MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 5th 2012
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Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:15 UTC
Correa defends close links with Iran and downplays the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires
Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa triggered a serious controversy in Argentina when he defended close links with Iran and downplayed Teheran’s alleged role in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish institution in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and left hundreds injured.
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Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:08 UTC
Human rights commission demands urgent investigation into killing of Paraguayan peasant leader
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder in Paraguay of human rights defender Vidal Vega, leader of the Campesinos sin Tierra movement (Landless Campesinos) and president of the Committee of Relatives of Victims of the Curuguaty Massacre and urges the State of Paraguay to investigate and clear up these crimes, and punish those who perpetrated and masterminded them.
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Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 00:07 UTC
US court rules in favour of Argentina: denies security deposit requested by hedge funds
US appeals court refused to order Argentina to post a security deposit of at least 250 million dollars while it seeks to overturn a lower court ruling that orders it to pay holdout investors 1.33 billion.
