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Uribe barred from Colombia poll Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
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Colombia court rules out any Uribe bid for third term Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Reporting from Bogota, Colombia - Colombia's constitutional court dealt a death blow Friday to President Alvaro Uribe's hopes of running for a third term, ruling that a referendum proposed by his sup...
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Colombia, Antarctica, Panama, Costa Rica put on tsunami watch -- US Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
WASHINGTON: The US government on Saturday extended a tsunami watch to Colombia, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica following an 8.3 magnitude earthquake that hit an area in the Pacific Ocean near the c...
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Venezuela-China fund could reach US$20 billion Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
CARACAS -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his government is urging China to increase the size of a joint development fund to US$20 billion. Chavez says Venezuela wants the fund to be increased ...
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Ministers of Justice of the Americas adopt new measures to strengthen legal cooperation in the... Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
WASHINGTON, USA -- The highest authorities of the Americas in matters of Justice, brought together by the Organization of American States (OAS), concluded Friday their meeting in Brasilia with the ado...
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Colombia court blocks Uribe from seeking 3rd term Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
(AP Photo/Colombia Presidential Press Office, Cesar Carrion)In this photo released by Colombia's Presidential Press Office, Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, left, meets with Central Intelligence Age...
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Colombia court blocks Uribe from seeking 3rd term Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
BOGOTA (AP) - Colombia's Constitutional Court shut the door Friday on President Alvaro Uribe's aspirations for a third straight term, ruling unconstitutional a law that would have let voters decide in...
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Colombia court rejects Uribe's re-election Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A court blocked Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday from running for re-election, making his former defense minister the favorite to succeed the Washington ally in a May pres...
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Colombia Constitutional Court rejects Uribe third-term bid Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Colombia's Constitutional Court on Friday announced it rejected a bid by President Alvaro Uribe for a third consecutive term in office. Uribe, Washington's closest ally in South America, was first ele...
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Colombia court rejects Uribe's re-election Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's constitutional court on Friday rejected a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe's re-election in a ruling that effectively ends his chance of seeking a third...
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Ministers of Justice of the Americas Adopt New Measures to Strengthen Legal Cooperation in the... Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
The highest authorities of the Americas in matters of Justice, brought together by the Organization of American States (OAS), concluded today their meeting in Brasilia with the adoption of a series of...
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Spiritual adviser gets no gov't help Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 February 2010
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad's prime minister delivered a fiery, hour-long speech on church-state relations Friday while flatly denying that his spiritual adviser travels with him at the expen...
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Colombia Court Rejects Referendum on Uribe Third-Term Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s constitutional court ruled against allowing a referendum on permitting presidents to run for three consecutive terms, dashing Alvaro Uribe’s chances of ho...
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Colombia Court Rejects Uribe's Re - Election Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's constitutional court on Friday rejected a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe's re-election in a ruling that effectively ends his chance of seeking a third consecu...
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Trinidad prime minister defends his spiritual adviser, denies she benefits from taxpayer money Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad's prime minister delivered a fiery, hour-long speech on church-state relations Friday while flatly denying that his spiritual adviser travels with him at the expense of ...
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Venezuela rights chief disputes critical OAS report Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Gabriela Ramirez [official profile, in Spanish], Venezuela's top rights official, said that the report makes unfair characterizations and undermines Venezuelan democracy. Ramirez responded to statisti...
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Colombia High Court Debates Uribe Re-election Vote Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
(7/3/2008) In a country torn by leftist rebel violence and an illicit drug trade industry Alvaro Uribe has become a beacon of hope for many in that country; the push to re-elect him despite term lim...
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The Universidad Metropolitana of Caracas, new partner of CIES Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
The Universidad Metropolitana (UNIMET), became the 13th partner of the International University Network during an official ceremony held in Caracas on 22 February. UNIMET is a private academic institu...
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Oil prices rise toward US$79 Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Oil prices crept toward US$79 a barrel Friday in Asia amid mixed signals about global crude demand.Benchmark crude for April delivery was up 39 cents to US$78.56 a barrel at midday Singapore time in e...
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Venezuela on verge of collapse, thanks to Hugo Chavez Print E-mail
Friday, 26 February 2010
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's flamboyant president, now should be the object of pity. He has boxed himself in, trapped by his own hubris.His country is falling apart. How, for example, did Venezuela find i...
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