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Argentina |
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Farmers suspend strike, open roads
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 Brazil |
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Thousands hit by outbreak of dengue| More than 55,000 cases of a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease, have been reported in a southeastern Brazilian state in the past 4 months | |
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Colombia |
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Rebels demand exchange
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| Apr.4 |
 Venezuela |
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Venezuela nationalizes cement companies President Chavez is saying his government cannot allow businesses to export raw materials needed to help tackle a housing shortage
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 Colombia |
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  Doubt grows over hostage release A French-led humanitarian mission faced an uncertain future in its efforts to deliver medical assistance to a high-profile hostage in the ju...
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 Argentina |
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Dirty War adoption couple jailed Osvaldo Rivas and Maria Cristina Gomez have been jailed for illegally adopting a baby girl born 30 years ago to parents who were kidnapped
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Bahrain |
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Massa leads Ferrari 1-2
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| Apr.7 |
Brazil |
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Residents feel neglected in dengue fight Caxias community, rife with squalor and crime, is a key front in the battle against an epidemic that has killed at least 67 people
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| Apr.8 |
Colombia |
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 Rebels reject French aid to hostage French humanitarian mission dispatched to for hostage Ingrid Betancourt will soon leave Colombia
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| Apr.10 |
 Peru |
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Plane crash kills 5 French tourists The tourists visiting Peru's Nazca lines were killed when their small plane crashed after becoming tangled in power lines
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| Apr.11 |
Argentina |
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Argentina braced for torch relay| The Olympic torch has been hidden in a secret location ahead, as authorities hope protests will not mar the parade | |
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Peaceful Olympic torch run
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| Apr.13 |
 Ecuador |
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 Five Britons killed in bus crash  A truck slammed into a bus carrying tourists to a coastal town, killing 5 young British women and injuring 15 other people
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| Apr.15 |
Colombia |
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Thousands flee erupting volcano The highest active volcano in Colombia erupted, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of up to 15,000 people
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Rio de Janeiro |
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9 killed after police raid shantytown A raid set off a fierce gun battle that killed at least 9 people and wounded 7. Some 180 officers entered the Vila Cruzeiro slum
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| Apr.18 |
Argentina |
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Smoke chokes Buenos Aires 300 brush fires set deliberately consumed thousands of acres in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos
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 Bolivia |
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Bolivia struggles with floods Map of Beni Bolivia| Floodwaters have destroyed more than 1.2 million houses, with the northeastern department of Beni seeing the worst flooding in 50 years | |
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| Apr.20 |
 Paraguay |
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Exit polls projected Lugo winning Exit polls projected former Roman Catholic Bishop Fernando Lugo winning enough votes in to end six decades of one-party rule
| Fernando Lugo has a lead of about 8% over the governing Colorado Party's candidate, Blanca Ovelar
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 Leaders warn on biofuels and food| Bolivian President Morales and President Garcia of Peru have issued warnings about the effects of biofuel production on food supplies | |
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| Apr.22 |
Colombia |
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 Colombia orders Uribe ally arrest Colombian prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a cousin of President Alvaro Uribe over alleged ties to paramilitary groups
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Sao Paulo |
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Balloon priest still missing at sea Rescuers reached a cluster of brightly colored party balloons floating in the ocean but did not find Rev. Adelir Antonio di Carli
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| Apr.23 |
Venezuela |
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 LatAm leaders in food price pact The presidents of Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela and Cuba's vice-president have agreed on a $100m scheme to combat the impact of food pric...
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| Apr.25 |
Argentina |
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Economy minister steps down Martin Lousteau has resigned in the wake of a crippling farmers' strike that emptied store shelves and cut exports
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Brazil |
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 Plans to control access to Amazon Congress is to be asked to consider a law which could require foreign visitors and workers in the Amazon region to have a permit
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| Apr.29 |
Colombia |
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Major trafficker killed Police killed Miguel Angel Mejia, for whose capture the U.S. government offered a $5 million reward
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Venezuela |
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Widespread power outages The outages blacked out nearly half the country, trapping people in elevators, stalling subways, filling streets with pedestrians
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| Apr.30 |
Bolivia |
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Thousands rally for autonomy Map of Santa Cruz Bolivia Thousands of people packed a broad street, listening to speakers urge them to vote 'Si' on a referendum seeking autonomy for the department
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