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A Change of Strategy by Venezuela’s Opposition
However certain things, such as longer-term trends, can be more easily analysed from afar. A question that can be asked by those attempting to understand what is happening in Venezuela is: what is the opposition trying to do?
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CNN 'expelled from Venezuela'
CNN 'expelled from Venezuela'
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Not Satisfied With Blocking Twitter and TV, Venezuela Shuts Off the Internet
Amid escalating protests, it will expand a government agency's powers to monitor and censor any online communication it deems a national security threat.
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Human Rights Group Accuses Venezuela of Torturing 18 Protesters
A human rights organization denounces that 18 people have been tortured in Venezuela, as the protests in the streets continue.
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New threat to Brazil's breadbasket: a pesky caterpillar
Brazilian farmers are battling a voracious caterpillar that likely arrived from Asia, challenging the agricultural superpower's widely touted mastery of tropical farming
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Venezuela breaks ties with Panama
The decision comes after the Central American nation requested a meeting at the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss Venezuela's crisis.
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Uruguay planning to sell legally cloned marijuana by year’s end
Uruguay plans to begin legal marijuana sales of pot grown under government control by year’s end, using cloned plants, President Jose Mujica said Wednesday. Mujica, speaking to a local newspaper during a visit to Chile, said the process was complex because it was regulated by the market. “We try to use what we have,” Mujica told La Tercera daily, referring to land where the marijuana would be grown.
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Venezuela’s neighbors just watch as it spirals downward
VENEZUELANS DESPAIR at the lack of international interest in the political crisis that is rocking their country. Since anti-government protests began early last month, at least 34 people have been killed, most of them opposition supporters gunned down by security forces or government-backed gangs. Some 1,600 people have been arrested, and many say they were beaten or tortured. One of the opposition’s top leaders has been jailed for more than a month.
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Powerful earthquake strikes off Chile; tsunami believed generated
An 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday and generated a tsunami, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Ecuador volcano spews huge ash plume
A volcano just south of Ecuador's capital Quito has erupted, creating a spectacular plume of ash, 10km (six miles) high.
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Wildfire in Chile, kills 2, consumes 500 homes: 'One of the worst fires'
A wildfire was raging in a highly populated area of Chile early Sunday after killing two people and consuming more than 500 homes, officials said. At least one more person has been injured in the flames that have swept over at least 660 acres, said Chile's National Emergency Office (ONEMI).
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4,000 evacuated as volcano erupts
Peruvian authorities have ordered the preventative evacuation of 4,000 people living near the Ubinas volcano, which has been spouting ash clouds up to two miles (nearly 4km) high. The Andina state news agency quoted Agriculture Minister Juan Benites as saying it will take three days to move the residents of two southern districts and their 30,000 sheep, cows, horses, burros and other animals.
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Olhar Digital: 5 pontos essenciais para entender o Marco Civil da Internet
O Projeto de Lei 2.126/2011 passou pelo Senado. Com isso, resta apenas a assinatura de Dilma Rousseff e a publicação no Diário Oficial para entrar em vigor o Marco Civil da Internet, determinando os direitos e deveres de todos os brasileiros conectados – incluindo governos, empresas que fornecem conexão e as que são responsáveis por serviços de e-mail, sites, redes sociais etc.
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Soccer riots in Argentina leading up to World Cup
A soccer riot in the Argentinian capital comes at a time of increased scrutiny of Argentine soccer fans in the run up to the June World Cup taking place in neighboring Brazil. The chaos erupted after Dock Sud trailed Deportivo Laferrere 1-0 in the championship of one of the lower level pro leagues, according to Reuters.
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The Tower of David – Venezuela’s “vertical slum” (+ video)
I have wanted to photograph life inside Caracas’ Tower of David – also known as “the vertical slum” – for years now. At times, it became something of an obsession; it was a story I had to tackle.
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Preparations for Rio Olympics ‘the Worst,’ Committee Official Says
A top International Olympic Committee official on Tuesday called Rio de Janeiro’s preparations to host the 2016 Summer Olympics “the worst I have experienced,” adding to a growing chorus of doubts about the city’s ability to get ready for the Games without international help.
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Uruguay sets cost of marijuana at less than a $1 a gram
Uruguay has set the price for pot at less than a dollar a gram, as it lays out rules for the government-regulated sale of marijuana in a daring, closely watched social experiment.
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Venezuela to crush cars, bikes to build houses
Venezuela said on Tuesday it would start crushing abandoned cars and bicycles to provide raw materials for housing construction and supplement drastically reduced amounts of local steel. "We have sent 10,485 automobiles, 9,651 motorbikes and 539 bicycles to the national steel industry," Maria Martinez, a deputy justice minister, said during a visit to an abandoned car deposit outside Caracas.
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Why do people take ayahuasca?
British student Henry Miller, 19, died in Colombia after apparently consuming the traditional hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca, or yage. Emma Thelwell, who took the drug herself, explains why it has become a rite of passage for some backpackers.
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Ultra-cute newborn dolphin being hand-reared
This newborn La Plata Dolphin was found beached near Montevideo in Uruguay in South America in 2010 with her umbilical cord still attached. She was being taken care of by Richard who works at a the SOS Rescate Fauna Marina. Although La Plata Dolphins are technically from the river dolphin family they are the only ones that actually live in the ocean rather than fresh water.
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