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The U.S. State Department has confirmed that President Barack Obama will skip the Rio+20 sustainable development summit in Brazil next week. »

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Tehran on Wednesday to analyze the situation in Syria and Iran’s participation in an international conference on the Syrian conflict, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.»

Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez will register today his candidacy before the Electoral National Council in view to the elections on Oct. 7.»

Bolivian President Evo Morales will be named the Quinoa Special Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, on Monday.»

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has 59.4 percent of the vote for the elections on October 7, according to the latest survey by International Consulting Services, disclosed on Friday.»

The 42nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will conclude in this city on Tuesday, after two intensive days, marked by demands to reformulate the continental organization.»

The 42nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) began its sessions at a hotel in Cochabamba on Monday, a few hours after its inauguration, which was characterized by reforms and re-founding, demands.»

The president of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party (PT), Rui Falcao, reiterated his party support for the re-election of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the October general elections in the South American nation.»

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed that the National Assembly make an amendment or constitutional reform to include social programs of the State in the Constitution of the South American country.»

Kofi Annan, special envoy of the United Nations (UN) and the Arab League (AL), on Monday arrived in the country to seek the implementation of effective steps for a peaceful resolution to the crisis of violence affecting the country.»