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  Peruvian opposition leader released from jail

  Agence France-Presse . Lima | Updated at 02:22pm on November 30, 2019

  Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was released from prison Friday after spending 13 months in pre-trial detention in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction...

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  Thousands march in Colombia to keep pressure on Duque

  Agence-France-Presse . Colombia | Updated at 10:23pm on November 28, 2019

  Colombian unions marked their second general strike in a week on Wednesday as tens of thousands poured onto the streets in protest against the government...

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  Chilean police commit ‘serious human rights violations’: HRW

  Agence France-Presse . Santiago | Updated at 02:46pm on November 27, 2019

  Chile’s national police committed ‘serious human rights violations’ as weeks of violent demonstrations across the South American country claimed 25 lives, Human Rights Watch said...

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  Mexican protesters demand steps to curb violence against women

  Agence France-Presse . Mexico City | Updated at 01:49pm on November 26, 2019

  Demonstrators smashed windows, spray-painted monuments and clashed with riot police Monday on Mexico City’s main avenue to protest Mexican authorities’ failure to stop a spiral...

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  President Duque opens dialogue to calm down public rage

  Agence France-Presse . Bogota | Updated at 03:28pm on November 25, 2019

  Under-fire Colombian president Ivan Duque, the target of days of unprecedented anti-government protests, on Sunday opened a national dialogue aimed at assuaging popular anger...

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  Bolivia authorises new elections without Morales

  Agence France-Presse . La Paz, Bolivia | Updated at 02:19pm on November 24, 2019

  Bolivia’s Congress approved a bill Saturday that opens the door to new elections without ex-president Evo Morales, as the caretaker government met with protesters to...

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  Duque vows to reform policy following 3 deaths during protests

  Agence France-Presse . Bogota | Updated at 03:36pm on November 23, 2019

  Protesters picketed the home of Colombian president Ivan Duque on Friday, defying a curfew and the leader’s promises of a ‘national conversation’ on social policies...

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  Bolivia accuses Morales of ‘terrorism’

  Agence-France-Presse . Bolivia | Updated at 02:03pm on November 23, 2019

  Bolivia’s caretaker government on Friday filed a complaint accusing Evo Morales of ‘sedition and terrorism’ after the ex-president allegedly called on supporters to maintain blockades...

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  23 dead as violent unrest in Chile enters fifth week

  Agence-France-Presse . Santiago | Updated at 01:22pm on November 23, 2019

  The death toll from violent unrest in Chile rose to 23 on Friday as the country entered its fifth week of social unrest. Looting and...

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  European Union urges end to Iran protest violence

  Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 11:58pm on November 21, 2019

  The European Union on Thursday urged Iran to show ‘maximum restraint’ in handling protests that have rocked the country in recent days, leaving several people...