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  Venezuelan president set to run for re-election in 2018 vote

  Reuters | Updated at 11:20am on January 24, 2018

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro looked sure to stand for re-election in a presidential vote due by the end of April where the ruling Socialists hope...

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  Landslide pushes Colombian bus into ravine, killing at least 13

  Reuters | Updated at 09:19am on January 22, 2018

  At least 13 people, including a newborn, were killed on Sunday when a landslide pushed a bus into a ravine in southwest Colombia, the disaster...

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  Colombian army helicopter crash kills 10

  Reuters | Updated at 11:18am on January 17, 2018

  Ten people were killed when a Colombian army helicopter crashed near the town of Segovia, in northern Antioquia province, on...

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  Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits 124 km near Puquio of Peru

  reu | Updated at 03:39pm on January 14, 2018

  Reuters An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck about 124 km southwest of Puquio, Peru, on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.

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  Ecuador gives Assange citizenship

  Reuters | Updated at 12:10pm on January 12, 2018

  Ecuador has given citizenship to Julian Assange as part of its efforts to allow the WikiLeaks founder to leave the country’s London embassy where...

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  48 dead after bus careens off cliff in Peru

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 09:35am on January 03, 2018

  At least 36 people were killed in Peru on Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply...

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  Nine dead in latest outbreak of Brazilian prison violence

  Reuters | Updated at 10:35am on January 02, 2018

  Nine inmates were killed, 14 were injured, and dozens escaped in a prison riot on Monday, national news media reported, in the latest example of...

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  Argentine port blast kills one, injures others

  Reuters | Updated at 11:37am on December 28, 2017

  An explosion at a grains terminal in Argentina owned by China's COFCO International on Wednesday killed one employee, injured others and affected shipping activities from...

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  Clashes in Lima as thousands protest former president Fujimori pardon

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 12:50pm on December 26, 2017

  Peruvian police on Monday fired teargas and clashed with protesters marching against the pardon of ailing former president Alberto Fujimori, who...

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  Argentina navy chief sacked over submarine tragedy

  Agence France-Presse | Updated at 10:15am on December 17, 2017

  Argentina dismissed its naval chief on Saturday, the most high-profile officer to be fired a month after a submarine went missing with 44 crew members...