weeks, authorities said.   Full Story
 

Ecuadorean Mountain Farmers Defy Spewing Volcano
Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:25:00 PM
PINGUE, Ecuador—Undeterred by ash and fiery rock spewing from Ecuador's "throat of fire" volcano and predictions of greater activity, peasant farmers worked their corn and potato plots on the moun ...   Full Story
 

Colombia Rebels Free Two Hostages From Jungle
Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:22:00 PM
Marxist rebels freed two women hostages held for years in Colombia's jungle in a Venezuelan-brokered deal Thursday, raising hopes for dozens of other captives languishing in secret camps.   Full Story
 

Brazil Military Downplays Role in Condor Killings
Friday, January 04, 2008 8:12:00 PM
BRASILIA—Brazil's military played only a small role in a secret pact among Latin American military regimes to hunt down opponents and it would not have deported suspects had it known they would be ...   Full Story
 

Aircraft Crashes With up to 18 People off Venezuela
Friday, January 04, 2008 8:06:00 PM
A plane carrying up to 18 people, including a group of eight Italians, crashed into the sea close to a group of Venezuelan islands Friday after reporting engine trouble, officials said.   Full Story
 

Plane Carrying up to 18 People Lost off Venezuela
Friday, January 04, 2008 8:09:00 AM
A plane vanished off the coast of Venezuela on Friday carrying up to 18 people, including eight Italians and an American, rescue officials and the Italian government said.   Full Story
 

Chile Rescues 54 People After Volcano Eruption
Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:02:00 AM
Rescue workers evacuated 54 tourists and staff from a Chilean wilderness park on Wednesday after one of the country's largest volcanoes erupted, spewing ash and molten lava.   Full Story
 

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