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A survey recently carried out by the Center for Measurement and Interpretation of Statistical Data shows that President Hugo Chavez has the support of 58.9 percent of Venezuelan voters.»

The government of Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.  The decision comes two months after Assange took refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning for alleged sexual misconduct.»

The High-Level Group of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) on the Paraguayan crisis will issue a statement here on Tuesday, amid great expectations.»

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he is in good health and denied rumors that he had medical checkups during his visit to Brazil, aimed at making Caracas’s entry into the South Common Market (MERCOSUR) official.»

Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said today that Kofi Annan’s decision to resign from his post as special envoy to Syria was regrettable.»

The presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela will make Caracas’ membership in the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) official at an extraordinary summit of the regional bloc at Planalto Palace on Tuesday.»

President Hugo Chavez says that Venezuela is now a free country and will never again be a colony. The president made this remark during a campaign rally held Thursday at the El Valle parish, in Caracas.»

Syria’s Defense Minister, General Dawood Rajiha was killed Wednesday as a result of a terrorist bomb attack against the National Security headquarters in the capital Damascus.»

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) approved a request by the widow of former leader Yasser Arafat to exhume his remains after an investigation confirmed suspicions that Arafat may have been poisoned.»

South American foreign ministers have suspended Paraguay from the regional trade bloc, Mercosur, over last week’s parliamentary coup against President Fernando Lugo, Argentine Foreign Minister said on Friday.»