El Comercio of Quito reported that under the slogan “Discover Ecuador in the Middle of the World,” the country organized an event to promote itself as a tourist destination for Chinese citizens in Guangzhou province, which has more than 80 tour operators.
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In El Universal of Mexico City Francisco Reséndiz reported that the European Union and the United States have begun a second round of negotiations to realize a new free trade agreement between the two parties, and are doing so without the participation of Mexico.
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La Nación of Buenos Aires reported that the U.S. lawyer and radical journalist Glenn Greenwald, who along with Edward Snowden helped reveal eavesdropping performed by the U.S. government, said “Argentina is a target of U.S. intelligence.”
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El Comercio of Lima happily reported that Kim Conaghan, the director of National Geographic Traveler magazine, thinks Latin America has a great opportunity to attract more tourists from the U.S.
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El Tiempo of Bogotá reported the Colombian government’s announcement that it would send a note of protest to the U.S. Government.
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Buenos Aires Herald reported that Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica questioned Argentina’s recent decision to stop freight transfers at ports belonging to MERCOSUR countries that have no maritime agreements with Buenos Aires.
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PáginaSIETE of La Paz noted that after learning of the decision by Chilean presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet to pursue a return to government dialogue with Bolivia, President Evo Morales expressed his willingness to listen to their proposal,
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In PáginaSIETE of La Paz Álvaro Valero observed that between 2000 and 2010 the rate of homicides in Latin America grew 11%, while in most regions of the world murder rates declined or stabilized.
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Eric Nepomuceno lamented in Página/12 of Buenos Aires that in the Rio de Janeiro area, which has a population of about seven million inhabitants, just over one million people suffer
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Clarín of Buenos Aires reported that the Ministry of Defense released a part of the “black lists” last kept during the dictatorship which included
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