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Report hits at Cuban regime on human rights
Cuba’s regime has failed to improve its dire record on human rights under the leadership of Raúl Castro with Cubans continuing to be stripped of basic rights and freedoms, a Human Rights Watch report said
Peru demands response on alleged spying
Peru’s president demands that Chile addresses allegations that it paid a Peruvian air force officer to supply it with military secrets, blaming ‘Pinochet-like’ forces
Obama rules out Copenhagen treaty
Barack Obama conceded that December’s Copenhagen summit would not produce a legally binding agreement to tackle global warming, in a move that prompted groans of disappointment from environmental groups
Locals suffer in spat over US-Colombia pact
The political crisis in the violent region has hit businesses and people hard
Editorial: Bolivarian bully
Hugo Chávez should call off mobilisation plans. Colombia and the US should respond with guarantees that the bases will be used to battle insurgents and drug trafficking within Colombian territory
Analysis: Brazil’s real reward
As Brazil, barely hit by the global crisis, lifts ever more citizens from poverty, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nears his final year in office held in high regard
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.
