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Chilean miners are free but what can their plight teach us about leadership?
Whilst we can as yet only speculate about the events that occurred 622 metres below ground, the whole episode surrounding the Chilean mining rescue operation can be a real lesson in leadership on many levels; quite literally.
Oct 15, 2010, 09:17
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Honduras vote winner calls for foreign recognition
The winner of Honduras' controversial election called on Latin American governments on Monday to recognize him as president-elect to help pull the country out of a deep political crisis since a coup.
Nov 30, 2009, 20:50
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In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures
The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers.
Nov 17, 2009, 11:57
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Venezuela's Chavez draws closer to Moscow
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cemented a closer alliance with Russia on Thursday, recognizing two pro-Russian rebel regions of Georgia as independent and securing arms supplies and loans in return.
Sep 10, 2009, 21:08
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Honduras isolated, Clinton to meet ousted leader
The United States on Monday condemned violence against protesters in Honduras and called for President Manuel Zelaya's reinstatement as the Central American country faced growing isolation over last week's coup.
Jul 6, 2009, 21:52
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Ecuador's victorious Correa faces economic trials
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has become the OPEC nation's most powerful leader in a generation with an easy re-election victory on Sunday, but must now deal with an economy weakened by shrunken oil revenues.
Apr 27, 2009, 22:36
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Ecuador captures FARC rebel wanted by U.S
Ecuadorean police have captured a Colombian FARC guerrilla commander wanted by Washington on charges he helped run rebel cocaine smuggling operations, authorities said on Wednesday.
Mar 11, 2009, 19:49
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Chavez: Vote to allow re-election may be Feb. 15
A referendum in Venezuela on whether President Hugo Chavez can run for re-election may be held on February 15, Chavez said, bringing forward the possible vote date as the economy deteriorates rapidly.
Dec 22, 2008, 16:36
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Venezuela's Chavez seeks reelection move "now"
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez launched a campaign on Monday to change the constitution so he can stay in office as long as he wins elections, a year after voters rejected the same proposal.
Dec 1, 2008, 20:17
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Opposition gains ground in Venezuela elections
Venezuela's growing opposition and President Hugo Chavez's left-wing party shared the spoils from weekend elections as they jostled for political momentum in the OPEC nation on Monday.
Nov 24, 2008, 19:55
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Kidnapped Colombian lawmaker escapes FARC rebels
A Colombian lawmaker kidnapped more than eight years ago by FARC guerrillas escaped through the jungles with one of his captors in another blow to Latin America's oldest insurgency, authorities said on Sunday.
Oct 26, 2008, 20:57
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Peru rebel group robs dynamite from U.S. miner
Suspected members of the Shining Path guerrilla group stole dynamite from a Peruvian mining camp of U.S.-based metals company Doe Run, government officials said on Wednesday, in the insurgency's third attack this month.
Oct 23, 2008, 01:03
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Thousands march against Garcia, corruption in Peru
Thousands of protesters denounced Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Tuesday, a day after his energy minister quit in a widening scandal over steering oil concessions to favored bidders.
Oct 7, 2008, 23:34
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South American leaders to meet on Bolivia crisis
Leaders from several South American nations will meet in New York this week to discuss resolving the political crisis in impoverished Bolivia, Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley said on Monday.
Sep 22, 2008, 22:28
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Passenger plane skids off runway in Ecuador
A plane carrying more than 60 people skidded off a runway and crashed through a brick perimeter wall before stopping near a busy road in Ecuador's capital on Monday, but no one was seriously hurt.
Sep 22, 2008, 22:25
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Brazil evangelicals seek drug gangs' lost souls
When Antonio Soares da Silva was still in the womb, a spirit-worshipper looked into his future and saw a drug dealer. His mother saw a man of God. Both turned out to be right.
Sep 15, 2008, 19:20
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Recall over, Bolivia eyes constitution vote
Confirmed in office in a landslide recall election vote, Bolivian President Evo Morales now plans to push through major constitutional reforms early next year that will further antagonize his rightist opponents.
Aug 11, 2008, 14:59
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Rich nations copy Venezuela's anti-gang music schools
Venezuela's youth orchestras and choirs have helped thousands of children resist thug life in some of South America's most violent slums, and now wealthy countries are lining up to emulate the system.
Jun 23, 2008, 16:30
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Venezuela says U.S. trying to spread violence
Venezuela on Tuesday accused the United States of trying to spread violence in the Andean region after a U.S. official said left-wing Colombian rebels were hiding in Venezuelan territory.
Jun 3, 2008, 22:44
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Nearly 100 held in Chile dictatorship abuse probe
Nearly 100 former Chilean soldiers and secret police from Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship were ordered detained on Monday in the biggest single mass arrest for abuses during the period, judicial sources said.
May 26, 2008, 18:24
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Erupting volcano prompts new evacuation in Chile
Chile prepared to evacuate another town in its remote Patagonian south on Monday, as ash spewed from a snowcapped volcano for a fourth day after its first eruption in thousands of years.
May 5, 2008, 22:40
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Raul Castro consolidates power in Cuba
Cuban President Raul Castro has reorganized the Communist Party's leadership and consolidated his power as he pushes through reforms two months after succeeding his ailing brother Fidel Castro.
Apr 29, 2008, 17:43
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Colombia's Uribe hit by another political scandal
A former member of Colombian Congress says she was offered illegal favors by the government to support a amendment that allowed President Alvaro Uribe to stand for re-election in 2006, a charge Uribe denied.
Apr 21, 2008, 16:06
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Ex-bishop wins Paraguay vote but may need to cut deals
A sandal-wearing former bishop's presidential election victory suggests Paraguay's democracy has matured, but after 61 years of one-party rule his political foes may dictate the pace of change.
Apr 21, 2008, 15:47
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Colombia intercepts Ecuadorean military helicopter
Colombia said on Monday authorities had intercepted an Ecuadorean military helicopter violating its airspace before it fled back over the frontier in the latest incident to test frayed ties between the neighbors.
Mar 31, 2008, 21:22
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Ecuador sues Colombia over anti-drug spraying
Ecuador said on Monday it had sued Colombia in international court over drug crop fumigation along its border in a move that could stoke tensions as the neighbors spar over a Colombian raid into Ecuador's territory.
Mar 31, 2008, 21:17
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Colombians take to streets in huge anti-FARC march
Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country and overseas on Monday in a massive protest against FARC guerrillas and their kidnapping of hostages held for years in hidden jungle camps.
Feb 5, 2008, 00:02
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6.3 quake hits northern Chile, no injuries reported
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Monday, near the city of Iquique, but there were no reports of injuries, emergency officials and local media said.
Feb 4, 2008, 23:23
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Brazil bike messengers want respect, threaten chaos
That's Sao Paulo's "motoboys", the army of motorcycle messengers who deliver the documents that keep Brazil's financial capital ticking, even if it means terrorizing other road-users.
Jan 21, 2008, 20:24
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Woman leads tight primary race in Paraguay
A former education minister seeking to become Paraguay's first female president held a narrow lead on Monday in a race for the ruling party's nomination, but final results were not expected until January.
Dec 17, 2007, 23:19
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Uruguayan ex-dictator arrested
A former Uruguayan dictator was arrested on Monday and charged with secretly transferring political prisoners who later disappeared and are presumed dead, a prosecutor said.
Dec 17, 2007, 23:00
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Brazil Indians release U.N. official, other hostages
Brazilian Indians released a United Nations official and four other people they were holding hostage on Tuesday after meeting with the head of the country's indigenous affairs agency, a government spokesman said.
Dec 11, 2007, 23:08
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Storm floods Puerto Rico, threatens Hispaniola
Subtropical Storm Olga knocked out power and caused widespread flooding in Puerto Rico on Tuesday and threatened the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with torrential downpours and mudslides.
Dec 11, 2007, 22:35
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Oldest synagogue in Americas draws tourists
Flanked by bustling cafes in downtown Recife on Brazil's northeastern coast is a little-known treasure of Jewish history in the New World -- the oldest synagogue in the Americas.
Nov 12, 2007, 13:36
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Argentina's first lady sweeps to presidency
First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will become Argentina's first elected woman leader, after easily winning a presidential vote largely centred on her husband's economic successes.
Oct 29, 2007, 13:56
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