MercoPress: Mexico's election officials on Wednesday recounted votes from more than half the polling booths in Sunday's presidential and congressional elections, responding to claims of fraud and requests for recounts in areas where the race was tight.  Officials with the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) said the recount would not significantly change preliminary results of the presidential vote that showed Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) winning with more than 38% of the vote, 6.5 points clear of his nearest rival.

AP, ASUNCION, Paraguay -- Paraguay's government withdrew its ambassador from Caracas on Wednesday and declared Venezuela's envoy no longer welcome in Asuncion in a dispute over alleged Venezuelan meddling in the impeachment of former President Fernando Lugo. The steps taken by Paraguay fell short of a full break in diplomatic relations. Venezuela's ambassador had already left the country a week earlier.

The Cuban Triangle: Raul Castro is visiting China, met his counterpart Hu Jintao, and signed eight agreements for loans and assistance to agriculture and other sectors, Granma reports.

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