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Poverty pushes Las Vegas residents underground

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In this edition: just weeks after winning the bid for the Summer Olympics, a wave of violence between rival drug gangs in Rio de Janiero hits the headlines; Las Vegas' homeless set up camp in the tunnels underneath Sin City.

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14/10/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

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The increasingly close ties between Chavez and Gaddafi

In this edition: Honduras' political crisis is taking its toll on an already-fragile economy, Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski’s arrest on a U.S. extradition warrant; and the increasingly close ties between Chavez and Gaddafi.
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23/09/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Mexican community restaurants in demand

In this edition: the spread of 10 peso community restaurants in Mexico City; healthcare reform triggers a debate on racism in the US; the fierce criticism from Cuban exiles in Florida over a concert by Colombian superstar Juanes in Cuba.
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