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Chavez Won't Let Up On the Name Calling

13:11 H — Maegan la Mala

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez isn't best known for his diplomacy especially when it comes to his word choice. He's called President Bush the devil and a political cadaver most recently. Tonight on ABC's 20/20 , Barbara Walters sits down with... Read more »

Topics: Politics - TV - Venezuela

Bolivia Doesn't Want the World to Have a Coke

12:54 H — Maegan la Mala

The Bolivian constitution is being rewritten and that could impact business world wide. How? One of the provisions being pushed by the constitutional committee would ban foreign companies from using the name of their sacred coca plant.Margarita Teran, head of... Read more »

Topics: Bolivia - Business

Pennies from heaven in Brazil

11:13 H — Jennifer

A plane crash in rural Brazil left many thinking that a miracle had occurred. The accident took place in an area where thousands of "sin tierra" (landless) farmers live, and from the sky came down $2 million dollars in cash:The... Read more »

Topics: Brazil - Money

Yes, Virginia, there are Spanish drug mules

07:33 H — Jennifer

I'm not sure if this has gone on before, but it seems like every time I read the news these days, another Spaniard has been picked up for trying to sneak drugs from Latin America into Europe. The latest are... Read more »

Topics: Justice - Peru - Spain