Stories for July 28th 2005
Cuba's regime tougher on dissidents
Members of the Cuban opposition expressed concern Wednesday about the possible use of special repressive legislation known as the “Gag Law” - which establishes prison terms of up to 20 years - against at least three recently-arrested dissidents.
“Pisco” is Peruvian and calls for a celebration
Peruvians celebrated Wednesday with a 2,000 litres binge the World's Trade Organization Intellectual Property decision stating that pisco is a Peruvian drink.
Ten Latinamerican countries in “failed states” list
Ten Latinamerican countries out of a list of sixty ran the risk of becoming what is described as “failed states” according to a paper from the United States publication Foreign Policy and the US NGO “Fund for Peace”.
“Keep Bush out of the country”
Opponents of US President George W. Bush yesterday staged a protest to urge court authorities to keep him from attending a November summit in Argentina, arguing his presence would raise security concerns.
US faces fresh challenge on farm subsidies
Amid near deadlock in global talks over agricultural trade, the US on Wednesday faced a fresh challenge to its support for farmers as Uruguay promised to file a legal complaint against American rice subsidies at the World Trade Organisation.
