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• Monday, June 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Hispanics consolidate as first minority in US

  The Latino population consolidated as the main minority in United States with 41,3 million people mainly because of a growth rate that is three times higher than the overall population, according to a report from the US Census Office.

• Monday, June 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile and Uruguay among the less corrupt

  Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica figure with the best qualifications among Latinamerican countries in a list regarding corruption which was considered in the Fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption held in Brasilia.

• Sunday, June 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia is “a creditor not a debtor of G 8”

  Bolivia's main opposition leader Evo Morales described the G 8 rich countries decision to condone the entire debts of 18 poor countries, including Bolivia, as a “small step forward”, although he argued that his country is not a debtor but rather a creditor of the rich world.

• Sunday, June 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  President Lula top aides mentioned in bribes scandal

  Private and government companies helped financed the “vote buying” in the Brazilian Congress revealed the Lower House representative who first talked about the explosive issue to the newspaper with the largest circulation in Brazil.

• Sunday, June 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa runs for Congress and leaves December

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Rafael Bielsa will run as candidate for the Lower House of Congress for the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina's second most important electoral district.

• Saturday, June 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner-Lagos analyze common energy project

  Argentine president Nestor Kirchner and his Chilean counterpart Ricardo Lagos meeting in Patagonia promised to overcome bilateral “inconveniences” caused by the regional energy crisis and agreed to a common policy in global affairs.

• Saturday, June 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil ratifies orthodoxy in spite of political infighting

  Brazil's Finance Minister Antonio Palocci said Friday in London there's no chance that the current administration of President Lula da Silva will abandon the current tight fiscal and monetary policies in spite of internal political disputes.

• Saturday, June 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  US trade figures suggest strong rebound

  Trade figures released Friday by the United Stated Commerce Department suggest a strong rebound of the US economy with a 57 billion US dollars deficit in April showing record exports and imports.

• Saturday, June 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Extreme poverty hits 222 million Latinamericans

  In spite of recent advances Latinamerica still has 222 million people living in extreme poverty of which 96 million are described as in indigent, according to the latest report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean released this week in Santiago.

• Saturday, June 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  FIFA World Youth Championships: US upset Argentina

  The United States pulled off a major upset at the World Youth Championship, downing tournament favourites Argentina 1-0 in the opening Group D match. Chile crushed Honduras 7-0.