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Unsafe abortions: Haiti’s abortion crisis
An abortion ban is fueling a public health crisis in Haiti, as women and girls secretly turn to increasingly deadly methods to terminate their pregnancies.
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Uruguay has become the first country to fully legalize marijuana trade
Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization.
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Bartoli of 'American Greed: The Fugitives' busted in Peru
Eric Bartoli, the accused mastermind of a $65 million scam featured on "American Greed: The Fugitives," has been apprehended by authorities in Lima, Peru, after 10 years on the run.
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Snowden offers to help Brazil investigate NSA spying when he's given asylum
Whistleblower Edward Snowden has pledged to help Brazil investigate the NSA’s spying activities. Snowden said he had been asked by Brazilian senators for information on “suspected crimes against Brazilian citizens.”
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Insight: How U.S. spying cost Boeing multibillion-dollar jet contract
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Dilma Rousseff was thoroughly charmed.Brazil had been struggling for years to decide which company to choose for a $4 billion-plus fighter jet contract, one of the world's most sought-after
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Uruguay’s neighbor Argentina now considering marijuana legalization
Argentina has given the first sign that Uruguay’s groundbreaking cannabis reform just may have started a domino effect across Latin America. Following the momentous vote by its smaller neighbor’s senate this month — making it the…
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Carnivorous fish attack bathers in Argentina
A school of carnivorous fish related to the piranha has attacked bathers in an Argentine river, injuring about 70. Thousands of bathers were cooling off in the Parana River in Rosario, 300km (186 miles) north of Buenos Aires, on Christmas Day when the attack happened.
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Peru To Provide Free Solar Power To 2 Million Of Its Poorest Residents By 2016
Peru has initiated a program that will provide more than 2 million of its poorest residents with electricity -- for free.
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The Modern Motorcycle Diaries
Alaska to Argentina in 500 Days, the sights and roads of a motorcycle journey, a one man video documentary of the craziest, most beautiful and intense roads the Western World has to offer. Follow Alex Chacon from Texas, as he navigates through the dangerous and exciting Pan American route through the Americans on motorcycle, an Epic continuance to the famous motorcycle diaries with Ernesto Che Guevara.
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Uruguay may have started a marijuana legalization storm in Latin America
It's barely been a month since Uruguay moved to legalize marijuana, and yet the effects of the decision are already being felt well outside of its borders. Neighboring Argentina, a long-time proponent of keeping marijuana illegal, gave its first indication that Uruguay's pivot has tempted it to at least consider legalizing the drug.
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Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana
Peru should consider legalizing marijuana, the former head of the country’s National Drug Control Commission has said. Uruguay recently became Latin America’s first nation to legalize the marijuana industry, encouraging its neighbors to follow suit. Former director of the Peruvian National Drug Control Commission (DEVIDA) Ricardo Soberon appealed to the government to consider the legalization of marijuana in an interview.
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Venezuelan minister targets police corruption
Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez publicly gives out his phone number, urging officers to report corrupt superiors.
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Argentina Targets Online Purchases to Slow Dollar Reserve Drain
Argentina tightened foreign currency restrictions for a second straight day by further limiting the purchases of goods online, escalating an effort to arrest a decline in dollar reserves. Argentines will be limited to two Internet purchases abroad for delivery at home per year using credit cards, according to a resolution by the tax agency published in the official gazette. The tax agency, known as AFIP, increased paperwork on online shopping yesterday.
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Alasitas: Bolivia's festival of miniatures
Bolivia's Alasitas festival is a bizarre buying frenzy that mixes ancient traditions and beliefs with modern-day religion and consumerism. Thousands turn out to buy everything they want in the coming year, in miniature form, in the hope that the gods will convert their dreams into life-sized reality.
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Catholic priest who ran right-wing death squad arrested in Colombia
Colombian officials have announced the capture of a fugitive Catholic priest who was convicted in absentia last year of organising a killer far-right militia made up of members of a dismantled paramilitary bloc. For nearly a decade from 2003, the Rev Oscar Albeiro Ortiz formed and ran an organisation engaged in murder, extortion and forced displacement, according to his sentencing document.
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Dead dolphins: Peru's beaches littered with hundreds of dead dolphins – again
More than 400 dead dolphins were found last month on the Pacific Ocean beaches of northern Peru where twice that number were found in 2012, officials said Monday. Authorities never established the cause of the deaths in 2012. They are doing autopsies on the latest dolphins, found during January in the Lambayeque region on the northern coast.
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McDonald’s is running out of ketchup in Argentina
In Argentina, McDonald’s is running short of ketchup. And pretty much everyone has noticed. “I was just told at McDonald’s there’s no ketchup because it’s stuck at customs,” one fast food goer remarked on Twitter this past Saturday.
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Weed-Legalizing President Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
Uruguay’s weed-legalizing president will have another shot at winning a Nobel Peace Prize. José “Pepe” Mujica’s name has been submitted again for the prestigious award this year by members of his leftwing political party, the Frente Amplio, as well as a German nongovernmental organization. Mujica’s supporters cited the Uruguayan leader’s pioneering policy of legalizing the government-controlled production and sale of marijuana to registered users as the main reason for his nomination.
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Venezuela anti-government rally turns deadly
At least three people have been killed, including a police officer, after thousands of Venezuelans opposing President Nicolas Maduro took to the streets of Caracas following two weeks of anti-government protests across the country. Gunfire erupted in the centre of the capital when armed members of a pro-government vigilante group arrived on motorcycles and began firing at more than 100 anti-Maduro student protesters clashing with security forces, the AP news agency reported.
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Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez 'to attend march'
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez says he will lead a march through the streets of Caracas on Tuesday. He was last seen on Wednesday, when three men were shot dead at the end of opposition protests in the capital.
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