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| Jan.15 |
 Chile |
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Bachelet wins presidency| Socialist Michelle Bachelet appeared to have won a solid victory to become the country's first woman president | |
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| Jan.22 |
Bolivia |
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New leader Morales vows change |
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| Feb.14 |
Haiti |
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Haiti calls for election review |
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| Feb.15 |
 Haiti |
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Accord names Preval winner Interim government and electoral council announced they have reached agreement
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| Feb.19 |
 Mexico |
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Blast traps 66 in mine| In a remote, semi-desert region an explosion ripped through a coal mine two miles underground. 8 miners who had been near the mine's exit were rescued and hospitalized.
There were 65 miners trapped throughout the mine, near the town of Sabinas.
Rescuers had ... | |
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| Feb.24 |
Mexico |
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Rescuers suspend miners search |
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| Feb.25 |
Mexico |
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Mine missing declared dead There is no chance of survival for 65 miners trapped underground for almost a week
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| Mar.11 |
Chile |
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Chile ushers in first female president |
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| Mar.31 |
Brazil |
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Brazilian pioneer docks in space |
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| Apr.9 |
Peru |
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Exit polls: Leftist leads
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| Apr.10 |
Peru |
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Runoff election inevitable |
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| Apr.17 |
Mexico |
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Bus plunge kills 67 religious pilgrims |
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| Apr.19 |
Guantanamo |
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List of detainee names released |
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| Apr.29 |
 Cuba |
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Leftist trio seals Americas pact The leaders of Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela have signed a trade agreement to counter US influence
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| May.1 |
Bolivia |
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Gas under state control President Morales has signed a decree placing country's energy industry under state control
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| May.13 |
Sao Paulo |
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Police attacks leave 30 dead |
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| May.14 |
 Sao Paulo |
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Gang attacks leave 52 dead A powerful criminal gang launched a wave of attacks against police stations and uprisings in jails across the state
| The attacks began on 6 p.m. Friday. By Sunday there were at least 73 separate attacks with machine guns and grenades continued to dawn, staged in 22 detention centers
The dead include 35 police and prison guards, 3 civilians, and 14 gang members.
State Public Safety Department blamed the Primeiro Comando da Capital, or the First Capital Command.
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| May.15 |
Sao Paulo |
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State's prison revolts end |
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| May.28 |
Colombia |
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Incumbent Uribe wins presidency |
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| Jun.4 |
 Peru |
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Peruvians elect Garcia president Former President appeared to be staging a political comeback after his previous administration ended in economic ruin
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| Jun.11 |
 Guantanamo |
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Suicides spur criticism| The suicides of 3 inmates at the prison camp spurred renewed calls for changes at the facility | |
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| Jul.6 |
Mexico |
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Calderon wins disputed vote Ruling-party candidate was declared the winner in the presidential election, but his opponent will challenge the results
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| Jul.8 |
Mexico |
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Thousands protest election results| Thousands of defiant supporters of leftist Lopez Obrador took to the streets to overturn his narrow defeat | | |
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| Jul.30 |
Mexico |
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Huge rally challenges poll |
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| Jul.31 |
Cuba |
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Castro hands power to brother President Fidel Castro was undergoing a surgery and provisionally handed over power to his younger brother Raul
| Cuban television: Fidel Castro's health situation is 'stable' and he is in 'good spirits'
The message from Castro said: 'In the Cuban situation, based on plans of the empire, my health becomes a secret of state that cannot be divulged constantly'
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| Aug.14 |
Cuba |
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Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos
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| Aug.28 |
Mexico |
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Court rejects fraud claim |
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| Sep.1 |
Mexico |
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Leftist lawmakers muzzle President Fox Vicente Fox was forced to forego the state-of-the-nation address after leftist lawmakers stormed the stage
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| Sep.5 |
Mexico |
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Judge: Calderon to lead Mexico Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refused to recognize the victory
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Mexico |
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Calderon makes unity appeal |
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| Sep.16 |
Mexico |
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Left names own 'president' |
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| Sep.24 |
Ecuador |
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Children dead in bus crash |
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| Sep.29 |
Amazon |
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Plane lost over Amazon 
| A search is underway for a passenger plane with at least 150 people on board that has gone missing. Boeing 737 had struck the plane, which was then able to land. Brazil's airline, G... | |
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|
| Oct.1 |
Brazil |
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President forced into runoff |
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| Oct.22 |
Sao Paulo |
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Alonso secures second world title |
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| |
 Panama |
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Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul About 80% have approved a plan to widen the Panama Canal to accommodate a new generation of ships
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| Oct.27 |
Mexico |
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Shootouts kill journalist 2 shootouts left an American journalist dead in the city of Oaxaca where protesters have barricaded streets
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| Oct.28 |
Mexico |
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Mexico sends forces to violent city |
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Cuba |
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Cuba TV shows pictures of Castro |
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| Oct.29 |
Brazil |
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President Lula re-elected| Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a landslide victory in the 2nd round of presidential elections. Voters gave another term for Lula's efforts to ease poverty while improving the economy. ... | |
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Mexico |
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Riot police occupy Oaxaca |
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| Nov.7 |
 Nicaragua |
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Ortega wins presidency| Former Marxist guerrilla leader bounced back to power in a presidential-election victory. The 60-year-old president-elect won with 38%, 9 point... | |
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| Nov.26 |
 Ecuador |
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Correa claims victory Presidential candidate has claimed victory in run-off election. He gained around 57% of the vote while Noboa about 43%
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| Nov.28 |
Cuba |
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Castro misses birthday ceremony Frail Cuban leader has stayed away from the opening ceremony of his birthday celebrations in Havana on doctors' orders
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|
| Dec.1 |
Mexico |
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Fracas mars inauguration Felipe Calderon has been sworn in as presiden, after brawls in Congress between lawmakers, divided by the tight election
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| Dec.2 |
Cuba |
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Castro misses birthday parade
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| Dec.3 |
Chile |
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Pinochet has heart attack |
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| |
 Venezuela |
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Chavez wins by wide margin | Hugo Chavez takes 61% of vote to challenger's 38% to win re-election to another 6-year term. Turnout was 62%. Hundreds of Chavez supporters set off fireworks and cruised downtown Caracas in caravans, honking horns. Th... | |
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| Dec.10 |
Chile |
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General Pinochet dead Chilean TV reports: The 91-year-old former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died at a Santiago military hospital
| Augusto Pinochet was in power from 1973-90 after overthrowing the government when 3,000 people were killed or disappeared. Supporters saw Pinochet as a Cold War hero for overthrowing President Allende. The dictatorship brought South America's most stable economy
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Chile |
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Clashes follow death of Pinochet |
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| Dec.12 |
Chile |
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Hecklers, admirers bid farewell to Pinochet
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| Dec.17 |
Cuba |
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Castro not dying, US envoys told |
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| Dec.26 |
Cuba |
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Castro's ailment 'is not cancer' |
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| 2006 |
|
| Jan.15 |
Chile |
Bachelet wins presidency| Socialist Michelle Bachelet appeared to have won a solid victory to become the country's first woman president | |
|
| Feb.14 |
Haiti |
Haiti calls for election review |
|
| Feb.15 |
Haiti |
Accord names Preval winner Interim government and electoral council announced they have reached agreement
|
| Apr.9 |
Peru |
Exit polls: Leftist leads
|
| Apr.10 |
Peru |
Runoff election inevitable |
|
| May.28 |
Colombia |
Incumbent Uribe wins presidency |
|
| Jun.4 |
Peru |
Peruvians elect Garcia president Former President appeared to be staging a political comeback after his previous administration ended in economic ruin
|
| Jul.6 |
Mexico |
Calderon wins disputed vote Ruling-party candidate was declared the winner in the presidential election, but his opponent will challenge the results
|
| Oct.1 |
Brazil |
President forced into runoff |
|
| Oct.22 |
Panama |
Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul About 80% have approved a plan to widen the Panama Canal to accommodate a new generation of ships
|
| Oct.29 |
Brazil |
President Lula re-elected| Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a landslide victory in the 2nd round of presidential elections. Voters gave another term for Lula's efforts to ease poverty while improving the economy. ... | |
|
| Nov.7 |
Nicaragua |
Ortega wins presidency| Former Marxist guerrilla leader bounced back to power in a presidential-election victory. The 60-year-old president-elect won with 38%, 9 point... | |
|
| Nov.26 |
Ecuador |
Correa claims victory Presidential candidate has claimed victory in run-off election. He gained around 57% of the vote while Noboa about 43%
|
| Dec.3 |
Venezuela |
Chavez wins by wide margin | Hugo Chavez takes 61% of vote to challenger's 38% to win re-election to another 6-year term. Turnout was 62%. Hundreds of Chavez supporters set off fireworks and cruised downtown Caracas in caravans, honking horns. Th... | |
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|
| 2006 |
|
| Apr.17 |
Mexico |
Bus plunge kills 67 religious pilgrims |
|
| Sep.24 |
Ecuador |
Children dead in bus crash |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Aug.28 |
Mexico |
Court rejects fraud claim |
|
| Sep.5 |
Mexico |
Judge: Calderon to lead Mexico Felipe Calderon was declared president-elect. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refused to recognize the victory
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| May.13 |
Sao Paulo |
Police attacks leave 30 dead |
|
| May.14 |
Sao Paulo |
Gang attacks leave 52 dead A powerful criminal gang launched a wave of attacks against police stations and uprisings in jails across the state
| The attacks began on 6 p.m. Friday. By Sunday there were at least 73 separate attacks with machine guns and grenades continued to dawn, staged in 22 detention centers
The dead include 35 police and prison guards, 3 civilians, and 14 gang members.
State Public Safety Department blamed the Primeiro Comando da Capital, or the First Capital Command.
|
| | |
|
| Oct.22 |
Sao Paulo |
Alonso secures second world title |
|
| Oct.27 |
Mexico |
Shootouts kill journalist 2 shootouts left an American journalist dead in the city of Oaxaca where protesters have barricaded streets
|
| Oct.27 |
Mexico |
Shootouts kill journalist 2 shootouts left an American journalist dead in the city of Oaxaca where protesters have barricaded streets
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.19 |
Mexico |
Blast traps 66 in mine| In a remote, semi-desert region an explosion ripped through a coal mine two miles underground. 8 miners who had been near the mine's exit were rescued and hospitalized.
There were 65 miners trapped throughout the mine, near the town of Sabinas.
Rescuers had ... | |
|
| Feb.25 |
Mexico |
Mine missing declared dead There is no chance of survival for 65 miners trapped underground for almost a week
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.29 |
Mexico |
Riot police occupy Oaxaca |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Apr.29 |
Cuba |
Leftist trio seals Americas pact The leaders of Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela have signed a trade agreement to counter US influence
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Aug.14 |
Cuba |
Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos
|
| Sep.29 |
Amazon |
Plane lost over Amazon | A search is underway for a passenger plane with at least 150 people on board that has gone missing. Boeing 737 had struck the plane, which was then able to land. Brazil's airline, G... | |
|
| Dec.17 |
Cuba |
Castro not dying, US envoys told |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.22 |
Panama |
Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul About 80% have approved a plan to widen the Panama Canal to accommodate a new generation of ships
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Jan.22 |
Bolivia |
New leader Morales vows change |
|
| Jul.31 |
Cuba |
Castro hands power to brother President Fidel Castro was undergoing a surgery and provisionally handed over power to his younger brother Raul
| Cuban television: Fidel Castro's health situation is 'stable' and he is in 'good spirits'
The message from Castro said: 'In the Cuban situation, based on plans of the empire, my health becomes a secret of state that cannot be divulged constantly'
|
| | |
|
| Sep.16 |
Mexico |
Left names own 'president' |
|
| Oct.28 |
Cuba |
Cuba TV shows pictures of Castro |
|
| Nov.28 |
Cuba |
Castro misses birthday ceremony Frail Cuban leader has stayed away from the opening ceremony of his birthday celebrations in Havana on doctors' orders
|
| Dec.2 |
Cuba |
Castro misses birthday parade
|
| Dec.3 |
Chile |
Pinochet has heart attack |
|
| Dec.26 |
Cuba |
Castro's ailment 'is not cancer' |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Jul.8 |
Mexico |
Thousands protest election results| Thousands of defiant supporters of leftist Lopez Obrador took to the streets to overturn his narrow defeat | | |
|
| Jul.30 |
Mexico |
Huge rally challenges poll |
|
| Dec.10 |
Chile |
Clashes follow death of Pinochet |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Feb.24 |
Mexico |
Rescuers suspend miners search |
|
| Mar.31 |
Brazil |
Brazilian pioneer docks in space |
|
| Apr.29 |
Cuba |
Leftist trio seals Americas pact The leaders of Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela have signed a trade agreement to counter US influence
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Apr.19 |
Guantanamo |
List of detainee names released |
|
| May.15 |
Sao Paulo |
State's prison revolts end |
|
| Jun.11 |
Guantanamo |
Suicides spur criticism| The suicides of 3 inmates at the prison camp spurred renewed calls for changes at the facility | |
|
| Sep.5 |
Mexico |
Calderon makes unity appeal |
|
| Oct.28 |
Mexico |
Mexico sends forces to violent city |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| May.1 |
Bolivia |
Gas under state control President Morales has signed a decree placing country's energy industry under state control
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Mar.11 |
Chile |
Chile ushers in first female president |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Dec.10 |
Chile |
General Pinochet dead Chilean TV reports: The 91-year-old former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died at a Santiago military hospital
| Augusto Pinochet was in power from 1973-90 after overthrowing the government when 3,000 people were killed or disappeared. Supporters saw Pinochet as a Cold War hero for overthrowing President Allende. The dictatorship brought South America's most stable economy
|
| | |
|
| Dec.12 |
Chile |
Hecklers, admirers bid farewell to Pinochet
|
|
| 2006 |
|
| Sep.1 |
Mexico |
Leftist lawmakers muzzle President Fox Vicente Fox was forced to forego the state-of-the-nation address after leftist lawmakers stormed the stage
|
| Dec.1 |
Mexico |
Fracas mars inauguration Felipe Calderon has been sworn in as presiden, after brawls in Congress between lawmakers, divided by the tight election
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