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Honduras pact crumbles over unity government
An agreement to end a four-month political crisis in Honduras collapsed after two rival leaders failed to form a government of unity to heal the damage from a June coup
Lula calls on leaders to attend climate talks
Brazil’s president has challenged other world leaders to attend next month’s climate talks in Copenhagen to break the deadlock in negotiations to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Lex: US health insurers
For the managed care companies at the centre of America’s health system, the political horse-trading has sent their shares gyrating
Chávez fails to deliver power to the people
Venezuelans in the capital are bracing themselves for drastic rationing as public services in the oil-rich nation sink ever deeper into crisis, threatening to undermine President Hugo Chávez’s support
Honduran rivals agree a deal to end crisis
Honduras’s de facto government has bowed to US pressure, accepting a deal that stands to end the four-month political crisis and possibly even reinstate Manuel Zelaya as the country’s president.
IMF official warns on risk of LatAm bubble
Latin America had weathered the financial crisis so well that several countries were paying the price of success with rapidly appreciating currencies and an influx of foreign capital that could raise the spectre of future bubbles, said Nicholas Eyzaguirre, western hemisphere director of the International Monetary Fund
Cetip's debut fails to impress
Shares in Cetip, the first company to go public in Brazil since the government introduced a 2 per cent tax on foreign investments in securities, fell sharply in early...
Venezuela arrests Colombian ‘spies’
Venezuela’s capture of Colombian ‘spies’, which it accuses of being part of a US-backed plot to undermine its socialist government, has escalated a simmering conflict between the neighbouring Andean nations
US envoy rules out climate deal with Beijing
China and the US will not sign a landmark agreement on climate change policies when Barack Obama visits Beijing next month, the US president’s climate change envoy said, in spite of high hopes this year among US officials
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