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Brazil will defend its successes in sustainable development in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), achievements reached thanks to the strategies of the government, asserted President Dilma Rousseff.»

Social movements participating in the People’s Summit in Rio de Janeiro urged U.S. President Barack Obama, to honor his status as Nobel Peace Prize laureate and free the five Cubans unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998.»

A new round of negotiations to achieve a consensus for the final document for the Rio + 20 Conference began on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.»

The Peoples´ Summit, a meeting running parallel to the Rio-plus-20 UN Sustainable Development Conference kicked off Friday in Rio de Janeiro as a scenario where social movements will denounce that the real causes for environmental, social and economic deterioration have not yet been addressed.»

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.»