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• Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  A quarter of Latinamerica lives on 2 dollars pd

  A quarter of the Latinamerican population subsists on less than two US dollars per day, compared to the one US dollar of half the Sub-Sahara and black Africa population according to the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), Poverty Department.

• Sunday, July 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Illicit money web closer and closer to Lula da Silva

  There seems to be no end to the barrage of accusations against Brazilian president Lula da Silva's administration, his Workers Party and now his family, more specifically his eldest son, Fabio, a true history of rags to riches.

• Saturday, July 9th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  G8 aid for Africa in terror shadow

  Tony Blair on Friday highlighted the commitment of the Group of Eight industrial nations to alleviate poverty in Africa and contrasted it with the “cruelty” of the London bomb attacks.

• Saturday, July 9th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  London: Death toll rises above 52

  More than 50 people were killed in Thursday's terror attacks in London, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner launches Senate candidacy

  With no party emblems just the Argentine flag, First Lady Cristina Kirchner launched Thursday evening her campaign to the Senate for the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina's main electoral district and turf of former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Methanex joins gas exploration in Magallanes

  Methanex the world's leading methanol company with a huge plant in Punta Arenas has offered ENAP, Chile's oil company aid in exploring for natural gas in Magallanes Region.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula's dancing chairs: now it's a minister

  The wave of corruption shell shocking the Brazilian government reached Communications Minister Luiz Gushiken on Thursday when it was revealed that a consulting firm which formerly belonged to the minister has enjoyed skyrocketing revenues since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Spanish becomes second language in Brazil

  Brazilian Congress gave final approval Thursday to a bill that makes Spanish a second language in the country's public and private primary schools. The bill awaits now President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's signature.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  IDB presidency, a repeat of the OAS dispute?

  The coming departure of long-serving president Enrique Iglesias is sparking an unprecedented fight over leadership of the Inter-American Development Bank with the United States backing a Colombian diplomat and the region's left-leaning governments supporting the IDB's current Brazilian vice president.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Blair vows to secure G8 agreements

  Tony Blair will seek to tie up agreements on Africa and climate change after returning to the G8 summit.