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• Monday, December 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Leftist claims Bolivia poll win

  Leader Evo Morales has claimed victory in Bolivia's presidential elections, as exit polls show he has snared 51 percent of the vote.

• Monday, December 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  WTO OMC Ends with Hong Declaration

  The Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded Sunday with a Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration.

• Monday, December 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Lula: Brazil fought for poor countries at WTO conference

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday that his country fought not so much for its own interests as in defense of the world's poorest countries at last week's WTO conference in Hong Kong.

• Monday, December 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina recalls 40 anniversary of Resolution 2065

  Argentina called on the United Kingdom to comply with the international community's request to resume bilateral sovereignty talks with the purpose of reaching a peaceful, fair and long lasting solution to the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty controversy.

• Saturday, December 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile incorporates Dutch frigates and fighter bombers

  The Chilean navy incorporated Friday morning two refurbished Dutch frigates in the naval port of Den Helder, Holland.

• Saturday, December 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  November consumer prices drop in US and Eurozone

  Consumer prices in United States during November dropped 0.6%, the sharpest slide in 56 years according to the latest release from the US Labour Department. The Eurozone also reported a similar situation in November with a 0,3% inflation contraction.

• Saturday, December 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Conciliatory message from Evo Morales to Washington

  Indian candidate Evo Morales favourite to win Bolivia's Sunday presidential election said he was willing to begin “talks” with United States but “without any kind of submission”, if he is finally elected.

• Saturday, December 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Latinamerica expanding but?must do better

  Latin America posted solid economic growth in 2005 for the third straight year, but its economies lagged behind other nations struggling with poverty, a UN agency reported yesterday.

• Friday, December 16th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina will pay in advance IMF debt

  Argentine president Nestor Kirchner announced Thursday the decision to cancel in advance the country's debt with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, 9.8 billion US dollars which will be financed with international reserves from the Central Bank.

• Friday, December 16th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  EU farming subsidies under fire at WTO

  It was the European Union vs. the Rest of the World as global trade talks remained deadlocked yesterday, with the EU defending itself from a barrage of criticism that its refusal to further opens its farming markets threatened to torpedo the entire World Trade Organization meeting.