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The farewell of Cuban President Raul Castro to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez is highlighted by the media of the Caribbean country today.»

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will criticize the Inter-American Human Rights System at his meeting with the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, who will arrive in this capital on Thursday.»

After 17 years of conservatives governments, the triumph of the Socialist Party (SP) candidate Francois Hollande in the presidential elections is considered today a political change in France with European scope.»

Marches and rallies against capitalism, from coast to coast, are taking place in the United States on Tuesday called by the peace movement Occupy Wall Street (OWS) on International Workers’ Day.»

Nicaraguan commander Tomas Borge, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), died from a pulmonary condition, PL news agency reported.»

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left for his country from Havana on the night of April 25. On Wednesday night, President Chavez informed about his return to the country, after concluding in this capital another stage of his medical treatment against cancer.»

Thousands of students, workers and citizens took the Alameda Avenue today to demand concrete changes in the political model of the country, marked by abysmal social inequalities.»

High-ranking officials of the Venezuelan government and socialist leaders have denied false rumors about the health of President Hugo Chavez in messages circulating on social networks.»

Demonstrations against layoffs of professors, expulsions of students from colleges and privatizing laws marked the week ending on Saturday in Chile with a familiar rally demanding another educational model.»

Several MEPs expressed Thursday their disagreement with the proposal of the European Parliament of taking reprisals against the government of Argentina after they nationalized the company YPF.»