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Union Support Slips for Peru Mining StrikeThursday, July 03, 2008 8:26:00 PM LIMA—Union support sank for Peru's nationwide mining strike on Thursday, while workers from other mines said the walkout would go on until Congress passed a bill to give them a bigger slice of cor ... Full Story
Striking Peruvian Miners to March on CongressThursday, July 03, 2008 8:12:00 PM LIMA—Workers at Peru's third-largest copper pit threw their weight behind a nationwide strike that entered its fourth day Thursday, as miners prepared to march on Congress to demand a bigger slice ... Full Story
Colombia Rescues Betancourt, 3 U.S. HostagesThursday, July 03, 2008 8:01:00 AM BOGOTA—Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. hostages held for years by guerrillas were rescued on Wednesday after soldiers posing as aid workers duped their captors into putting them ... Full Story
Peru President Asks Bolivian Leader to 'Shut Up'Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:19:00 PM Peruvian President Alan Garcia would like to tell his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales to "shut up" and said Tuesday that Morales should stop interfering in Peru's internal affairs. Full Story
Double Life Term for Pinochet Secret Police ChiefMonday, June 30, 2008 8:32:00 PM SANTIAGO—A Chilean judge on Monday added two life terms to the jail time of Augusto Pinochet's secret police chief for the murder of a former army chief and his wife in Argentina, the toughest pen ... Full Story
Colombia Polarized by Uribe's Battle With CourtsMonday, June 30, 2008 8:12:00 AM Colombian President Alvaro Uribe deepened his feud with the courts on Monday by going ahead with plans for a referendum aimed at rerunning the 2006 election in which he won a second term. Full Story
Brazil Truckers Begin Strike Over Fuel PricesWednesday, June 25, 2008 8:15:00 PM SAO PAULO—Truckers across Brazil started an open-ended strike on Wednesday, protesting high fuel prices and a proposed ban on trucks in Sao Paulo during peak hours to ease the business capital's g ... Full Story
Ecuador Assembly Head Quits in Constitution RiftMonday, June 23, 2008 8:05:00 PM QUITO—The head of the assembly that is rewriting Ecuador's constitution offered to resign Monday, exposing a rift in the leftist government as it seeks to overhaul institutions to bolster the pres ... Full Story
Food Shortages Worsen Amid Argentine Farm StrikeThursday, June 19, 2008 8:07:00 PM Food shortages at Buenos Aires grocery stores deepened on Thursday as farmers kept up a protest over soy export taxes that has sparked a political crisis for President Cristina Fernandez. Full Story
Ranchers Vow to Fight Bolivian Land Seizure PlansWednesday, June 18, 2008 8:06:00 PM Wealthy cattle ranchers in Bolivia's steamy lowlands are getting ready to fight the leftist government's drive to seize large land holdings and redistribute them among poor Indians. Full Story
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