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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, and Chinese businessman Wang Jing hold up a concession agreement for the construction of a multibillion-dollar canal at the Casa de los Pueblos in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, June 14, 2013.
Investment   Nicaragua   Panama   Photos   Wikipedia: Nicaragua Canal
 The Guardian 
Nicaragua's Ortega, Wang Jing sign canal agreement
Sat 15 Jun 2013
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — President Daniel Ortega and Chinese businessman Wang Jing have signed an agreement giving his company the right to build a shipping channel across Nicaragua that would... (photo: AP / Esteban Felix)
In this Monday Oct. 31, 2011 photo, Venezuelan Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni sits in her apartment while under house arrest in Caracas, Venezuela. Afiuni infuriated President Hugo Chavez when she ordered the release of an imprisoned banker who was charged with flouting the country's currency exchange controls. A day after her arrest nearly two years ago, Chavez demanded on national television that she face 30 years in prison. Now under house arrest, she is barred by a court order from speaking to the news media and instead uses Twitter to air her protests, calling herself a "judge kidnapped by order of Chavez."
Corruption   Human Rights   Photos   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Detention of Maria Lourdes Afiuni
 BBC News 
Venezuela ends house arrest of Judge Maria Afiuni
Sat 15 Jun 2013
The Venezuelan authorities have ended the house arrest of a judge held on corruption charges since 2009. A lawyer for Maria Lourdes Afiuni said a court in Caracas rescinded the detention order on... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano)
Protestors gather in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden.  Richmond Times Dispatch  Wed 19 Jun 2013
Protesters in Brazil keep up pressure on government
SAO PAULO Thousands of demonstrators flooded into a square in Brazil’s economic hub, Sao Paulo, on Tuesday for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the shoddy state of public transit,... (photo: AP / Nelson Antoine)
Brazil   Demonstration   Government   Photos   Wikipedia: 2013 protests in Brazil
Taino Beach Bahamas -  Grand Bahama  The Miami Herald  Sat 15 Jun 2013
Exploring Grand Bahama Island
From the deck of Banana Bay restaurant on the south shore of Grand Bahama Island, where I waited for a plate of conch fritters, I admired the pretty but empty beach that stretched to the east: a... (photo: Creative Commons)
Banana   Island   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Grand Bahama
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Red bananas at the market in Guatemala Stuff Sat 15 Jun 2013
Shoppers hunger for red bananas
What's this - red bananas? Countdown supermarkets throughout the country started stocking the fruit about six weeks ago, adding a colourful flourish to the standard sea... (photo: Creative Commons)
Fruit   Jamaica   New Zealand   Photos   Wikipedia: Red banana
Juventus goalie Gianluigi Buffon reacts during a Serie A soccer match between Cagliari and Juventus, in Cagliari, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Cagliari won 2-0 BBC News Tue 11 Jun 2013
Confederations Cup 2013: Italy team profile
Fifa Confederations Cup, Brazil Date: 15 - 30 June Coverage: Matches live on BBC One, BBC Three, online, red button & connected TV. Live text commentaries on the BBC... (photo: AP / Daniela Santoni)
2013 Confederations Cup   FIFA   Italy   Photos   Wikipedia: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
A U.S. Marine hands rations to a Haitian earthquake victim near Leogane, Haiti. Jamaica Observer Tue 11 Jun 2013
Haiti's hunger hardship
BELLE ANSE, Haiti (AP) — The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on... (photo: Public Domain / Cpl. Bobbie A. Curtis, U.S. Marine Corps)
Children   Haiti   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Haiti
Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro clenches his fist to greet supporters from the top of a vehicle as he campaigns in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 5, 2013. BBC News Mon 10 Jun 2013
Venezuela arrests Colombians over Maduro assassination plot
The Venezuelan government says it has arrested nine Colombian right-wing paramilitaries who were plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. Interior Minister... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos)
Colombia   Photos   Politics   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Nicolás Maduro
Cuba 2008. Travel. The Gleaner Sun 9 Jun 2013
Everyone's asleep at tourism wheel
Jamaica has developed a tourism industry which is comparable to the best in the world. Brand Jamaica, as embodied by our culture, music, food, sun, sea and sand, combined... (photo: WN / marzena )
China   Jamaica   Photos   Tourism   Visitors   Wikipedia: Jamaica
Presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, left, talks with reporters at his father's home in Lima, Peru, Monday April 11, 2011. Unofficial results showed Humala won the most votes in Sunday's presidential race and is headed into a runoff against Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori. Peru will hold a presidential runoff election on June 5. BBC News Fri 7 Jun 2013
Peru's ex president Alberto Fujimori is denied pardon
Peru's President Ollanta Humala has rejected a request to pardon the jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori on humanitarian grounds. Mr Humala said the former... (photo: AP / Martin Mejia)
Human Rights   Peru   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Alberto Fujimori


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