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Morales reinstates Bolivian gas subsidies thumbnail

Morales reinstates Bolivian gas subsidies

Bolivian President Evo Morales has reinstated subsidies on petroleum products after protests over higher fuel prices, the state-run news agency ABI reported Friday.
U.N., Colombia step up flood relief efforts thumbnail

U.N., Colombia step up flood relief efforts

The Colombian government plans to use lands seized from drug traffickers to relocate victims of massive flooding and the United Nations is beefing up emergency measures in what has been called the South American nation’s worst natural disaster ever.
New year ushers in a first for Brazil — a female president thumbnail

New year ushers in a first for Brazil — a female president

She is coming to power holding the hand of a powerful man. Replacing Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president
Ending fuel subsidies cuts Bolivia’s losses, president says thumbnail

Ending fuel subsidies cuts Bolivia’s losses, president says

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday defended his decision to end fuel subsidies, a move that caused gasoline and diesel prices to spike and led to protests in major cities since it was announced over the weekend.
Latin America in 2011: Year of the female politician thumbnail

Latin America in 2011: Year of the female politician

The New Year will be big for female politicians in Latin America.
Former Venezuelan president to be buried in homeland thumbnail

Former Venezuelan president to be buried in homeland

A tug-of-war over the body of a former Venezuelan president was avoided Wednesday night when feuding sides of Carlos Andres Perez’s family agreed for him to be buried in his homeland.
Inuit lives and diets change as ice shifts thumbnail

Inuit lives and diets change as ice shifts

Climate change is altering diets and lifestyles among Inuit people, according to a scientist who has studied the human face of global warming in the Arctic.
No injuries in Argentina bomb blast thumbnail

No injuries in Argentina bomb blast

A bomb exploded at the Greek Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Thursday, the state-run Telam news agency reported, citing federal police. No one was injured in the blast.
Last police agent missing in Mexican border town thumbnail

Last police agent missing in Mexican border town

The last agent on the police force in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe is missing, a government official said Wednesday.
Bolivian president seeks support for fuel price increase thumbnail

Bolivian president seeks support for fuel price increase

President Evo Morales sought Wednesday to drum up support for his move over the weekend to end subsidies on the

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