Saturday, June 06, 2009

Latin America news review - June 6, 2009

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gestures during a ceremony in Tegucigalpa, Sunday, May 31, 2009. Correa was on a brief visit to Honduras and then travelled to El Salvador for the swearing in ceremony of President Mauricio Funes on June 1. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

TOP STORY - Ecuador’s Correa forecasts the end of OAS and promotes the Group of Rio (MercoPress)

Bolivia - Iran not interested in Bolivian uranium: Tehran envoy (AFP)

Bolivia- Bolivian peasants block highways (Latin American Herald Tribune)

Brazil - Brazil opens its arms to Chinese investment (The Australian)

Chile - Chilean candidates struggle to define how their economic programs would be different (Two Weeks Notice)

Colombia - Stalled but not dead: Update on the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (Rabble)

Ecuador - Ecuador to join Alba (News of the Restless)

El Salvador - New president promises to beat poverty (Inter Press Service)

El Salvador - Salvadorans expect better times with Funes (Angus Reid Global Monitor)

United States - Barack admits US role in 1953 Iran coup (Press TV)

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