MN-30156.996 Radio: Police Foil Coup Plot MN-3059.996 Mexican officials say rogue cops are behind outbreak of violence MN-3070.996 Mexicans flock to the land of opportunity: Tijuana VA-3040.996 LITERATURE: No Magic in McOndo VA-3045.996 URUGUAY-ARGENTINA: Painting The Purple Land VA-3047.996 BRAZIL-SCIENCE: Recognition Sought for Redoubtable Researcher VA-3050.996 LATIN AMERICA: The Difficult Task of Democratic Government VA-3059.996 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Apparel Manufacturers Feeling the Pinch VA-3063.996 NICARAGUA: Dissident Sandinistas Slam Alliance with Former Contras VA-3065.996 MEXICO: The Recovery Takes Time a Cookin' VA-3067.996 BARBADOS: Offshore Company Pulls out Following FBI Probe VA-3069.996 PANAMA: 'The Drunken Chicken' Reeling from Fast-Food Competition VA-3070.996 HAITI: U.S. Accused of Undermining Accountability for Abuses VA-3075.996 CUBA: Fear of Blackouts as Oil Prices Rise VA-3076.996 VENEZUELA-WOMEN: Economic Crisis Triples Number of Prostitutes VA-3077.996 HAITI-TECHNOLOGY: Poor Immune as Internet Fever Rages VA-3084.996 ANTIGUA/BARBUDA-POLITICS: Government Fighting Corruption Charges VA-3087.996 COLOMBIA: Anti-Inflationary Social Pact Wages a Losing Battle VA-3091.996 MEXICO: Travel Plans of Zapatistas Open New Pandora's Box VA-3096.996 BOLIVIA: Rural Workers arrive in La Paz seeking Land Rights VA-3098.996 HAITI: Caution is the Word in the Finance Community VA-30110.996 CUBA-ECONOMY: Boomerang Effect of Helms-Burton Law VA-30113.996 CUBA-ECONOMY: Boomerang Effect of Helms-Burton Law//REPEAT// VA-30120.996 JAMAICA-HEALTH: The Battle Over the Old and the New VA-30121.996 COLOMBIA: Removing the 'Undeclared' from Talk of War VA-30126.996 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Rice Farming Takes Second Place VA-30128.996 MEXICO: EPR Declares Unilateral Ceasefire for Guerrero Elections VA-30174.996 MEXICO: EPR Declares Unilateral Ceasefire for Guerrero Elections MN-2810.996 Mexco Poised for Explosion in Consumer Credit by 1998 Via AP MN-28144.996 Sampras 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HAITI: The Security Question is Still Only Partly Answered VA-23185.996 INTEGRATION: Mercosur and NAFTA Split FTAA Debate VA-23187.996 BOLIVIA: Ten Columns of Indigenous and Peasants March on La Paz VA-23189.996 GUATEMALA: Clamp Down on Corruption Ups Support for Government VA-23191.996 MONTSERRAT-NATURAL DISASTER: Volcano Reaches New Peak of Activity VA-23192.996 INTEGRATION: Andean Community Reform enters Last Stages VA-23193.996 JAMAICA-HEALTH: A Return to Traditional Medicine VA-23201.996 MEXICO-POLITICS: PRI Feels Heat After 67 Years VA-23204.996 CHILE-POPULATION: School Sex Education Program Stalls VA-23205.996 MONTSERRAT-BRITAIN: Volcano's Rage Could be Catalyst for Change VA-23207.996 CARIBBEAN-POPULATION: Govt. 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VA-1795.996 CUBA-ECONOMY: Cuba to Develop Duty-Free Zones VA-1797.996 ECONOMY-LATIN AMERICA: Inflation Continues to Decline VA-17102.996 CARIBBEAN-INFORMATION: Postal Reform High on Governments Agenda VA-17108.996 PERU: Guzman, from Guerilla Leader to Leading TV Character VA-17110.996 ARGENTINA: Menem Stands by Economic Model Despite Blackout VA-17111.996 JAMAICA-POPULATION: Newspaper Caption Sparks Debate on Marriage Laws VA-17112.996 CHILE: No Official Mourning for Coup Leader VA-17113.996 INTEGRATION: Lima Meeting to Regulate Speed of Pact with Mercosur MN-1669.996 U.S. tries to remove armed criminals from Haiti's presidential palace MN-1674.996 Mexican Publisher Charged With Tax Evasion, Fraud MN-1676.996 Castro Praises Canadians for Defying U.S. Boycott MN-16102.996 Mexicans See Their Nation in Moral Decline MN-16106.996 Mexico arrests newspaper owner on tax charges MN-16112.996 Survey exposes Mexicans' suspicion of government Yet optimism, family bonds are MN-16168.996 Cross-Border Polling Reveals Differing Opinions on Shared Problems MN-16176.996 Federal Police Official and Two Agents Killed Leaving Airport MN-16236.996 Mexico: Ball in U.S. Court on Border Clearance Plan MN-16267.996 Nicaragua To Study Possible Bi-coastal Containerport Complex MN-16278.996 Polls: Economy Mexicans' Top Concern; For Americans, It's Health Care MN-16314.996 Drug official gunned down in Mexico VA-16162.996 Panama/U.S. negotiations fall apart on Canal MN-16316.996 Breakthrough in Chagas' disease MN-16362.996 Mexican police MN-16363.996 Police chief's slaying surprises no one VA-1669.996 BARBADOS-CRIME: Keeping The Prison Population Down VA-1680.996 MEXICO: Informal Poll Points to Discontent Despite Recovery VA-1685.996 GRENADA-NARCOTICS: Locals Say No to U.S. Coastguard Base VA-1694.996 MEXICO-ECONOMY: Foreign Debt Stalls Development VA-1696.996 ECONOMY-CENTRAL AMERICA: Privatization Fever Hits Telecomms Sector VA-16104.996 CARIBBEAN-HUMAN RIGHTS: Date With the Hangman Again Goes on Hold VA-16106.996 ECUADOR: Bucaram Ends a Month with Football, Music and Diplomacy VA-16107.996 GRENADA-MEDIA: Govt. 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VA-0988.996 LATIN AMERICA: Increased Arms Purchases Seen As Big Mistake VA-0990.996 CUBA-ECONOMY: Black Market Flourishing VA-0992.996 COSTA RICA-ECONOMY: Tourism as Major Revenue-earner VA-0995.996 PERU-POPULATION: Plight of the Middle Class VA-0997.996 LATIN AMERICA-FOOD: Winners and Losers in New Trade Regime VA-09102.996 MEXICO: Chavez, on the Brink of a Final Knockout VA-09104.996 CUBA-EUROPE: EU Rejects Washington Deal In Helms-Burton Row VA-09108.996 GRENADA-POLITICS: Young Govt. 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VA-0678.996 EDUCATION-CUBA: Classrooms Escape the Grip of Economic Crisis VA-0680.996 VENEZUELA: Caldera asks Church to Monitor Social Programme VA-0681.996 RIO GROUP: 'Summit for Democracy without Poverty' Opens VA-0682.996 RIO GROUP: U.S. Manoeuvres at the Cochabamba Summit VA-0684.996 CINEMA-COLOMBIA: Oedipus Was a Colombian VA-0685.996 MUSIC-JAMAICA: Nuff Respect to the Sound System Men VA-0688.996 MUSIC-CUBA: Salsa - Popular or Vulgar, Cubans' Feet Don't Care MN-05106.996 Laredo Blockade Shifts Cargo to the 'Bridge to Nowhere' MN-05107.996 Prosecutor Says `Important People' Probed in Huge Drug Seizure MN-05122.996 Farrakhan meets Castro, tours Cuban facilities MN-05195.996 Tremor reported beneath Pacific MN-0539.996 DEA: Colombian Traffickers Seeking to Control Heroin Market MN-0578.996 New Trading Bloc will Deal Brazil Stronger Hand VA-0535.996 WOMEN-LATIN AMERICA: Inaudible Voice of Indigenous Women VA-0536.996 BRAZIL: With Flowers and Enthusiasm, Women Seek Political Power MN-04148.996 Argentine to settle U.S. torture case MN-0439.996 North American Development Bank Expected to Make Loans Soon VA-0493.996 DANCE-JAMAICA: Pioneer Dancers Keep in Step With Times VA-0499.996 ARMS: U.S. Urged to Stem Flow of Small Arms to Latin America VA-04101.996 PERU: Fujimori Security Czar Makes the News, Again VA-04102.996 HONDURAS-WOMEN: Domestic Violence is in Suburbia, Too VA-04109.996 TRINIDAD-POLITICS: Living on the Edge in Trinidad and Tobago. VA-04112.996 GROUP OF RIO: From Defending Democracy to the Fight against VA-04115.996 MEXICO: Opposition Demands Information on New Guerrilla Force VA-04120.996 LATAM-U.S.: Seeking Profit, U.S. Announces Infrastructure Grants VA-04127.996 LATIN AMERICA: Che Lives! VA-04128.996 CUBA-CULTURE: Old Havana's Not for Tourists Only VA-04135.996 BRAZIL: From Import to Capital Substitution VA-04139.996 NICARAGUA: Age-old Dream of a Coast-to-Coast Route within Reach VA-04140.996 JAMAICA-HEALTH: 'Lifestyle Diseases' a Growing Problem in Jamaica VA-04150.996 CUBA-POPULATION: Ageing Population Requires Fresh Policies VA-04151.996 MEXICO: Kidnappers on the Rampage VA-04157.996 TRINIDAD-HEALTH: Dengue Fever on the Rise in Trinidad and Tobago VA-04158.996 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: Hatred, the Venom Killing the Triqui VA-04161.996 TRINIDAD-PRESS FREEDOM: Former PM Cautions Government on Press VA-04162.996 SCIENCE: Argentina Launches its First Satellite VA-04165.996 MEXICO: The U.S.A, Alone in its Zeal to Apply the Helms-Burton Law VA-04171.996 COLOMBIA-CHILDREN: 'Week for Peace' in Violent Uraba VA-04175.996 ARGENTINA-DEVELOPMENT: Middle Class Goes Downhill VA-04182.996 CENTRAL AMERICA: The Spectre of Poverty Looms over the Region VA-04185.996 MEXICO: EPR Bullets Wound the Political System VA-04187.996 JAMAICA-MEDIA: Talk Radio - The New Political Platform. VA-04188.996 BARBAD0S-POLITICS: Barbados May Dump Queen as Head of State. VA-04189.996 AMERICA: Helms-Burton Encourages Revision of International Law VA-04190.996 CHILDREN: Cuba and U.S.A. Coincide on Databank of Child Abusers MN-0322.996 9-2 0312 Brazilian tribes mark festival of dead MN-0323.996 Argentine Government Goes on Trial for Torture, Theft of Property MN-0339.996 Zapatista rebels suspend peace talks MN-0353.996 Twenty Die in Mexico Bus Crash MN-02133.996 At Least 96 Killed in Guerrilla Assaults in Colombia With AP Photo BOG1 MN-02157.996 92 dead in Colombian rebel push MN-02161.996 President Vows to Crush Rebels But Respect Civil Rights MN-02190.996 Cali Cartel Leader Surrenders MN-02211.996 Zedillo vows to punish rebels MN-02222.996 Brazilian Berry Packs a Punch Into Sodas MN-02277.996 Rebels Linked to Radical Group Accused of Violent Acts in Recent Years MN-0258.996 U.S. Officials Visit Haiti; Former Police Instructor Slain MN-0265.996 Mexico steps up security, new attack reported MN-028.996 Discrimination against women on border MN-0288.996 Guns at the Beach? Rebel Attacks Threaten Mexico's Tourism Industry IN-21111.896 Subject: September Updates from Jay MN-3015.896 U.N. Agrees to Keep Human Rights Monitors in Haiti MN-30226.896 New Mexican rebels kill 14 MN-3072.896 Official Warns Cuba Law May Sour Trade Relations VA-3068.896 CHILDREN: Child Sex Trade, an International Crime VA-3069.896 LABOUR: In New Century, Dream of ''Job for Life'' is Just That VA-3073.896 URUGUAY: No Longer an Oasis Free of Sexual Exploitation of VA-3076.896 DRUGS-LATIN AMERICA: Coca - a Social Time Bomb VA-3079.896 CENTRAL AMERICA: The Pacific Rim Knocks on the Door MN-29121.896 Latin Americans sue U.S. over internment MN-2928.896 Haitians Link Increasing Violence to Approaching U.S. Elections MN-2932.896 Ecuador's `El Loco' True to Style MN-2993.896 Clinton Envoy Urges Coalition Against Cuba VA-2963.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ URUGUAY: Religious Boom After VA-2964.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ LATIN AMERICA: Social Crisis VA-2966.896 LATAM-POLITICS: Arms Exports and Votes MN-2784.896 Spanish Volunteers File Charges Against Mexican Police MN-2785.896 Gangs Target Restaurants As Crime Wave Hits Buenos Aires VA-2722.896 POPULATION-MEXICO: Birth Control Message Should Target Men, Too VA-2723.896 TRADE-AMERICAS: More Talks Set on Hemispheric Free Trade Deal VA-2728.896 HEALTH-LATIN AMERICA: Hope in the Fight against Chagas' Disease VA-2732.896 CHILDREN: Venezuela Struggles with Child Prostitution VA-2735.896 COMMODITIES: Brazil Opposes EU Coffee Tariffs VA-2736.896 CUBA: Fighting Helms-Burton with Silence MN-26125.896 New rebel group says it has forces in Mexican capital MN-2629.896 Judge Clears Former Police Official MN-2652.896 Telefonos de Mexico Moves into Texas MN-266.896 OAS Committee Rules Against Helms-Burton In Setback for US Cuba Policy MN-2671.896 Panama Canal's Rates to Rise Nearly 16 Percent MN-2676.896 Caribbean Ripe for a Banana War VA-2644.896 PERU: Drawing up the Cartoon's Future: Lots of Question Marks VA-2645.896 HONDURAS-CULTURE: New Museum Recreates Marvels of the Mayan World VA-2646.896 JAMAICA-MUSIC: 'Skatalites' Still Rock After All Those Years VA-2652.896 LATAM-DEBT: Social Crisis Looms, says Church VA-2656.896 GUYANA-CRIME: Gun-Toting Deportees Blamed for 'State of Seige' VA-2660.896 MERCOSUR: The Invasion of the Shopping Centres VA-2667.896 PERU: How to Free the Wrongfully Imprisoned VA-2676.896 VENEZUELA: Social Angst and Handouts VA-2677.896 ARGENTINA-ECONOMY: Mines are Booming VA-2685.896 COLOMBIA: Civil Rights Abuses spark Coca Producer Protests VA-2687.896 GUYANA-POLITICS: Goverment Pressures U.S. Telephone Company over VA-2688.896 MEXICO: Fresh Anti Helms-Burton Protest may fall on Stony Ground VA-2690.896 COMMODITIES: Oil Alliance puts Heavy Crudes in the Limelight VA-2696.896 CENTRAL AMERICA: US Military Presence Questioned VA-2697.896 HAITI: Security Debate Has Implications for U.N. Mission VA-2698.896 BRAZIL-ECONOMY: More Brazilians Drinking Cofee VA-26108.896 PERU: Mining Company Cooperates With NGO On Development Projects VA-26112.896 BARBADOS-EDUCATION: Students Caught with Drugs Face Prison VA-26114.896 BOLIVIA: Indigenous Call for Land, Participation and Development MN-24104.896 Hurricane Dolly kills 2 in Mexico Storm weakens while another gains strength MN-2420.896 Top U.S. Companies Certified as Claimants for Cuban Compensation MN-2423.896 Long-Ignored Property Claims at Center of U.S.-Cuba Debate VA-2498.896 ECUADOR: The Short-Lived Dream of Bucaram's Populism VA-24100.896 VENEZUELA: The Cola War Hits Latin America VA-24102.896 CUBA: Migration Agreements with US Wobble MN-2311.896 Lockheed Martin Seeks Deals with South American Nations MN-23113.896 Hashimoto to float plan to help Chile aid to E. Europe MN-23117.896 Investigation Discloses More Victims of Pinochet Regime MN-2326.896 Mexico's Exports Gain a Solid Footing Via AP MN-2351.896 Media Is Latest Target In Haiti's Political Violence MN-22112.896 Mexican police reportedly nab kidnapping suspects MN-2217.896 Brazil Eases Tariff System For Auto Imports MN-2230.896 Mexican Firm Vows to Maintain Cuba Investment Despite U.S. Warning MN-2241.896 Hashimoto asks Mexico to help protect Japan companies MN-21126.896 U.S., Mexico Swept Up in Trade Rift MN-21154.896 Cuba Says U.S. Diplomat Aided Dissidents MN-21160.896 Hashimoto, Zedillo visit museum in Mexico City MN-21190.896 Mexican mob takes law into its own hands MN-21254.896 Mexico threatens legal action against U.S. MN-2133.896 Prime Minister Begins Tour of Latin America MN-2134.896 Truck Veers off Highway, Killing 27 Pedestrians VA-2118.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ CARIBBEAN: One Region, One Message, for VA-2122.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ POPULATION: Cuba - The Hot Place to VA-2125.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ VENEZUELA: Money for Social Programmes MN-20124.896 Keeping media uninformed helped in kidnapping case MN-2013.896 Mexico's, Hughes Communications Sign Deal For New Satellite MN-2024.896 Sanyo executive freed for ransom New York Times MEXICO CITY -- A Japanese MN-2063.896 Haitians jittery after gunmen attack police building VA-2035.896 VENEZUELA: Money for Social Programmes Unspent, World Bank says VA-2036.896 ARGENTINA-POLITICS: Menem's Seven-Year Itch VA-2038.896 GUATEMALA: Concern Over Future of Self-defence Patrols. VA-2039.896 VIETNAM-TAIWAN: Marriages Based on Love or Sheer Convenience? VA-2044.896 DOMINICAN REPUBLLIC-POLITICS: Tough Challenges Ahead for Fernandez VA-2053.896 TRINIDAD-POPULATION: Surge in Domestic Violence Concerns Trinidad VA-2055.896 MEXICO-HUMAN RIGHTS: Report Blasts Abuses Against Women Workers MN-19224.896 Clinton Names Eizenstat Special Envoy to Press Allies on Cuba MN-19258.896 Canada's Threat of Boycotting Travel to Florida Draws Discussion MN-19265.896 U.S. Highway Official Says NAFTA Won't Lead to Bigger Trucks MN-19271.896 Cuba Demands Return of Refugees MN-19325.896 Federal Prosecutor Tied to Colosio Case Assassinated MN-19349.896 There's no place like homeland for Mexico's consul MN-1937.896 Four Cubans on Hijacked Plane Rescued After Crashing In Gulf MN-1947.896 Tests on Mice Offer Hope in Debilitating Parasitic Disease MN-1966.896 Mexican govt fires more than 700 police in clean-up MN-1978.896 World briefs: INS agent jailed VA-1952.896 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: For 3000 Dollars You Can Buy a Child VA-1953.896 CUBA: Fidel Castro, 70 Years Old and Still Going Strong VA-1954.896 MEXICO: President Blames Crisis on Lack of Savings VA-1955.896 GUYANA-POLITICS: No Support For Jagan's New World Order VA-1969.896 EL SALVADOR: Errant Fathers Under Pressure to Care VA-1971.896 COLOMBIA-POLITICS: Coup Talk Has Nation Agog VA-1977.896 ARGENTINA: Severe Adjustment brings Threat of Strike VA-1979.896 MEXICO: Endless Twists in the Colosio Case Tail VA-1986.896 LATIN AMERICA: Native Peoples Wary of Paternalism VA-1987.896 COLOMBIA: Government, Coca Growers Reach Tentative Accord VA-1990.896 IMMIGRATION-MEXICO: Border Patrols Crack Down as Election Season VA-1992.896 EL SALVADOR: Deliberate Plan to Exterminate Street Children VA-1995.896 VENEZUELA: Famous Soap Opera Reflects Racism VA-1997.896 ARGENTINA: Politicians at the Helm of the Titanic? VA-19104.896 US-POPULATION: Cuba the Hot Place to Retire VA-19106.896 MEXICO: Hard Dialogue in Chiapas, Confrontation in Guerrero VA-19109.896 CARIBBEAN: One Region, One Message, for Tourists VA-19113.896 COMMODITIES: How Long Can Oil Prices Keep Going Up? VA-19115.896 MEXICO: New Debtor Support Plan Criticised VA-19117.896 GUYANA-DRUGS: Guyana and U.S. join forces to fight illegal drugs MN-16168.896 Kidnapped executive's firm compiles list of ex-employees MN-1626.896 Dozens Electrocuted in Fireworks Accident VA-1612.896 PERU-POLITICS: 'Shining Path' Still Glows MN-15100.896 U.S.-Mexico Trade Office to Open in Austin, Texas MN-15155.896 Ransom deadline set for Japanese hostage: Mexican radio MN-15190.896 Electric cable explosion kills 35 in Peru MN-15280.896 Investing in Latin America Now Requires Homework Via AP MN-1573.896 Mexican Nationals Arrested In Airport Drug Bust MN-1582.896 Eizenstat To Be Named as Envoy on Cuba VA-1537.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ BARBADOS: The Priest Who Sings VA-1538.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ LATIN AMERICA: Evangelical MN-14101.896 Mexican police, Japanese Embassy confer over kidnapping MN-147.896 No Big Birthday Bash, But Castro `Feels Well' As He Turns 70 MN-148.896 Haitian Police Officer Slain in Ambush; Eighth This Year VA-1465.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ MEXICO: Standard of Living will Take VA-1472.896 MEXICO: New Guerrilla Group States its Aims MN-13164.896 Congressional Employees Agree to Take Drug Test, Legislators Balk MN-1331.896 Air Rights Extended for Venezuelans MN-1379.896 Mexican president ends long distance phone monopoly VA-1337.896 CENTRAL AMERICA: Armies Future Poses Dilemma VA-1338.896 LATAM-LABOR: Unions Want More ''Democratic'' Globalisation VA-1345.896 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Thumbs Down to Cuba VA-1346.896 CHILE: Production Booming along with Unemployment VA-1347.896 JAMAICA-HEALTH: Finally Success After 20 Years of Research VA-1348.896 MEXICO-UNITED STATES: Closer Together but Still Far Apart MN-12111.896 Head of Japanese U.S. subsidiary kidnapped in Mexico MN-1257.896 FBI Says U.S. Couple Stole Mexican Baby MN-11147.896 Mexicans Say Little Difference Between GOP and Democrats MN-1174.896 Key Events in the Life of Cuban Leader Fidel Castro MN-1185.896 U.S. and Venezuela Sign Air Safety Pact VA-1123.896 CULTURE-COLOMBIA: Treasure of an Unknown Culture VA-1041.896 Pnet: PERU-PEOPLE: Peasant Soldiers Strug VA-1043.896 Pnet: PANAMA-INDIGENOUS: Indians on Warpa VA-1047.896 Pnet: LATAM-RELIGION: Evangelical Church VA-1050.896 Pnet: ARGENTINA: Priebke Verdict Reveals VA-1051.896 Pnet: GUYANA-POPULATION: Deportees Aplent VA-1054.896 Pnet: VENEZUELA: Teaching Maths by Radio VA-1055.896 Pnet: ECUADOR: Bucaram Woos U.S. Bankers VA-1056.896 Pnet: COLOMBIA: Samper Two Years on, Hole VA-1058.896 Pnet: JAMAICA-POPULATION: Children Forced VA-1059.896 Pnet: PERU: How Can the Innocent be Freed VA-1061.896 Pnet: CARIBBEAN-POLITICS: U.S. Group Look VA-1063.896 Pnet: CUBA-POLITICS: Vesco Trial Revives VA-1069.896 Pnet: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A Move to Put VA-1070.896 Pnet: BOLIVIA: US Pressure Helps Coca Nat VA-1078.896 Pnet: MEXICO: Standard of Living will Tak VA-1085.896 Pnet: ARGENTINA-ECONOMY: Menem Resists Pr VA-1093.896 Pnet: ECUADOR: Swansong of an Outgoing Pr VA-1095.896 Pnet: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES-AMERICAS: On the VA-1098.896 Pnet: LATIN AMERICA: The Peaks and Trough MN-09110.896 Mexico Turns a Page in Telecom History VA-0933.896 ARGENTINA: New Book Brings Nazis out of the Woodwork VA-0939.896 PERU-HUMAN RIGHTS: Too Many Innocents in Jails, Says Rights Group VA-0940.896 PERU: Former Coca Growers in Vanguard of War on Drugs VA-0942.896 CUBA: Atlanta leaves a Bitter Taste Despite Honourable Outcome VA-0944.896 COLOMBIA: Government Bows to Pressure on Crop Erradication MN-08129.896 Hernan Siles Zuazo, Former Bolivian President and Revolutionary, Dies MN-08316.896 Midway Through His Term, Drug-Tainted President Assailed MN-0874.896 OPINION: Mexico's Racism a Dirty Little Secret MN-0899.896 Binational Metropolis Taking Shape: Trade Ties Unite Tijuana, San Diego VA-0863.896 /IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ LATIN AMERICA: Mid-sized Cities Provide VA-0871.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ LATIN AMERICA: Decentralisation to VA-0875.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ GUATEMALA: Rebel Propaganda Attacks VA-0883.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ CARIBBEAN: Christians to the MN-06121.896 Rebels Blow Up Oil Wells, Kill Soldiers in Separate Attacks MN-06148.896 IMF extends Mexico's credit line VA-0645.896 LATAM-MERCOSUR: The Affects of Tango, Orloff and Tequila VA-0655.896 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Rumbling Among the Big Three Partners VA-0656.896 CUBA: Mixed Property Business Moving Forward VA-0657.896 PARAGUAY: Old Warhorse Dies Hard VA-0659.896 SURINAME-DISASTER: Another Setback for Interim Government VA-0660.896 COLOMBIA: Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered MN-0513.896 Radical chic finds forum in Mexico: Rebels play host to an assortment of world's MN-05141.896 Colombians Broaden English, Perspectives in Columbia, S.C. MN-05154.896 Chile's Move to Privatization Deemed a Recipe for Success MN-05156.896 NAFTA Probe Launched Against Mexico Development Project VA-05297.896 EL SALVADOR-CHILDREN: Joyful Reunion After 12 Years VA-05299.896 ARGENTINA-FINANCE: Unrest Grows Over Economy VA-05300.896 PERU-DEVELOPMENT: Cloth of the Incas Again in Fashion VA-05307.896 HAITI: Shakeup in Police Force VA-05310.896 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Guyana Hits out at Regional Grouping VA-05314.896 GUATEMALA: Pope Calls for Clemency on Death Row Pair VA-05317.896 VENEZUELA: Rescued Banking Sector Threatened by new Deluge VA-05328.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 02/ CUBA: U.S. Exiles Divided Over Helms- VA-05329.896 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 03/ COLOMBIA: Youth Violence Marks the VA-05335.896 ARGENTINA: Relief, Concern and Fear Greet Cavallo's Exit VA-05337.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ MEXICO: Intolerance, the Price VA-05340.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ VENEZUELA: Catholic Crusade VA-05341.896 /IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ GUATEMALA: Pope Calls for VA-05345.896 CUBA-HEALTH: Tests to Start on AIDS Vaccine VA-05354.896 TRADE-CUBA: Latin America Generally Ignores Helms-Burton Threat VA-05360.896 CARIBBEAN-POLITICS: Helms-Burton Could Backfire says Diplomat VA-05363.896 ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Cavallo's Exit Wobbles Confidence VA-05366.896 ARGENTINA: Markets Approve New Finance Minister VA-05371.896 MEXICO: The Contrasting Tale of Two Guerrilla Groups VA-05375.896 CUBA: Taxing Artists is a Tough Game VA-05377.896 CULTURE-CARIBBEAN: Mr Biswas to be Homeless? VA-05381.896 TELEVISION: Quality of TV Under Fire in Chile VA-05385.896 HABITAT-LATAM: Mid-sized Cities Provide Better Life VA-05386.896 INDONESIA-POLITICS: Middle Class Yet to Show its Hand VA-05392.896 COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Trade Stills Troubled Waters of Diplomacy VA-05397.896 MEXICO: Further Accidents on the Cards for Pemex Installations VA-05398.896 CARIBBEAN-NATURAL DISASTERS: The Secret Is In the Metal Strap VA-05400.896 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Caricom Says No to Cuba VA-05402.896 U.S.-ARMS: Washington Debates Easing Arms Sales to Latin America VA-05404.896 PANAMA: Torture of Prisoners gets Broad Rejection VA-05420.896 GUATEMALA: Rebel Propaganda Attacks Raise a Row VA-05422.896 SIERRA LEONE: Death and Destruction Earn Slum Some Attention VA-05424.896 MEXICO: Prison System Reaches Breaking Point VA-05425.896 COMMUNICATION: Andeans to Approve Satellite Norms VA-05428.896 JAMAICA-POPULATION: More Women Turning to Drugs /REPEATING/ VA-05429.896 NICARAGUA: US Grants Deferral of Confiscation Cases VA-05439.896 JAMAICA-SPORTS: A Nation Pauses to Celebrate VA-05441.896 ECUADOR: First Female Vice President given Difficult Reception VA-05443.896 FISHERIES-MEXICO: Nation Welcomes Imminent End of US Tuna Ban VA-05447.896 LATIN AMERICA: Decentralisation to Reach Political Field MN-03103.896 Authorities Arrest Ex-Agent Who Accused Anti-Drug Agency of Corruption MN-0390.896 Even acts of God turn political in Nicaragua MN-02105.896 Guerrilla Woodstock: Mud, Music And Musing on Life After Socialism MN-02248.896 U.S. troops went to Haiti last week MN-0280.896 Christopher Says Corruption in Mexico `Endemic' MN-0136.896 Cuba Pilot Pilot Alleges Security Lapse When Cuban MiGs Downed US Based Planes MN-31134.796 Cuban Pilot Says U.S. Could Have Prevented Downing of Planes MN-31136.796 EU readies legislation to counter US anti-Cuba law MN-316.796 U.S. Concedes Corruption Plagues Mexico But Cites Gains in Anti-Drug Effort MN-3183.796 Latin Project Finance Prospering in Non-Traditional Sectors MN-3186.796 Armed Texas Troopers Subject to Ire of Mexico's Short-Haul Truckers MN-3016.796 Mexico to Repay Debt to U.S. Ahead of Schedule MN-30176.796 Mexico's Coffee Harvest Could Bring Lower Prices In Fall Via AP MN-3043.796 Sour Note from NAFTA as Truck Policy Discord Disrupts Border MN-3086.796 Unrest reigns in town hosting Mexican peace talks MN-29106.796 Ex-Im Bank to offer untied loan to El Salvador MN-297.796 For Europeans, Cuba hasn't lost its magic MN-2988.796 Mexican rebels convene international protest forum VA-2932.796 CULTURE: Soap Sells in Jamaica VA-2934.796 THEATRE: All Cuba is a Stage VA-2942.796 HAITI-POLITICS: Preval's Problems Piling Up VA-2944.796 PERU-ECUADOR: Lima Wary of Ecuador's New President VA-2954.796 CHILE: Military Beyond Civilian Rule, Says US Ambassador VA-2956.796 GUATEMALA: Public Dismay Greets Suspension of Firing Squad VA-2957.796 CARIBBEAN-MUSIC: Regiional Artists Do Battle Against Piracy VA-2958.796 COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: It Was All Just a Simple Mistake VA-2970.796 ECUADOR: Indigenous Justice Replaces Discredited Courts VA-2971.796 MEXICO: Human Rights Delegation goes Home Heavily Loaded VA-2974.796 PANAMA: Business Community Opposes Changes to Banking Law VA-2975.796 BARBADOS: FBI Agents To Answer Charges of Illegal Raids VA-2987.796 US-CUBA: Exiles Divided Over Helms-Burton Law VA-2994.796 JAMAICA-POPULATION: Struggling to Survive on the City's Streets VA-2996.796 VENEZUELA: Catholic Crusade Suspends Casino Law VA-29100.796 COLOMBIA: Youth Violence Marks the Urban Environment VA-29101.796 GUYANA-POPULATION: Tough Times Ahead for Delinquent Dads VA-29103.796 CUBA: Nation Keeps an Ear Cocked for US Party Poopers MN-27150.796 Two-Headed Baby Born in Tijuana, Family Says MN-2733.796 Peru car bomb rocks Lima MN-2735.796 For Cubans, A Message of Hope in Castro's Annual Revolution Speech MN-2736.796 Senate blocks Mexican aid MN-2750.796 President Menem Fires Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo MN-26101.796 Mexico Plans Early Payment of Most Remaining Bailout Debt MN-26153.796 Rio court to launch Net adoption program MN-26157.796 World briefs: Mexico tells U.S. MN-26165.796 Family, Afro-Cuban pride keep their music alive MN-2635.796 S.Africa may get U.S. arms VA-2679.796 VENEZUELA: Human Rights Take a Battering VA-2681.796 PERU-DRUGS: One Million People Living off Drug Trade VA-2696.796 LATIN AMERICA: The Lesson to be Learned from Ronson's Homecoming VA-2698.796 CHILE: Private Debt Means Billion Dollar Losses for Central Bank VA-26101.796 CUBA: United States Still Seeks Criticism for Shootdown VA-26102.796 MEXICO: Intolerance, the Price of a Change of Faith VA-26103.796 COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Slanging Match Blocks Meeting MN-25165.796 Mexican rights abuses detailed NAFTA paved way for outside probe VA-2423.796 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 01/ CHILDREN: Campaign Afoot to Stamp VA-2424.796 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 02/ GUYANA: A Party in Search of its VA-2437.796 /IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN 05/ NIGERIA: Greens Move to Block Asian MN-2350.796 Two Military Officers Killed in Guadalajara Shootout VA-2339.796 AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: Vitamin-rich Amazonian Fruit a Winner VA-2343.796 CHILDREN-ECUADOR: Child Prostitution is Growth Industry VA-2344.796 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-POLITICS: Nation to Mark 'Red Letter Day' VA-2353.796 JAMAICA-MEDIA: Multi-million Dollar Libel Award Scares Journalist VA-2354.796 COLOMBIA: Indigenous People Tired of Counting Their Dead VA-2356.796 MEXICO: Government to Tax Informal Economy MN-22122.796 Oil Wealth May Flood Falkland Islands MN-2247.796 U.S. may ease ban on weapons sales to Latin America VA-22139.796 VENEZUELA-ECONOMY: Hard Times for Workers VA-22151.796 HUMAN RIGHTS-MEXICO: OAS Commission to Evaluate Nation VA-22154.796 ST. KITTS/NEVIS-POLITICS: Govt. Gets Bad Report Card Amid VA-22155.796 CUBA: Clinton's Postponement Makes no Change, says Government VA-22157.796 ARGENTINA: Arms Selling Minister Ducks Out VA-22165.796 HAITI-DEVELOPMENT: A Fishy Tale VA-22170.796 COMMODOTIES: Errant Nations return to San Jose Fold VA-22174.796 U.S.-CIA: Haiti, Honduras Still Waiting for Release of Documents VA-22177.796 MEXICO: Leaks From Salinas Investigation Worry Entrepreneurs VA-22178.796 COMMODITIES: Errant Nations return to San Jose Fold VA-22180.796 CHILDREN: Campaign Afoot to Stamp out Child Labour MN-20122.796 Mexican Rebels Claim Responsibility for Ambush MN-20135.796 New rebel group in Mexico says it attacked soldiers MN-20162.796 ENSENADA, Mexico: is up. ``If there were some indication that the level of the MN-2052.796 Colombian Airline Suspends Cuba Flights On U.S. Sanction Fears VA-2067.796 CINEMA-ECUADOR: 1960's Leftist Nostalgia Sparks New Movie VA-2071.796 BOOKS-BRAZIL: Publishers Benefit from Globalisation VA-2077.796 CHILDREN-CUBA: Street Kids on the Increase VA-2078.796 SALVADOR-ECONOMY: Growth Slows, Unemployment up VA-2086.796 ARGENTINA: Harsh Adjustment Measures Met with Resistence VA-2088.796 U.S.-CUBA: Clinton Delays Lawsuit Provisions in Helms-Burton VA-2089.796 VENEZUELA: IMF Agreement Could Lighten the Load of Debt VA-2090.796 PANAMA: US Accused of Orchestrating Slur Campaign VA-2092.796 GUYANA-POLITICS: A Party in Search of its Former Glory VA-2093.796 CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY: The Long Road to Monetary Union MN-1827.796 Britain Balks, Others Criticize Clinton's Cuba Decision MN-1828.796 Ambush of Army Patrol Raises Concerns About Mysterious Armed Group MN-1837.796 U.S. Presses Allies To Promote Democracy on Cuba MN-1872.796 European Union Plans Retaliation Over U.S. Anti-Cuba Law MN-1873.796 OP CUBA VA-1816.796 HAITI: Aristide's Desire is for Dialogue and Unity VA-1817.796 UNITED STATES-CUBA: Worst Could Come Under Helms-Burton VA-1822.796 /BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS 02/ BRAZIL: Church Battles On For MN-1713.796 Clinton to impose anti-Cuba sanctions MN-1744.796 Clinton Compromise on Cuban Sanctions Satisfies Opposing Interests MN-1755.796 Clinton Compromise on Cuban Sanctions Satisfies Opposing Interests MN-1778.796 U.S., Mexican Ports Forging Cargo Pre-Clearance Deal MN-16142.796 17 Dead, 26 Injured When Bus Plunges Off Rain-Slickened Highway MN-1625.796 Cuba Policy Troublesome at Home and Abroad MN-1627.796 Clinton weighs conflicting advice on enforcing Helms-Burton provision MN-1630.796 Pharmaceutical Lab Closed After Contaminated Medicine Kills Dozens MN-1658.796 U.S. May Face Latin Backlash over Denial of Visa to Colombia's Leader MN-1660.796 Dominican Republic is stop on Cubans' route to Florida MN-1693.796 Mexican Officials Tighten Regulation of Banks and Brokerage Houses MN-15126.796 Thousands March in Celebration of Puerto Rico MN-15151.796 Leftist Party Elects Leader in First Direct Vote MN-15250.796 Japan airs concern over U.S. anti-Cuba law MN-1582.796 Bolivia Inaugurates First Paved Link to Outside World VA-1598.796 FASHION: Jamaican Models Make Strides Abroad VA-1599.796 THEATRE-COSTA RICA: Maternity Vindicated on Stage VA-15104.796 LATIN AMERICA-TECHNOLOGY: More Investment Needed in Technology VA-15106.796 BRAZIL-RELIGION: Church Battles on for the Poor VA-15109.796 LATIN AMERICA-ECONOMY: Region has Inflation Licked, More or Less VA-15110.796 VENEZUELA: Adjustment Amid Despair VA-15113.796 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: The Fight For Preferential Treatment Continues VA-15114.796 LATIN AMERICA: Leftist Groups to Seek Alternatives to VA-15115.796 PERU/BRAZIL: Interocean Highway Threatens Natural Sanctuaries VA-15119.796 PANAMA: 'Narcoscandal' Takes a new Turn VA-15120.796 CHILE-DEFENCE: Steady Downward Trend in Spending under Democracy VA-15122.796 CUBA-U.S.: Fate of Migration Accords Hangs on Hijacking of VA-15123.796 MEXICO: Businessmen Call for Guaranteed Stability VA-15135.796 HAITI-ECONOMY: Battle Over Reforms Has Feelings Running High VA-15137.796 CARIBBEAN-POPULATION: Disability Rights On the Agenda at Last VA-15140.796 HUMAN RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Dead Guerrilla Leader still Challenges Army VA-15141.796 MEXICO: Urban Development Processes Shot Down in Flames VA-15145.796 PERU: Tale of a Kidnapping - from Stockholm to Lima Syndrome VA-15146.796 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Reaching out to the Men on the Health Issue VA-15149.796 MEXICO: Reports Confirm that EPR is Insurgent Force VA-15150.796 ECUADOR: Where is Bucaram Going? VA-15151.796 BOLIVIA: Private Pensions Anger Workers VA-15159.796 POPULATION-VENEZUELA: The Anu Peoples, Almost Over the Edge VA-15160.796 PANAMA-ECONOMY: Decline Continues Despite Adjustmenat VA-15163.796 LATIN AMERICA: Social Stability, the Key to Governability VA-15166.796 CARIBBEAN-AGRICULTURE: FAO Unhappy with Region's Huge Food Bill VA-15167.796 CUBA: Crisis and Labour Reform Force Women Back Home VA-15168.796 ARGENTINA: Minister with Anti-Semitic Past Replaced by Jew VA-15169.796 CUBA-EUROPEAN UNION: Outlook for Cooperation is Bleak, Report Says VA-15170.796 COLOMBIA: United States Closes in on Samper VA-15171.796 FINANCE-HONDURAS: Size of Debt Jeopardises Eligibility for Credit VA-15172.796 JAMAICA-POPULATION: Another NGO Could Succumb to the Pinch MN-13130.796 Governors Offered Taste of Puerto Rico's Heated Politics MN-13133.796 Welfare Tops Agenda As Governors Seek Difficult Election-Year Consensus MN-13141.796 Ambassador Says Country, State Need To Try Harder MN-13171.796 Leading Newspaper Suggests President's Resignation MN-12112.796 Privatization efforts in Haiti declared a success MN-12260.796 Colombia: Latest U.S. Stroke in Strategy to Force Compliance MN-1257.796 OPINION: Colombia, Drugs and U.S. Trade MN-1260.796 Foreign Minister Demands US Return Hijacker VA-1252.796 /BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS 03/ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Festivals VA-1259.796 HAITI-HUMAN RIGHTS: Overcrowded Prisons, Wretched Prisoners VA-1264.796 JAMAICA-TOURISM: Another Bid to Restore the 'Wickedest' City VA-1267.796 NICARAGUA: Police Brutality Increasingly Common VA-1272.796 PERU: Human Rights and Extradition Requests VA-1273.796 CUBA: Economic Crisis in the Rearview Mirror VA-1276.796 PERU: Is Bucaram a Blessing or a Bane? VA-1277.796 MEXICO: The EZLN 'Fiesta' and the New Opposition Front MN-11114.796 CUBA:WA national MN-11136.796 Prosecutors Seize Assets Of Jailed Drug Kingpins MN-11151.796 Spain's foreign minister meeting with Cuban exiles MN-11164.796 Four More Arrested as Case of Self-Styled Rebels Grows Murkier MN-11230.796 Grenada premier asks Japan for infrastructure aid MN-1135.796 Arrests in grisly Cali murder VA-1047.796 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 02/ CUBA-TECHNOLOGY: Government has Big VA-1052.796 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 06/ LATIN AMERICA-AGRICULTURE: Women and VA-1053.796 /IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 07/ MERCOSUR: Mega-Project to Lure VA-1055.796 MERCOSUR: Paraguay Puts Clause on Democracy to the Test MN-09158.796 Residents of Rio Grande Valley Region in Texas Prepare for Mexican Blocade MN-09174.796 Zapatistas say talks in danger MN-0921.796 Consortium Creating U.S.-Mexico Border Geographic Database MN-0999.796 Cuba Seeking to Forge Trade Agreement with European Union VA-0957.796 CUBA-TECHNOLOGY: Government has Big Hopes for Information Sector VA-0958.796 SOUTH AFRICA-DEVELOPMENT: Protecting Money-Making Plants VA-0963.796 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Cuba Eyeing the EU Market VA-0964.796 VENEZUELA: Indigenous Women Declare War on Acculturation VA-0967.796 PERU: In Search of the Source of the Amazon VA-0968.796 BOLIVIA: In Sore Need of 'Human Security' VA-0970.796 LATIN AMERICA: Food Security - an Obtainable Goal? VA-0971.796 BARBADOS: No Rat Plague Here Says Envoy VA-0972.796 ARGENTINA: Minister's Nazi Past has Jewish Community Up in Arms MN-08103.796 Mexico Issues Call for Investors; Firms Would Build Natural Gas Networks MN-08218.796 7-8 0172 Japan, Mexico share concern over U.S. Cuba policy MN-08245.796 Cuban plane hijacked to Guantanamo MN-087.796 Cuban Exile Pilot Will Get License Back After 150-Day Suspension MN-0873.796 Rising Exports, Imports Keep Mexico Busy MN-0874.796 Chile's Move to Mercosur May Pave Its Way into NAFTA MN-0875.796 Shippers Monitor Port Improvements in South America Ports MN-0877.796 After Idle Period, Latin Ports Invest in Equipment, Infrastructure MN-0879.796 Exports Reflect Improved Latin American Economies VA-0873.796 JAMAICA-MUSIC: The Big and Small of Marketing Reggae VA-0876.796 VENEZUELA-MUSIC: Last Encores for the Urban Singer VA-0884.796 LATIN AMERICA-AGRICULTURE: Women and Food Security - Link is Vital VA-0886.796 CUBA-POPULATION: Who Migrates, and Why VA-0887.796 LABOUR-BRAZIL: The Myth of the Unstable Informal Sector /REPEAT/ VA-0888.796 HAITI-UNITED NATIONS: Peacekeepers Want to Do Good, and Fade VA-0891.796 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-RELIGION: Festivals Widen the Rift VA-0896.796 MEXICO: Rural Leaders Tortured over Alleged Guerrilla Links VA-0898.796 ANDEAN COMMUNITY: In Search of a Strong, United Image VA-0899.796 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: FAO Helps to Halt Destruction of Fishing VA-08100.796 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-POLITICS: Fernandez' Win Marks the End of An Era VA-08101.796 BOLIVIA: The Weak Heart of South American Integration VA-08102.796 COLOMBIA: Government Protests U.S. Suggestions to 'Isolate' Samper VA-08112.796 PERU-FINANCE: Expensive ''Mistake'' Has Country Speculating VA-08119.796 MERCOSUR: Mega-Project to Lure Tourists to Triple Border Area VA-08123.796 PANAMA: Supreme Court Judge Accused of Corruption VA-08124.796 GUATEMALA: CIA Informer Controversy Hots Up VA-08131.796 URUGUAY: Victims Below the Poverty Line VA-08133.796 LATIN AMERICA-TRADE: Andean Pact Members Agree on Trade and Pace VA-08135.796 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Regional Single Market a Bad Idea says UN Body VA-08137.796 CUBA: Self Employment Survives despite Taxes and Pressure VA-08139.796 CHILE: Pinochet Accused of Genocide before a Spanish Court VA-08143.796 CARIBBEAN-NARCOTICS: Regional Leaders Revisit the Drug Issue VA-08144.796 MEXICO: Network War over Alleged Ties with Salinas' Brother MN-0653.796 Government Furious over Report Implicating President MN-0664.796 Medellin Cartel Leader Released After 5 1/2 Years In Prison VA-0554.796 Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in Guatemala is being praised MN-05156.796 Zedillo accused of supporting payoff MN-0524.796 Cyber Campaign To Elect Fidel Castro U.S. President In High Gear MN-0576.796 Mexican President Reported Involved in Questionable $7 Million Payment VA-0530.796 TRADE-LATIN AMERICA: Orphans of Integration VA-0531.796 PANAMA-POLITICS: Hard Lessons Learned VA-0545.796 BRAZIL: The PC Farias Case - Facts Better than Fiction VA-0547.796 MEXICO: Guerrillas in Guerrero - a New Headache for the VA-0549.796 VENEZUELA: Andean Money Founds Bank Recovery Fund VA-0550.796 ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Cardoso Seeks to Boost Optimism about 'Plan Real' VA-0551.796 GUATEMALA: Prospect of Amnesty Troubles Human Rights Groups VA-0552.796 U.S.-HAITI: Constant's immediate extradition urged VA-0553.796 CUBA-U.N.: Washington Backs Off as Sanctions Threat Withers VA-0554.796 US-GUATEMALA: Victims Say Study on CIA Links to Abuses Inadequate MN-0474.796 National Guard to Help With Security During Governors Meeting VA-0319.796 MEXICO CITY, Jun 29 (IPS) - Events in the southern Mexican state MN-03123.796 Sexual harassment in Mexico Typist's nightmare spotlights lack of workplace MN-0319.796 Colombia Calls U.S. Pressure `Mistaken and Unjust' VA-0319.796 MEXICO: New Rebel Group Could Jeopardise Peace Talks VA-0241.796 TEGUCIGALPA, Jun 28 (IPS) - The Honduran Armed Forces called for MN-02128.796 The Journal of Commerce Opinion: America's Foreign Policy Tantrum MN-02138.796 Mexican troops hunt new rebel group MN-02111.796 Caribbean Community Calling for Truce in Banana Trade War MN-02139.796 Facts, Figures on the Dominican Republic MN-02994.796 U.N. 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KITTS/NEVIS: Going for Carifesta VA-0180.796 MUSIC: Haitian Rappers Take the Spotlight VA-0186.796 CUBA: Airplane Crisis Hits Harder than Helms-Burton VA-0188.796 MEXICO: Salinhas Casts Corruption Shadow VA-0195.796 NICARAGUA: In With the Ballot Box, Out With War VA-01100.796 MERCOSUR: The Central Nerve of Latin American Integration VA-01101.796 CARIBBEAN-TRADE: Region Drums up Support in Banana Dispute VA-01102.796 BRAZIL: The Corrupt also Love - but Few Believe it VA-01103.796 LATIN AMERICA: Latino Children Are 'Invisible' Victims VA-01105.796 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-POLITICS: The Cracks are Beginning to Show VA-01106.796 HAITI-U.S.: Secret Deal Set Free FRAPH Chief, Critics Say VA-01108.796 VENEZUELA: Violence the Flavour of the Month in June VA-01113.796 PERU-ECUADOR: New Moves to Settle Territorial Dispute VA-01115.796 HEALTH-MEXICO: More than a Fistful of Dollars VA-01117.796 CUBA: Public and Private Spheres Must Come to Grips on Tourism VA-01125.796 MERCOSUR: Historic Accords with Chile and Bolivia VA-01126.796 (SUMMARY) : A roundup of items from the past 24 hours that have VA-01129.796 CHILE: Local Community Cede under Pressure from Transnational VA-01132.796 CHILE-MERCOSUR: Agriculture's Cold Feet Will not Hamper Approval VA-01133.796 ST. KITTS/NEVIS-POLITICS: Federation in Danger of Falling Apart VA-01137.796 GUYANA-NARCOTICS: Another Step Forward in Drug War? VA-01140.796 DRUGS-MEXICO: Trying not to Keep Up with the Joneses VA-01146.796 URUGUAY-CRIME: Prison System in Crisis VA-01147.796 HABITAT-LATAM: Big Cities to Shrink as Little Cities Grow VA-01150.796 HAITI-ECONOMY: Parliament Caught Between Rock and Hard Place VA-01154.796 EL SALVADOR: Spectre of Terrorism Reawakens VA-01159.796 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-POLITICS: Balaguer's Shadow Hangs Over Election VA-01161.796 HAITI: U.N. Nears Agreement on Troop Extension, Despite China VA-01162.796 HAITI: Haitians' Tussle With IMF Brought To Group Of Seven VA-01164.796 COLOMBIA: US Demands Extradition of Cali Cartel Leaders VA-01165.796 CUBA: Government Denies Island is a Drug-Runner's Paradise VA-01168.796 LATIN AMERICA: SELA Approves Broadening of Mercosur VA-01169.796 CUBA: No U.N. Action Likely Now on Cuban Shootdown VA-01170.796 COOPERATION: Will the Portuguese Language Community be Stillborn?