World News Atlas
South America
2006
March
| South America, March 2006 Timeline | Thursday, November 27 | Author |
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| Mar.1 | Rio de Janeiro |
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Venezuela funding brings Rio win The competition at the carnival has been won by a samba group largely funded by the Venezuelan government
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| Mar.7 | Ecuador |
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Emergency declared in 3 states President Alfredo Palacio declared a state of emergency after a strike by contract workers cut oil production
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| Mar.9 | Bolivia |
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Argentine soldiers die in plane crash||||
| An Argentine air force plane Learjet 35A providing aid for Bolivian flood victims crashed outside of La Paz |
Colombia
Chile | Socialist Michelle Bachelet suffered prison, torture and exile under the military dictatorship |
French Guiana
Colombia
Ecuador
Ecuador
Chile | A bus carrying tourists on a side trip through the mountains plunged into a canyon, killing 12 Americans |
Argentina | 30 years ago the coup brought the military to power for 7 years. Thousands of people gathered for a rally |
Brazil
Brazil
Brazilian pioneer docks in space| A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying Marcos Pontes into space has docked with the International Space Station |
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