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Chavez to leave for Cuba for more cancer surgery

10 December 2012, 17:16 PM

South America | Hugo Chavez is set to leave for Cuba to undergo new cancer surgery that the Venezuelan leftist president admitted was urgently needed to fight the deadly disease. Read more

Astronomers' startling find on planet formation

02 December 2012, 11:28 AM

South America | Astronomers are reporting a find that challenges traditional theories as to how rocky planets - such as Earth - are formed. Read more

Comment: US and China have a lot more in common than you think

21 November 2012, 17:39 PM

South America | Although the US and China are economic rivals, the newly elected Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, may have more in common with US President Barack Obama than we think, Argentinian newspaper Clarín reports.
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Spain holds cap out to former colonies

18 November 2012, 14:00 PM

South America | Spain has called on its fast-growing former Latin American colonies to invest in and trade with the crisis-hit former colonial power at a summit in the Spanish city of Cadiz. Read more

Pele recovering from hip surgery

14 November 2012, 11:41 AM

South America | Brazilian football legend Pele has undergone a successful hip operation in Sao Paulo and is set to leave hospital within the next day or two.
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Mexico's underwater museum

13 November 2012, 12:09 PM

South America | Pioneering sculptor Jason De Caires Taylor has come up with a unique way to divert divers from trouble spots in Mexico's popular Cancun holiday spot.

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UN seeks $39 million for Haiti aid after Sandy

13 November 2012, 8:00 AM

South America | The United Nations on Monday called for an extra $39 million (31 million euros) in aid to help Haiti recover from Hurricane Sandy's passage across the Caribbean last month that left dozens in the country dead and thousands homeless. Read more

Guatemala earthquake follows deadly tremor

12 November 2012, 9:54 AM

South America | A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Sunday, US seismologists said, just days after a tremor in the same area left 42 people dead. Read more

Biggest Guatemala Earthquake Since 1976

09 November 2012, 5:00 AM

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Fresh calls on Obama to enact immigration reform

08 November 2012, 16:12 PM

South America | Latin America was given little attention during the US presidential election but the region hopes President Barack Obama will look south now and tweak policies on Cuba, immigration and the drug war.
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Haiti faces food shortage after Sandy: UN

03 November 2012, 17:11 PM

South America | Impoverished Haiti, still recovering from the 2010 earthquake, now has a million-plus people who cannot get enough to eat because of damage from superstorm Sandy, the UN says. Read more

Chile's 'radio' probes origins of universe

28 October 2012, 9:26 AM

South America | Earth's largest radio telescope is growing more powerful by the day on a remote plateau high above Chile's Atacama desert. Read more

'Dead' Brazilian is surprise guest at his own wake

24 October 2012, 9:39 AM

South America | A Brazilian car washer has walked into his own wake, where his family was mistakenly mourning the loss of another person.
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A Colombian tribe fights mining multinationals with bows and arrows

14 October 2012, 5:00 AM

South America | In Colombia, streams and rivers, which the indigenous Wayúu consider sacred, have been polluted by the El Cerrejón mine. Read more

Chavez: South America's leftist provocateur

08 October 2012, 21:10 PM

South America | After 14 years in power in which he has survived a coup and a bout with cancer, the indefatigable Hugo Chavez can still whip adoring crowds into a frenzy while inspiring loathing in critics at home and abroad. Read more

Chavez victory brings cheers and tears

08 October 2012, 21:06 PM

South America | Hugo Chavez's supporters poured into the streets of Caracas, celebrating a new term for their socialist hero, while the mood was somber at the headquarters of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. Read more

Razing the slums - Evicting the poor to gentrify Rio for World Cup

08 October 2012, 15:00 PM

South America | Since October 2010, 354 families have been transferred to nearby public estates. For many, this was a dream come true. But for the 313 remaining families, it has been a nightmare, FOLHA DE S. PAULO reports.
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Why Venezuela's neighbours are hoping for a Chavez win

07 October 2012, 14:20 PM

South America | Most of Latin America is hoping for Hugo Chávez to stay in power.
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Meet Henrique Capriles, the man who may end Chavez's reign

07 October 2012, 14:05 PM

South America | Venezuela’s opposition selected Capriles as its candidate to face Hugo Chávez in the elections set to take place October 7. Read more

Is Uruguay's push to legalise pot about to go up in smoke?

04 October 2012, 15:00 PM

South America | Uruguayan President José 'Pepe' Mujica placed his country in the global drug-policy spotlight when he presented a bill earlier this year seeking to decriminalise marijuana. But will he be able to stick to the plan?
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