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Opposition takes lead over US ally in Honduras vote
Nov 27, 2017 12:08A left-right coalition led by a flamboyant TV host took a surprise lead in the Honduran presidential election, initial results showed on Monday, upsetting forecasts that the crime-fighting, US allied incumbent would comfortably win.
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Peruvian police clash with school teachers rallying for wage hikes
Aug 24, 2017 13:11Peruvian riot police have clashed with protesting teachers and education workers who have been on strike to demanding wage increase for over the past two months.
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US to experience ‘15 Vietnams’ in potential war with Venezuela: FM
Aug 13, 2017 08:01The Venezuelan foreign minister says the United States, which has threatened Venezuela with military action, would experience 15 times as many difficulties as it suffered in the Vietnam War.
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Peru’s Congress votes to dismiss finance minister
Jun 22, 2017 07:34Peru's Congress has dismissed the finance minister following revelations that he allegedly asked the comptroller to green light a controversial project, a fresh blow to centrist President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and his efforts to jumpstart the faltering economy.
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Peru airlifting citizens stranded by fatal floods
Mar 22, 2017 12:07Peru's Air Force has mobilized its planes to airlift thousands of citizens from flood-ravaged areas as the death toll from the natural tragedy rises.
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Thousands of women rally against violence in Latin America
Mar 09, 2017 16:28Thousands of women in Latin American countries have flocked to the streets in capital cities on International Women’s Day, calling for an end to sexual harassment and violence.
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Blaze kills 21 girls in children’s shelter in Guatemala
Mar 09, 2017 09:42At least 21 underage girls have lost their lives and more than 40 others sustained injuries in a overnight fire that broke out in an overcrowded shelter for children and adolescents in Guatemala, officials say.
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Protest rallies in Europe, Latin America slam violence against women
Nov 26, 2016 15:00Thousands of demonstrators have marched through the streets of Madrid to denounce violence against women, with similar rallies held in France and Latin America countries.
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Earl approaching Belize, 100s evacuated
Aug 04, 2016 13:47Hundreds of people have been evacuated in Belize as the tropical storm Earl, now upgraded to a hurricane, is heading for landfall in the Caribbean country.