<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Americas</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas?nav=rss_world/americas</link><description>Americas</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[A Self-Styled Class Warrior Has Major Battle at Hand in Mexico]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12651-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12651-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TUCTA, Mexico  --  Until 1977, this village in sweltering Tabasco state was a patch of misery surrounded by a swamp. 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Envoy To N. Korea Steps Aside For Probe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United Nations' special envoy to North Korea, Maurice F. Strong, decided Wednesday to step aside until U.N.-appointed investigators and federal prosecutors finish examining his financial ties to a South Korean lobbyist accused of trying to bribe U.N. officials.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuadoran Congress Ousts President]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5002-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5002-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[QUITO, Ecuador, April 20  --  Lawmakers voted to oust President Lucio Gutierrez Wednesday morning after a week of protests and appointed the vice president to replace him. But enraged mobs continued to take to the streets, burning government buildings and beating employees and politicians who tried to flee.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Plans to Reverse Slide in Status]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2431-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2431-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Government says it will beef up its military, bolster its diplomatic corps and overhaul its foreign aid in a bid to reverse the country's diminishing influence in global affairs.]]></description><author> Doug Struck</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group Says Government At Root of Haiti Chaos]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2941-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2941-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 19  --  The failure of Haiti's government to tackle human rights abuses has encouraged lawlessness in the Caribbean state, where armed groups roam unchecked over wide areas, an advocacy group said Tuesday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Radio Is Blamed For Unrest In Ecuador]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2940-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2940-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ QUITO, Ecuador, April 19  --  Military police used tear gas and high-pressure water hoses to restrain tens of thousands of protesters Tuesday night during the fiercest confrontation yet between the government and those demanding the ouster of president Lucio Gutierrez.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merck to Discount Drugs for Uninsured]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3119-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3119-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Drug manufacturer Merck &#38; Co. will provide uninsured Americans steep discounts for many of its prescription medicines, joining other pharmaceutical firms in slashing some prices during debate over importing drugs from Canada.]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 More Detainees Leave Guantanamo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2432-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2432-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Release marks largest number of captives  let go from the facility at one time since last September.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Spars Over Drug Import Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2434-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2434-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Party divisions over whether to allow Americans to import lower-priced  medications from such countries  as Canada exploded in an unusually public and personal exchange between two New England lawmakers.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy Tempered by a Wish for a Third World Pope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2101-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2101-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church drew mixed reaction across Latin America and Africa. Political and church leaders issued warm statements of congratulations, but many people also said they felt a tinge of disappointment that the new pontiff did not come from the Third World.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan and Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Envoy Says Park Invested in His Firm, Advised Him on N. Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64601-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64601-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, April  18 --  A senior  U.N. official said Monday that he "was associated" with a company that received investments from a South Korean businessman who was charged last week with lobbying U.N. officials as an unregistered agent for Saddam Hussein's government.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protests Escalate In Ecuador's Capital]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61869-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61869-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  QUITO, Ecuador, April 17  --  Residents of Quito on Sunday hit the streets for the fifth day to demand the resignation of President Lucio Gutierrez over his handling of a crisis with the Supreme Court. Meanwhile,  Congress met in a special session  to determine the constitutionality of a presidential decree regarding the court's makeup.]]></description><author> Steven Dudley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[G-7 Issues Upbeat Growth Outlook]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59575-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59575-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite last week's sudden plunge in stock prices, top economic policymakers from the world's richest countries expressed confidence that the global economy remains on track for "solid growth" this year.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuadorans Defy Ban on Protests to Demand Leader Quit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59602-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59602-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  QUITO, Ecuador, April 17  --  Ecuador's president called off a state of emergency in the capital on Saturday  --  less than 24 hours after imposing it  --  as thousands of Ecuadorans defied his ban on demonstrations and demanded his resignation.]]></description><author> Monte Hayes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah Driver's License Curtailed as ID]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59517-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/americas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59517-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/americas</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:16:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The restrictions that undocumented immigrants face in Utah could be felt nationwide if Congress passes the Real ID Act.]]></description><author> T.R. 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