Friday, February 04, 2005

Central America News

Economist.com:
"In Colombia, 23 troops were killed in two attacks by FARC guerrillas in as many days in the country's south-west. It was the worst setback for the armed forces since Álvaro Uribe became Colombia's president in 2002.

Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chávez, said he was looking to sell eight oil refineries in the United States owned by PDVSA, the state oil firm, as part of a policy to redirect Venezuela's oil sales away from the American market. PDVSA later said it had not yet decided.

The European Union's foreign ministers approved a plan to restore normal diplomatic relations with Cuba's communist government. This ended a “cocktail party war” that began in 2003 when Cuba jailed 75 domestic opponents and embassies infuriated Fidel Castro by inviting dissidents to receptions. "

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