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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 00:00
A Brazilian judge sentenced a gunman to 27 years in prison for killing American nun and rain forest defender Dorothy Stang in a retrial Monday,
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 00:00
Thousands of university students scuffled with police and government supporters during a protest Tuesday against constitutional reforms that would let President Hugo Chavez run for re-election indefinitely.
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 00:00
On the eve of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's almost-assured victory in Argentina, South American women are rising in nations long dominated by men
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 00:00
The idea by Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, to create a Bank of the South to finance regional development projects is moving forward, aided by the tacit approval of Brazil
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 00:00
In Latin America's era of military dictatorships, the Catholic Church didn't always stand up to repression
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 00:00
Assassinations of candidates ahead of Colombia's Oct. 28 local elections are up sharply compared to the 2003 campaign as rebels hit by tougher security policies strike back
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 00:00
Under fire over comments he made about Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Colombia's defense minister offered to resign his post
Friday, October 19, 2007 - 00:00
Residents of Bolivia's wealthiest province marched by the thousands Friday to the country's busiest airport, heeding their governor's call to retake it from troops sent in by President Evo Morales.
Friday, October 19, 2007 - 00:00
A spike in deaths blamed by human rights groups on the Colombian armed forces is threatening millions of dollars in U.S. military aid and may raise further questions over a pending free-trade agreement.
Friday, October 19, 2007 - 00:00
The first trial involving alleged torture at Argentina's most notorious clandestine military prison began Thursday with a former coast guard officer possibly facing life in prison.