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• Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Death threats and killings in coup investigation.

  Several high-profile Venezuelan government officials have received anonymous death threat letters, among which Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez, Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel, Supreme Court Chief Justice Ivan Rincon and Interior Minister Jesse Chacon.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Chinese-Argentine electronics joint venture.

  TCL from China, the world's largest television maker has singed a joint venture with Argentine electronics Radio Victoria and has plans to invest 20 million US dollars for the manufacture of electronic appliances in Argentina, reported Buenos Aires press.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Cry for Argentina's working ladies

  Working women in Argentina earn and average 34, 3% less than men in similar jobs and the difference is even greater for professionals with university education, reports the Buenos Aires press.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Beware politicians of people's disbelief

  Six out of ten people in the world have a mostly negative opinion of world leaders, particularly politicians according to the “Voice of the People” poll undertaken by the World Economic Forum and Gallup International.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Former Brazilian president back in the political ring

  Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995/200) accused his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of having no proposals to end the problems and challenges facing the country.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Unemployment in Chile stable at 9,4%

  Unemployment in Chile reached 9,4% in the August/October quarter according to the country's Statistics Institute. This represents a slight 0,6% increase over the same period a year ago and a 0,3% contraction compared to the previous quarter.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  224 million described as poor in Latinamerica

  Poverty in Latinamerica and the Caribbean experienced a slight contraction, close to 1%, in 2003, although still far from reversing the general collapse of past years according to the United Nations Economic Committee for Latinamerica, Cepal.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  China leads regional trade giant.

  South East Asian countries and China signed this Monday in Laos a landmark trade agreement that could eventually become the greatest free trade area involving a quarter of the world's population.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Kirchner to visit Chile in “coming days”.

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa said this Monday in Santiago that President Nestor Kirchner will not be visiting Chile in the “coming days” as was earlier anticipated.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Country image and brand for Chile.

  Interbrand Chile won the 150,000 US dollars contract for designing a Country Image Strategy for Chile financed by the government and private companies.