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| 2011 |
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| Nov.4 |
Colombia |
FARC leader Alfonso Cano killed
The leader of Colombia's left-wing guerrilla group has been killed in an army operation in mountains in the south-west of the country
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| Nov.15 |
Colombia |
Colombia Farc rebels name leader
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| 2011 |
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| Jan.2 |
Chile |
Major earthquake strikes central Chile |
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| Jan.12 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Flooding reportedly claims 260 lives |
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| Jan.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Thousands in peril in Brazil flooding 
| Thousands of families living on mountain slopes face risk of being washed away in the heavy rains and flooding that have killed nearly 500 people. Rescuers are trying to find survivors in cut-off areas of south-eastern... | |
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| Jan.15 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Death toll rises to 549 in Brazil flooding |
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| Feb.14 |
Ecuador |
Huge fine in Amazon pollution case |
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| Aug.5 |
Haiti |
Rains, flooding threaten Haiti |
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| Nov.11 |
Mexico |
Mexican interior minister killed in crash
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| 2011 |
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| Nov.10 |
Venezuela |
Baseball star abducted in Venezuela
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| Nov.11 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela: Baseball catcher 'found alive' |
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| 2011 |
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| Feb.14 |
Ecuador |
Huge fine in Amazon pollution case |
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| 2011 |
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| Jan.18 |
Haiti |
Charges filed against 'Baby Doc' Duvalier |
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| Apr.7 |
Rio de Janeiro |
11 students killed in school shooting |
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| May.15 |
Guatemala |
27 headless bodies found in drug region
The decapitated bodies of 25 men and two women have been found at a ranch near Guatemala's border with Mexico
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| Jun.21 |
Mexico |
Top cartel leader captured
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| Sep.21 |
Mexico |
35 bodies found in roadway
At least 35 human bodies were found in a roadway during rush-hour traffic in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz
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| Nov.10 |
Venezuela |
Baseball star abducted in Venezuela
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| Nov.11 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela: Baseball catcher 'found alive' |
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| Nov.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Police target drug gangs in biggest slum
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| Dec.23 |
Cuba |
Cuba to release 2,900 prisoners |
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| 2011 |
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| Jan.1 |
Brazil |
Brazil inaugurates first female president
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| Jan.16 |
Haiti |
'Baby Doc' Duvalier back in Haiti The former president Jean-Claude Duvalier, has returned to the country, 25 years after he was overthrown by a popular revolt
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| Mar.17 |
Haiti |
Jean-Bertrand Aristide 'returning home' |
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| Apr.4 |
Haiti |
Martelly 'is Haiti poll winner' Preliminary results in Haiti's presidential election show musician Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly has defeated ex-senator Mirlande Manigat
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| Apr.16 |
Cuba |
Raul Castro proposes Cuba term limits |
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| Jun.5 |
Peru |
Peru's Humala claims election win |
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| Jun.30 |
Venezuela |
Chavez tells of cancerous tumour |
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| Jul.4 |
Venezuela |
Chavez addresses Caracas crowds
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| Oct.23 |
Argentina |
Fernandez heads for Argentina win
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| Nov.11 |
Mexico |
Mexican interior minister killed in crash
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| Nov.15 |
Colombia |
Colombia Farc rebels name leader
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| Dec.23 |
Cuba |
Cuba to release 2,900 prisoners |