Venezuela to Repatriate Up to $11 Billion Gold Reserves from U.S., Europe

Venezuela's popular democratic President Hugo Chavez said that the recall of the gold reserves is intended to help protect this oil-producing country from the economic woes in the United States and Europe, adding he wants to eliminate the "dictatorship of the U.S. dollar".
"This is a healthy decision. We're going to start to bring back our gold to the Central Bank," Chavez said in a telephone call broadcast live on state television.  Mathaba...

'Native American rights widely abused'

“The states have acknowledged the preexistence of indigenous people in the American territory, but still their rights continue to be undermined.” Executive Director of the Amnesty International's office in Argentina Gabriela Boada told a Press TV correspondent in Buenos Aires on Thursday.

According to the AI, indigenous peoples live in hardship and danger and share common problems related to the protection of their rights throughout the Americas.  PressTV

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