Latin America

New Era for Latin America & Caribbean

The 33 nations comprising the CELAC have a common history. They constitute the third largest economy in the world, the third largest producer of electricity and the largest producer of food. Collectively they possess the largest freshwater reserve in the world and have a gross domestic product (GDP) of about seven trillion dollars.

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Chávez Undergoes More Treatment in Cuba

Hugo Chavez would have been a key figure in the summit of Latin American & Caribbean Nations taking place in Chile but his health continues to be a big question mark from his hospital bed in Havana, Cuba, where he will undergo further treatment.

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This Week in Palestine (Jan. 19-25)

Israel holds its general elections bringing more relatively centrist parties to the Parliament, and in the mean time, Hamas and Fatah are close to reconciliation, these stories and more, coming up.

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Chilean Party to Protest Visit by Raul Castro

Chile’s Independent Democratic Union (UDI) announced that it will carry out “actions” against Raul Castro for supposedly harboring in Cuba the murders of Jaime Guzman, the ideologue of the Pinochet dictatorship, reported the Cubaencuentro website.

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How Can a Cuban Get into Hong Kong?

Be warned: A Camel will pass though the eye of the needle before a Cuban is allowed to enter the Special Administrative Región of Hong Kong (a phrase that ought to be written in gold letters on the wall of the Hong Kong Immigration Office in Beijing) ( 14 photos)

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