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  • UN head goes one day without food in solidarity with hungry 15 Nov 2009 15:52 GMT
    ... Staff Nikolai Makarov... Port-au-Prince - New Prime Minister Max Bellerive said Wednesday that he wants ... ministers were sworn into office. The new government took office in the prese... Caracas - ... to a massive blackout in Brazil and Paraguay. The power outage that started Tuesday night ...

  • Paraguayan gov't sends anti-rebel forces to the north 14 Nov 2009 09:58 GMT
    ... The Paraguayan government on Thursday sent anti-rebel forces to the ... information reaching here from Asuncion, Paraguayan Interior Minister Rafael Filizzola said: "today, Nov. 12, I ...

  • Brazil government defends reliability of power grid after blackout leaves 60 million in dark 14 Nov 2009 11:13 GMT
    ... a blackout Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy Edison Lobao said ... PRESS/Bradley Brooks) RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Government leaders are defending the reliability of Brazil's ... massive Itaipu dam on the border with Paraguay - the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer ...

  • Uruguay will abandon Mercosur if Lacalle is elected president 14 Nov 2009 05:51 GMT
    ... behind incumbent Mujica The former president (1990/1995) said Uruguay is banned constitutionally from calling elections for the Mercosur Parliament, which is made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay as full members. Venezuela is in the process of incorporation. “You can’t legislate ...

  • Bad weather blamed in blackout for 60M 14 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
    ... vital high-voltage transmission line short-circuit, Brazil's energy minister said. Two other transmission lines also went ... water service in Sao Paulo. All of Paraguay briefly lost power. The massive Itaipu dam ... Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended his government from criticism that it has not done ...

  • Lula da Silva orders in-depth investigation into the massive blackout 14 Nov 2009 06:12 GMT
    ... Silva revealed Friday he had ordered all government offices linked to the power industry, an ... the dark for over four hours. Neighbouring Paraguay was also left in the dark. “I’ve ... off from earlier claims by his Energy minister that strong storms, wind and lighting caused ...

  • WNU #1011: Honduran Resistance Rejects 'Afghanistan-Style' Elections 10 Nov 2009 16:33 GMT
    ... on, it’s going to be forbidden for politicians to come into our neighborhoods and communities, ... Links to alternative sources on: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, El ... that he would then form a multi-party Government of Unity and National Reconciliation. The agreement ...

  • Government: Paraguayans sprayed 12 Nov 2009 14:32 GMT
    ... refused to vacate their land in eastern Paraguay were sprayed late last week with what ... pesticide, sending seven to the hospital, a government cabinet member said this week. The 217 ... "A new constitution recognizes indigenous rights, but political reality is proving to be quite different ...

  • More than 200 Paraguay villagers thought sprayed with pesticide 11 Nov 2009 01:30 GMT
    ... refused to vacate their land in eastern Paraguay were sprayed late last week with what ... pesticide, sending seven to the hospital, a government cabinet member said this week. The 217 ... "A new constitution recognizes indigenous rights, but political reality is proving to be quite different ...

  • Paraguayans thought sprayed with pesticide 11 Nov 2009 01:52 GMT
    ... refused to vacate their land in eastern Paraguay were sprayed late last week with what ... pesticide, sending seven to the hospital, a government cabinet member said this week. The 217 ... "A new constitution recognizes indigenous rights, but political reality is proving to be quite different ...

  • Paraguay villagers sprayed with pesticide 11 Nov 2009 03:30 GMT
    ... refused to vacate their land in eastern Paraguay were sprayed late last week with what ... pesticide, sending seven to the hospital, a government cabinet member said this week. The 217 ... "A new constitution recognizes indigenous rights, but political reality is proving to be quite different ...

  • The Story Behind the Uruguayan Elections 9 Nov 2009 16:11 GMT
    ... they were so successful at embarrassing the government that the US "Office of Public Safety" ... more aggressive repression of demonstrations, imprisonment of political dissidents and the further use of torture ... the neighboring nations of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, as well as with Britain and France, ...

  • Still Without an Explanation Brazil Government Refuses to Talk About Blackout 13 Nov 2009 06:56 GMT
    ... I'm not interested in that. You cannot politicize something so serious for the country", she ... "Our system is completely recovered. For the government, this episode is closed," he stated. "We ... from the Itaipu hydroelectric dam on the Brazil-Paraguay border. Much of the southern half of ...

  • Lights back on, Brazil government defends itself after blackout raises 2016 Olympic concerns (LT-Brazil-Blackouts) 11 Nov 2009 20:18 GMT
    ... Lights back on, Brazil government defends itself after blackout raises 2016 Olympic ... Paulo during the outage. All of neighbouring Paraguay also went dark, but for less than ... nation seen as an ascending economic and political power. "The image of Brazil, of Rio, ...

  • Lights back on, Brazil government defends itself after blackout raises 2016 Olympic concerns 11 Nov 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... Paulo during the outage. All of neighboring Paraguay also went dark, but for less than ... Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended his government from criticism that it has not done ... nation seen as an ascending economic and political power. "The image of Brazil, of Rio, ...


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