Word: peru
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...take control of the legislature. The Kuomintang-led opposition, which favors eventual reunification with China, retained a slim majority, winning 114 seats in the 225-member parliament. Chen was elected President in March by a wafer-thin majority; his legislative agenda is now likely to remain stalled. Latin Union PERU Twelve South American countries - including Brazil and Argentina, the continent's largest nations - signed a declaration creating the South American Community of Nations, an economic and political bloc that its leaders hope will one day mirror the E.U. Justices Found Wanting ECUADOR A new Supreme Court took office...
...Jintao proved himself a master of manners. Rule 1: never go to a host's house empty-handed. Hu announced more than $30 billion worth of long-term contracts and new investments in Central and South America, and his newfound friends returned the favors: Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru said they recognized China as a "market economy"?not a developing one?strengthening China's bid for better trade terms from the World Trade Organization. Hu's largesse included...
...PERU Influx of more Chinese tourists and businessmen...
Bennett worked in Peru in 1982 as a stringer for the Post, then joined the Boston Globe, where he covered local news and then reported on violence in Latin America, according to the Post story. In 1995 he became the Globe’s foreign editor before jumping to the Post...
DIED. JOHN PEEL, 65, BBC radio host whose live broadcasts were a showcase for new musicians; of an apparent heart attack; in Cuzco, Peru. Since 1967, Peel Sessions has brought hundreds of rock bands, including Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins, into its studio to perform, often before a group had a recording contract. The sessions, in wide circulation both as bootleg and commercial recordings, have become invaluable time capsules of rock history...