CHILE: Protests, parties spring up after Pinochet's death
SANTIAGO, Chile, (Reuters): The body of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose government killed thousands during his 17-year-rule, was taken to a military college in the capital Santiago yesterday after his death sparked violence...
UNITED STATES: House passes Haitian trade bill
WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States' House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make Haiti eligible for new trade benefits in addition to those it currently enjoyed under the Caribbean Basin Initiative.
DOMINICA: PM to undergo surgery in Cuba
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit will this week undergo surgery in Cuba for a foot injury he sustained in a vehicular accident 15 years ago, he has confirmed. In 1991, Skerrit, at the time a student of the Clifton Dupingy...
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