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Police officers stand near a plane, left, carrying paramilitary leaders as it taxis at the Jose Maria Cordova airport in Rionegro, near Medellin, Colombia, early Tuesday, May 13, 2008. via Contra Costa Times

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“It is a new business model that would give us a competitive advantage and would probably give the industry something to think about”

Fox TV Studios president Emiliano Calemzuk is going back to his Latin American roots. via Reuters

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“President Chavez does not speak for Latin America - every country has its own voice, with which they pursue their own interests”

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks on his weekly radio and television show "Hello President" in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Sunday, May 11, 2008. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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To say the Apple's iPhone is rapidly spreading around the world is now an understatement. via VentureBeat

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Madrid, May 11 Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will start Monday in Spain a European tour that will also take him to France and Belgium. via Prensa Latina

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“These were extortion payments”

For American corporations, the rewards of doing business abroad are enormous, but so are the risks. via WIBW-TV Topeka

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Quito, May 9 New discoveries over the Colombian bombing of northern Ecuador show ineffectiveness of diplomatic efforts to solve the bilateral crisis. via Prensa Latina

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The governments of Venezuela and Argentina have signed an accord to set up a joint natural gas liquefaction and transportation enterprise in Guiria, a city in Venezuela's eastern state of Sucre, Venezuela's ... via Inside Costa Rica

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“There is no data. An information system does not yet exist”

A woman in Pasto, the capital of the western Colombian province of Narino, found out that the baby she was expecting was severely deformed. via Inter Press Service

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“We have high expectations about finding what kinds of plants they cultivated.”

Builders clearing land for a housing project in Colombia have uncovered an ancient burial site containing nearly a thousand tombs linked to two little-known civilizations. via National Geographic

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