Bush tries to win Latin America's hearts and minds
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President George W. Bush opened a diplomatic drive on Friday to win the hearts and minds of skeptical Latin Americans and counter an anti-U.S. challenge led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush began touring rural villages and ancient Mayan villages here Monday as he brought his "social justice" tour of Latin America closer to home and tried to showcase ways that the United States works to uplift its neighbors.
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ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay  - President Bush has tried to ignore Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on his Latin American tour but the effort was being put to the test as the fiery Chavez toughened his anti-American line.
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BUENOS AIRES, March 8 -- As President Bush arrived in Brazil on Thursday, he brought with him a message that he believes has been lost on the region: U.S. concerns about persistent poverty have prompted a doubling of economic aid to Latin America since 2001.
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President Bush sought to reverse an impression of U.S. neglect as he opened a six-day tour of Latin America on Thursday. Street protests awaited him.
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ESTANCIA ANCHORENA, Uruguay, March 10 â Of all of the Latin American nations President Bush is visiting this week, this one is the smallest, with a population that is roughly half that of New York City.
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George W. Bush likes to put up a show of administration unity for the world but his presidency has been marked by divisions on issues ranging from Iraq, to the US economy and the global environment.
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US President George W. Bush has vowed to seek more funding for a sweeping plan to battle cocaine production and defeat heavily armed rebels in Colombia.
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World leaders have been flooding President Bush with congratulatory calls since his reelection victory, but at least one -- Spain&#39;s Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero -- appears to be having trouble getting through.
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President Bush ended up competing for attention with President Hugo ChÃ¡vez of Venezuela, who called the American visit an act of imperialism, adding, âGringo, go home!â
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By Steve Holland SANTIAGO  - President Bush reached out to LatinAmerica on Sunday with a pledge to pursue immigration reformbut a security scuffle that he inserted himself into created alasting image for this year's summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.
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President Bush tried to mend relations in Latin America with fresh promises of immigration reform Sunday while a new security spat surfaced with Chile after an embarrassing fracas in which Bush intervened.
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SANTA CRUZ BALANYA, Guatemala  - President George W. Bush visited Guatemalan hill towns on Monday to promote U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America, where Washington's power is increasingly being questioned by leftist leaders.
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Security, immigration and trade are on the agenda as George Bush visits Guatemala as part of his Latin America tour.
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President Bush and his left-wing nemesis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez squared off on dueling tours of Latin America on Friday as they vied for the region's hearts and minds.
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A tour of Latin America gives Bush a chance to strengthen ties.  But Venezuela's president thinks it's a trick.
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Venezuela's firebrand leader said Friday that President Bush's Latin American tour was nothing more than an attempt to improve America's image, dismissing pledges of U.S. aid as a cynical attempt to "confuse" the region.