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Buenos Aires Poor Make Meager Living from Trash

What began for many as a way to find food and clothing in the garbage of Buenos Aires has become a recycling business -- and not a very profitable one. Families whose livelihoods vanished in the economic crash of 2001 and 2002 collect trash, sort it and sell the recyclables for about 15 Argentinian pesos -- or about $3 a day. The nation's recent economic recovery has been impressive, but an estimated 15 million remain poor.

Buenos Aires Poor Make Meager Living from Trash

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No Consensus on South American Free-Trade Zone

Leaders from across the Americas end their summit in Mar del Plata, Argentina, late Saturday without reaching a consensus on the free-trade accord President Bush was seeking. Some summit leaders endorsed the idea of beginning talks on a hemisphere-wide free-trade zone; others said conditions aren't ripe.

No Consensus on South American Free-Trade Zone

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Latin America Summit Ends with No Free-Trade Zone

Negotiators were unable to agree on a U.S.-favored free-trade zone covering most of North and South America at this week's Summit of the Americas in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. Twenty-nine of 34 nations, led by the U.S., Mexico and Canada, support the deal.

Latin America Summit Ends with No Free-Trade Zone

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Venezuelans Divided Over Land Redistribution

The Venezuelan national guard is helping divide up the country's large ranches so that the land can be parceled out to the poor. But ranch owners say the government is riding roughshod over private property and planting the seeds of more national division.

Venezuelans Divided Over Land Redistribution

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The Summit of the Americas

Thousands Protest Bush at Latin America Summit

President Bush faces tens of thousands of protesters and harsh questioning at the two-day Summit of the Americas in Argentina. The U.S. war in Iraq and the president's free-trade efforts have drawn sharp criticism from union leaders, anti-globalization activists and human-rights groups.

Thousands Protest Bush at Latin America Summit

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U.S.-Venezuelan Relations in Spotlight at Summit

The leaders of more than 30 Western Hemisphere nations, including President Bush, are arriving at the Argentine seaside resort of Mar del Plata for Friday's Summit of the Americas. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an outspoken critic of Mr. Bush, will be attending; and thousands of demonstrators are converging on the area.

U.S.-Venezuelan Relations in Spotlight at Summit

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Brazilians Reject Proposed Gun Ban

Brazilians rejected a proposal to ban the sale of guns in a national referendum Sunday. More than 36,000 people were killed last year in gun-related incidents in Brazil, four times the number in the United States.

Brazilians Reject Proposed Gun Ban

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Brazilian Voters Reject Bid to Ban Guns

Preliminary results show that Brazilian voters have overwhelmingly rejected a measure to ban gun sales. Brazil has the one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the world, and earlier polls had indicated the ban might be approved.

Brazilian Voters Reject Bid to Ban Guns

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Brazil Holds Contentious Vote on Gun Control Law

Advocates of the right to bear arms clash with those who say guns lead to chaos and violence ahead of Saturday's vote. An estimated 36,000 people were shot dead last year in Brazil.

Brazil Holds Contentious Vote on Gun Control Law

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A Day-Long Look into the Mind of Hugo Chavez

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hosts a daylong television show on Sundays, when he announces new policies, talks about issues of importance to his countrymen, and issues his latest broadside against his nemesis: the United States.

A Day-Long Look into the Mind of Hugo Chavez

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Chavez Boots Missionary Group from Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered an American missionary group known as New Tribes to leave the South American nation. The expulsion follows remarks by Christian conservative Pat Robertson, who recently charged Chavez with seeking atomic material from Iran and called for his assassination.

Chavez Boots Missionary Group from Venezuela

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Corruption Scandal Plagues Brazil's Lula

Brazil's lower house of Congress elects a new leader Wednesday. The outgoing speaker stepped down amid a widening corruption scandal that has enveloped the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula's left-leaning Workers Party is accused of buying congressional votes and setting up slush funds.

Corruption Scandal Plagues Brazil's Lula

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Middle East

Abbas Move Delays Palestinian Ballot Battle

President Mahmoud Abbas has formally postponed Palestinian elections that were to be held in July. When they are held, the Fatah party of Abbas and the late Yasser Arafat will face an increasing challenge from the more militant Hamas movement.

Abbas Move Delays Palestinian Ballot Battle

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Gaza Withdrawal Plan Stirs Up Protests in Israel

The impending pullout from the Gaza Strip has roiled the political waters in Israel. Anti-withdrawal protestors have blocked traffic on main highways and threaten more acts of civil disobedience. Some Gaza settlers are vowing to resist the pullout by all means.

Gaza Withdrawal Plan Stirs Up Protests in Israel

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