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• Thursday, August 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  US rice subsidies: bilateral talks with Uruguay

  United States and Uruguay will negotiate bilaterally the “US rice subsidies issue”, in spite of the formal claim presented by Uruguay before the World Trade Organization, WTO, was officially announced Wednesday in Montevideo.

• Thursday, August 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC member anticipates 70 US dollars per barrel

  Crude prices could reach 70 US dollars per barrel towards the end of the year if current circumstances persist, forecasted Iran Oil Deputy Minister Hadi Najad-Hosseinian during a visit to India.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  President Bush signs CAFTA-DR bill

  United States President George W. Bush signed into law Tuesday a free trade agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic following one of the hardest fought battles in Congress particularly in the Lower House where it was passed by two votes.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Blair and Lula talks about London killing

  British Prime Minister Tony Blair telephoned Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva Tuesday to apologize once more for the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, whom London police shot him dead after mistaking him for a terrorist.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Ample support for President Chavez

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has an acceptance rate of 61% and a 45% vote intention for next year's presidential election when he is expected to run for a second term, according to a public opinion poll published Sunday in Caracas main daily, El Universal.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian Indian leader proclaimed presidential candidate

  Bolivian Indian leader Evo Morales is the official candidate of his party Movement Toward Socialism, MAS, for the coming presidential election of December 4.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Cuba criticizes “post-Castro” US policy

  Cuba criticized United States Monday for creating the post of “transition” adviser for the Fidel Castro regime, describing the move as a “crude” meddling in the internal affairs of the island.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Pro-Chavez landslide forecasted municipal elections

  A hundred thousand troops will be deployed over the weekend in Venezuela to guarantee security during municipal elections announced military authorities in Caracas.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Jittery oil market hits a new record

  Oil prices surged Monday to a new record above 62 US dollars the barrel following the death of Saudi Arabia King Fahd and amid concerns about refineries and a new confrontation with Iran over nuclear energy development.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Scandal forces first resignation in Brazilian Congress

  The leader of a junior party of the Brazilian ruling coalition was forced to step down Monday when he publicly admitted having received money from President Lula da Silva's Workers Party, PT.