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Venezuela ends toilet paper shortage
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Bolivia law backs Morales third term
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Argentine 'Dirty War' leader dies |
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Venezuela to import 50M rolls of toilet pape Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, the embattled socialist government says it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies
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Maduro alleges Colombia assassination plot |
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Bolivian leader expels US aid agency |
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Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll Fistfights have broken out in the parliament over the recent disputed presidential election. Several legislators were left bloodied and brui...
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Venezuela vote audit to begin |
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Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro sworn in |
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Venezuela to audit all votes |
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Argentines rally against government |
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Manual recount not possible, chief justice says |
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Maduro declared official poll winner |
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Venezuela challenger demands recount 
Defeated presidential candidate Henrique Capriles has demanded a recount of votes, rejecting the election of Hugo Chavez's successor as 'illegitimate'
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Maduro wins Venezuela election Socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro, who was chosen by Chavez as his successor, has won a narrow victory in Venezuela's presidential poll
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Venezuela votes on Chavez successor |
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Venezuela sees electoral law row |
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Vatican denies Dirty War allegations
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Plan to embalm Chavez may have hit a snag. Venezuela
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Church picks first South American pope Vatican: Jorge Bergoglio made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era , the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis
| The election of a new Pope was signalled by white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney. Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the Catholic Church's new Pope Francis
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Falklands vote to stay UK territory 
Map of Falklands Argentina Argentina: The people of the Falkland Islands have voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory
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Falklands holds vote over UK status |
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Venezuela swears in acting president Venezuela's former vice-president Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as acting president hours after the state funeral of Hugo Chavez
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Leaders gather for state funeral of Hugo Chavez. Venezuela
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Body of Hugo Chavez lies in state. Venezuela
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Thousands march with Chavez coffin. Venezuela
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies | A deeply divided Venezuela is mourning its late leader and preparing to pick a new president to replace him. Venezuelan officials called for peace and unity after the death, emphasizing in state T... | |
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Chavez suffers new severe infection. Venezuela
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Venezuela's Chavez finally returns home | President Hugo Chavez announced his return to Venezuela from Cuba early Monday, where he had been undergoing cancer treatment | |
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Ecuador's Correa is re-elected President Rafael Correa has been re-elected for a third term with more than 50% of the vote. His main challenger has admitted defeat
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Paraguay candidate Oviedo killed Presidential candidate Lino Oviedo has died in a helicopter crash. Oviedo, 69, was running for Paraguay's third largest party in presidential...
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Brazil mourns Santa Maria nightclub fire victims
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Chavez will not be sworn in on inauguration day |
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Chavez ally elected by assembly Venezuela: National Assembly has met to choose its leader Diosdado Cabello, a possible stand-in for President Chavez who is in Cuba following cancer surgery
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Chavez 'can rule without oath' |
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Chavez battling 'severe' lung infection 
Cuba: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is battling a 'severe' lung infection that has caused respiratory failure, a top official said
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Venezuelan opposition demands Chavez details |
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Chavez suffers new complications Cuba: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered 'new complications' after a cancer operation in Cuba, his vice-president has said
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Chavez 'faces difficult recovery' |
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President Chavez's cancer surgery 'successful'. Cuba
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Chavez wins Venezuela election| President Hugo Chavez has won a fourth term in office, after opposition leader Henrique Capriles admitted defeat. Chavez won 54% of the vote with turnout at about 81%. He ... | |
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Chavez rival in big Caracas rally |
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Colombia holding talks with Farc |
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Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum over fears of political persecution. Britain vowed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden
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Dictators found guilty of stealing babies |
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No warm welcome for Paraguay's new president The impeachment have been carried out in accordance with the Constitution, but some Latin American presidents are calling it a coup d'etat
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WikiLeakers founder seeks asylum in Ecuador London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and has requested political asylum
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Argentina to file UN Falklands complaint |
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No cancer after all for Argentine president |
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Colombia Farc rebels name leader |
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Fernandez heads for Argentina win |
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Chavez addresses Caracas crowds |
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Chavez tells of cancerous tumour |
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Peru's Humala claims election win |
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Brazil inaugurates first female president |
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Chavez gets power to govern by decree. Venezuela
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Brazil elects first female president
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Ecuador troops rescue president President Rafael Correa has made a triumphant return to his offices after being rescued by soldiers amid a pitched battle with mutinous poli...
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Colombia, Venezuela to restore ties
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Venezuela breaks relations with Colombia
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Argentina legalises gay marriage
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Santos wins election Colombia: Governing party candidate Juan Manuel Santos has won the final round of elections. He was ahead of Antanas Mockus by more than 40 points
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Ex-Minister Santos leads in vote. Colombia
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Pinera sworn in as president |
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High court: Uribe can't run for third term |
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Argentina rallies support over Falklands |
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Billionaire Pinera wins presidential election Chile: Conservative Sebastian Pinera has won presidential run-off, ending two decades of centre-left rule
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Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal |
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Defence minister-designate on Interpol list. Iran
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Deadly clashes in Peru's Amazon |
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Correa claims re-election win |
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Bolivians 'back new constitution' |
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Protesters: 9,000 disappeared in 2 years. Rio de Janeiro
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Apec leaders make free-trade vow. Peru
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Morales struggling to control Bolivia |
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Venezuela to expel U.S. ambassador
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President drops farm tax after protests |
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FARC leader dead. Colombia
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State backs autonomy |
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Exit polls projected Lugo winning |
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Leaders say Colombia crisis over |
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Ecuador cuts ties with Colombia |
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Voters reject Chavez's referendum |
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| Oct.28 |
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Fernandez claims victory |
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Pinochet family arrested |
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Chile court extradites Fujimori Supreme Court has approved the extradition of Peru's former President. He is to be sent back to Peru
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TV station off the air |
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Tens of thousands protest over TV issue |
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Pope lays down law on abortion |
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Bush shrugs off Chavez's taunts |
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| Jan.18 |
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Rule by decree passed for Chavez |
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Chavez bid for more state control |
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Hecklers, admirers bid farewell to Pinochet |
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| Dec.10 |
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General Pinochet dead Map of Santiago Chile Chile: Chilean TV reports: The 91-year-old former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died at a Santiago military hospital
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Chavez wins by wide margin. Venezuela
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| Nov.26 |
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Correa claims victory |
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Venezuela, Guatemala quit race |
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| Oct.29 |
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President Lula re-elected. Brazil
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| Oct.16 |
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No winner for seat |
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| Aug.14 |
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Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos |
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| Jun.4 |
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Peruvians elect Garcia president |
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| Apr.29 |
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Leftist trio seals Americas pact |
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| Apr.9 |
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Exit polls: Leftist leads |
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| Jan.25 |
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Pinochet's daughter seeks asylum in U.S. |
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| Jan.15 |
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Bachelet wins presidency. Chile
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| Dec.18 |
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Leftist Morales poised to lead |
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| Nov.24 |
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Pinochet charged over dissidents. Chile
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| Nov.6 |
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Fujimori under arrest |
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| Nov.5 |
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Americas summit ends without consensus |
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| Nov.4 |
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Summit protest turns violent |
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| Jun.9 |
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Rodriguez sworn in as interim president |
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| Apr.20 |
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Congress votes out president |
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| Aug.16 |
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Recall vote: Chavez claims victory. Venezuela
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| Oct.27 |
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Leftist Lula wins presidency by landslide. Brazil
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| Aug.7 |
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Blasts kill 17 as Uribe takes office |
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| Apr.14 |
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Chavez returns to power |
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| Dec.20 |
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President resigns |
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| Nov.20 |
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Fujimori resigns |
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| May.24 |
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Pinochet's immunity ends |
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| Jan.17 |
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Socialist candidate elected president |
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| 2013 |
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| May. 1 |
Bolivian leader expels US aid agency |
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| 2013 |
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| Apr. 28 |
Venezuela vote audit to begin |
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| Apr.19 |
Venezuela to audit all votes |
|
| Apr.17 |
Manual recount not possible, chief justice says |
|
| Apr.15 |
Maduro declared official poll winner |
|
| Apr.15 |
Venezuela challenger demands recount Defeated presidential candidate Henrique Capriles has demanded a recount of votes, rejecting the election of Hugo Chavez's successor as 'illegitimate'
|
| Apr.14 |
Maduro wins Venezuela election Socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro, who was chosen by Chavez as his successor, has won a narrow victory in Venezuela's presidential poll
| Maduro won 50.7% of the vote against 49.1% for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. Capriles said he refused to accept the result without a recount
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| Apr.14 |
Venezuela votes on Chavez successor |
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| Mar.11 |
Falklands vote to stay UK territory Map of Falklands Argentina Argentina: The people of the Falkland Islands have voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory
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| Mar.9 |
Falklands holds vote over UK status |
|
| Feb.17 |
Ecuador's Correa is re-elected President Rafael Correa has been re-elected for a third term with more than 50% of the vote. His main challenger has admitted defeat
|
| Feb.3 |
Paraguay candidate Oviedo killed Presidential candidate Lino Oviedo has died in a helicopter crash. Oviedo, 69, was running for Paraguay's third largest party in presidential...
| 2012 |
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| Oct.7 |
Chavez wins Venezuela election| President Hugo Chavez has won a fourth term in office, after opposition leader Henrique Capriles admitted defeat. Chavez won 54% of the vote with turnout at about 81%. He ... | |
|
| Sep.30 |
Chavez rival in big Caracas rally |
| 2011 |
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| Oct.23 |
Fernandez heads for Argentina win |
|
| Jun.5 |
Peru's Humala claims election win |
| 2010 |
|
| Oct.31 |
Brazil elects first female president
|
| Jun.20 |
Santos wins election Colombia: Governing party candidate Juan Manuel Santos has won the final round of elections. He was ahead of Antanas Mockus by more than 40 points
|
| May.30 |
Ex-Minister Santos leads in vote. Colombia
|
| Jan.17 |
Billionaire Pinera wins presidential election Chile: Conservative Sebastian Pinera has won presidential run-off, ending two decades of centre-left rule
| 2009 |
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| Apr.26 |
Correa claims re-election win |
|
| Jan.25 |
Bolivians 'back new constitution' |
| 2008 |
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| May.4 |
State backs autonomy |
|
| Apr.20 |
Exit polls projected Lugo winning |
| 2007 |
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| Dec.2 |
Voters reject Chavez's referendum |
|
| Oct.28 |
Fernandez claims victory |
| 2006 |
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| Dec.3 |
Chavez wins by wide margin. Venezuela
|
| Nov.26 |
Correa claims victory |
|
| Oct.29 |
President Lula re-elected. Brazil
|
| Jun.4 |
Peruvians elect Garcia president |
|
| Apr.9 |
Exit polls: Leftist leads |
|
| Jan.15 |
Bachelet wins presidency. Chile
| 2005 |
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| Dec.18 |
Leftist Morales poised to lead |
| 2004 |
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| Aug.16 |
Recall vote: Chavez claims victory. Venezuela
| 2002 |
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| Oct.27 |
Leftist Lula wins presidency by landslide. Brazil
| 2000 |
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| Jan.17 |
Socialist candidate elected president |
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| 2013 |
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| May. 16 |
Venezuela to import 50M rolls of toilet pape Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, the embattled socialist government says it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies
|
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.15 |
Vatican denies Dirty War allegations
|
| Mar.13 |
Church picks first South American pope Vatican: Jorge Bergoglio made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era , the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis
| The election of a new Pope was signalled by white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney. Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the Catholic Church's new Pope Francis
|
| |
| 2007 |
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| May.9 |
Pope lays down law on abortion |
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| 2013 |
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| Mon. |
Bolivia law backs Morales third term
|
| Apr.13 |
Venezuela sees electoral law row |
| 2010 |
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| Feb.26 |
High court: Uribe can't run for third term |
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| 2007 |
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| May.27 |
TV station off the air |
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| 2008 |
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| May.24 |
FARC leader dead. Colombia
|
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| 2010 |
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| Feb.22 |
Argentina rallies support over Falklands |
| 2008 |
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| Nov.22 |
Apec leaders make free-trade vow. Peru
|
| Mar.7 |
Leaders say Colombia crisis over |
| 2005 |
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| Nov.5 |
Americas summit ends without consensus |
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.16 |
Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum over fears of political persecution. Britain vowed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden
| 2006 |
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| Jan.25 |
Pinochet's daughter seeks asylum in U.S. |
|
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.9 |
Bush shrugs off Chavez's taunts |
| 2006 |
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| Aug.14 |
Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos |
|
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| 2009 |
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| Sep.13 |
Chavez in $2bn Russian arms deal |
| 2006 |
|
| Apr.29 |
Leftist trio seals Americas pact |
|
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| 2005 |
|
| Nov.24 |
Pinochet charged over dissidents. Chile
| 2000 |
|
| May.24 |
Pinochet's immunity ends |
|
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| 2012 |
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| Jun.19 |
WikiLeakers founder seeks asylum in Ecuador London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and has requested political asylum
| 2010 |
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| Jul.22 |
Venezuela breaks relations with Colombia
| 2008 |
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| Sep.11 |
Venezuela to expel U.S. ambassador
|
| Mar.3 |
Ecuador cuts ties with Colombia |
|
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.27 |
Colombia holding talks with Farc |
| 2010 |
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| Aug.10 |
Colombia, Venezuela to restore ties
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| May. 3 |
Maduro alleges Colombia assassination plot |
|
| Apr.19 |
Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro sworn in |
|
| Mar.14 |
Plan to embalm Chavez may have hit a snag. Venezuela
|
| Mar.8 |
Venezuela swears in acting president Venezuela's former vice-president Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as acting president hours after the state funeral of Hugo Chavez
|
| Mar.4 |
Chavez suffers new severe infection. Venezuela
|
| Feb.18 |
Venezuela's Chavez finally returns home | President Hugo Chavez announced his return to Venezuela from Cuba early Monday, where he had been undergoing cancer treatment | |
|
| Jan.8 |
Chavez will not be sworn in on inauguration day |
|
| Jan.4 |
Chavez 'can rule without oath' |
|
| Jan.3 |
Chavez battling 'severe' lung infection Cuba: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is battling a 'severe' lung infection that has caused respiratory failure, a top official said
|
| Jan.2 |
Venezuelan opposition demands Chavez details |
| 2012 |
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| Dec.30 |
Chavez suffers new complications Cuba: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered 'new complications' after a cancer operation in Cuba, his vice-president has said
|
| Dec.12 |
Chavez 'faces difficult recovery' |
|
| Dec.11 |
President Chavez's cancer surgery 'successful'. Cuba
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| Jul.5 |
Dictators found guilty of stealing babies |
|
| Jun.23 |
No warm welcome for Paraguay's new president The impeachment have been carried out in accordance with the Constitution, but some Latin American presidents are calling it a coup d'etat
|
| Jan.7 |
No cancer after all for Argentine president |
| 2011 |
|
| Nov.15 |
Colombia Farc rebels name leader |
|
| Jul.4 |
Chavez addresses Caracas crowds |
|
| Jun.30 |
Chavez tells of cancerous tumour |
| 2010 |
|
| Sep.30 |
Ecuador troops rescue president President Rafael Correa has made a triumphant return to his offices after being rescued by soldiers amid a pitched battle with mutinous poli...
|
| Mar.11 |
Pinera sworn in as president |
| 2009 |
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| Aug.21 |
Defence minister-designate on Interpol list. Iran
| 2007 |
|
| Oct.4 |
Pinochet family arrested |
| 2005 |
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| Nov.6 |
Fujimori under arrest |
|
| Jun.9 |
Rodriguez sworn in as interim president |
| 2002 |
|
| Aug.7 |
Blasts kill 17 as Uribe takes office |
|
| Apr.14 |
Chavez returns to power |
| 2001 |
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| Dec.20 |
President resigns |
| 2000 |
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| Nov.20 |
Fujimori resigns |
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| 2013 |
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| Apr.18 |
Argentines rally against government |
| 2009 |
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| Jun.5 |
Deadly clashes in Peru's Amazon |
| 2008 |
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| Dec.9 |
Protesters: 9,000 disappeared in 2 years. Rio de Janeiro
| 2007 |
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| May.26 |
Tens of thousands protest over TV issue |
| 2005 |
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| Nov.4 |
Summit protest turns violent |
|
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| 2008 |
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| Sep.14 |
Morales struggling to control Bolivia |
|
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| 2010 |
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| Jul.15 |
Argentina legalises gay marriage
|
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| 2011 |
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| Jan.1 |
Brazil inaugurates first female president |
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| 2013 |
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| May. 17 |
Argentine 'Dirty War' leader dies |
|
| Mar.7 |
Leaders gather for state funeral of Hugo Chavez. Venezuela
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| Mar.6 |
Body of Hugo Chavez lies in state. Venezuela
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| Mar.6 |
Thousands march with Chavez coffin. Venezuela
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| Mar.5 |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies | A deeply divided Venezuela is mourning its late leader and preparing to pick a new president to replace him. Venezuelan officials called for peace and unity after the death, emphasizing in state T... | |
|
| Jan.27 |
Brazil mourns Santa Maria nightclub fire victims
| 2006 |
|
| Dec.12 |
Hecklers, admirers bid farewell to Pinochet |
|
| Dec.10 |
General Pinochet dead Map of Santiago Chile Chile: Chilean TV reports: The 91-year-old former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died at a Santiago military hospital
|
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| 2013 |
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| Wed. |
Venezuela ends toilet paper shortage
|
| Apr. 30 |
Venezuela MPs in punch-up over poll Fistfights have broken out in the parliament over the recent disputed presidential election. Several legislators were left bloodied and brui...
|
| Jan.5 |
Chavez ally elected by assembly Venezuela: National Assembly has met to choose its leader Diosdado Cabello, a possible stand-in for President Chavez who is in Cuba following cancer surgery
| 2010 |
|
| Dec.17 |
Chavez gets power to govern by decree. Venezuela
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.18 |
Rule by decree passed for Chavez |
| 2005 |
|
| Apr.20 |
Congress votes out president |
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