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  Venezuela opposition leader calls for protests

  Agence-France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 10:14pm on January 08, 2020

  Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido called Tuesday for three days of protests against president Nicolas Maduro, hours after he was sworn in for another term...

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  Australian bushfire smoke seen in Chile, Argentina

  Agence France-Presse . Santiago | Updated at 03:59pm on January 07, 2020

  The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted more than 12,000 km away in Chile and Argentina, weather authorities in...

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  Guaido, his rival both claim to be Venezuela’s parliament speaker

  Agence-France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 11:54pm on January 06, 2020

  Opposition leader Juan Guaido and a rival lawmaker, Luis Parra, both claimed to be Venezuela’s parliament speaker on Sunday following two separate votes and accusations...

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  Venezuela’s Guaido eyes second chance after trying ‘everything’

  Agence-France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 11:27pm on January 05, 2020

  Juan Guaido ‘tried everything’ in 2019 to force Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro from power, to no avail. Yet the 36-year-old opposition leader has vowed to...

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  10 dead in prison riot in Venezuela

  Agence France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 11:27pm on January 01, 2020

  Gang fighting at a jail in Venezuela left at least 10 inmates dead, an NGO reported Tuesday. At least four grenades were detonated in clashes...

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  Bolivia slams Spain for allegedly ‘trampling’ its sovereignty

  Agence France-Presse . La Paz | Updated at 03:38pm on December 28, 2019

  Bolivia on Friday slammed its former colonial ruler Spain for allegedly ‘trampling’ its sovereignty in a deepening diplomatic row...

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  Violent clashes in new round of Chile protests

  Agence France-Presse . Santiago | Updated at 03:31pm on December 28, 2019

  Thousands of protesters clashed with police Friday in Santiago in a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations that erupted more than two months ago in Chile....

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  Peruvian McDonald’s fined $250,000 after employees die

  Agence France-Presse. Lima | Updated at 12:34pm on December 27, 2019

  Peruvian authorities on Thursday fined the local owner of a McDonald’s franchise $250,000 for serious safety violations after two employees were electrocuted to death. Two...

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  Families homeless at Christmas after forest fire in Chilean port

  Agence-France-Presse. Chile | Updated at 11:16pm on December 26, 2019

  Dozens of families found themselves homeless over Christmas after a forest fire in the Chilean tourist port city of Valparaiso burned through two hillside neighbourhoods....

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  Morales claims United States orchestrated ‘coup’ to tap Bolivia’s lithium

  Agence-France-Presse . Buenos Aires | Updated at 10:50pm on December 25, 2019

  Former Bolivia president Evo Morales said on Tuesday that he was forced from office by a United States-backed coup d’etat aimed at gaining access to...