Havana, July 9 (RHC) Venezuela´s Hugo Chavez said on Monday that Latin America and the Caribbean unfold as a platform of peace and respect, and as an alternative to the capitalist model.

Havana, July 9 (ACN-RHC) Bolivia’s Evo Morales confirmed his government’s decision to nationalize the Mallku Khota reserves of indium and iridium, located in the Department of Potosi and considered one of the largest reserves of those metallic ores, so far being exploited by Canada’s South American Silver (SAS).

Kabul, July 9 (RHC)-- Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, according to news reports from Kabul.  In a statement released yesterday, the Taliban say that a roadside bomb had killed at least four U.S. soldiers in eastern Logar province, where Czech soldiers are based. 

Damascus, July 9 (RHC)-- United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has held what he called "very candid and constructive" talks with President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital. 

La Paz, July 9 (RHC) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales confirmed his government’s decision to nationalize the Mallku Khota reserves, considered one of the largest indium and iridium ore mines in the world. The reserve is located in the south-eastern Department of Potosí and so far has been exploited by Canada’s South American Silver (SAS) mining company.

Caracas, July 9 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he will attend a special ceremony to be held in Brazil to officially announce Caracas’ full membership in the South Common Market (MERCOSUR).

Jos, Nigeria, July 9, (RHC), -- Ethnic and religious rivalries continue to take their toll in Nigeria, where at least 58 people, including two lawmakers, were killed in attacks over the last two days in villages surrounding the Nigerian city of Jos, in the troubled Plateau State.

Kabul, July 9, (RHC), -- A car-bomb explosion outside a local market in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, has left five people dead, two of them children.