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July 28, 2006

Mexico: Copper giant fires 2,000 workers The Mexican corporation Grupo Mexico has fired all 2,000 miners at its huge La Caridad copper mine. Workers there and at the company’s copper mine in Cananea and steel plant...

Mercosur promotes South American unity

July 28, 2006

Closing the 30th summit of Mercosur, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the new president of the 15-year-old South American trade association, observed, “Many still don’t realize that we have changed the political profile of...

Venezuelas Communists hold party congress

July 28, 2006

CARACAS — More than 3,000 Venezuelans filled the Poliedro, the auditorium here where the Communist Party of Venezuela opened its 12th National Congress on July 20. Venezuela’s population is very young, and the delegates to the...

Secessionists roil waters in Bolivia

July 28, 2006

As it prepares for the Constituent Assembly that begins on Aug. 6, Bolivian President Evo Morales’ government faces divisions and the prospect of protracted struggle. The issue of autonomy for states and regions came to a...

Mexican media works overtime for Calderon

July 28, 2006

MEXICO CITY — While evidence of election irregularities and fraud mounts, it is hard to find news of this in Mexico’s mass media, especially television. On the contrary, the media here, with few exceptions, is downplaying...