Baby found floating in lake is 'doing great' 2006-01-31 03:12:18
Doctors have released a two-month-old girl from a Rio de Janeiro hospital "in perfect health", two days after she was found in a black plastic bag floating in a lake in south-eastern Brazil.Full Story...
World forum makes call for global protests 2006-01-30 00:22:33
The World Social Forum in Caracas - billed as an alternative to the World Economic Forum in Davos - has closed with calls for worldwide protests against war and imperialism.Full Story...
Crash at sea splits ship in half 2006-01-27 11:37:49
Twenty-two crew members had to be rescued after a container ship and cargo vessel collided in heavy fog near the Peruvian port of Callao.Full Story...
Mexican leftist attacks US border fence plan 2006-01-27 00:38:33
Mexico's leftist presidential front-runner has attacked Washington's plans to build a high-security border fence that aims to crack down on illegal immigration.Full Story...
Non-Aligned troika get set for summit 2006-01-27 01:02:45
Hermanus is best known for its whale-watching. But if you go down to the resort town this week, you're likely to spot a Non-Aligned Movement heavyweight from Cuba, South Africa or Malaysia, preparing for an upcoming summit.Full Story...
Cybersurfers say 'Viva Bolivia' in style 2006-01-27 03:01:10
Newly elected Bolivian president Evo Morales is not a suit-and-tie man, preferring to maintain his own informal style. And people in more than 20 countries like that style so much that they are buying replicas of his alpaca sweater.Full Story...
Pinochet's daughter seeks US asylum 2006-01-25 23:57:41
The eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has asked the United States to grant her political asylum after she fled tax charges in Chile, Chilean officials have said.Full Story...
More bark than bite in Year of the Dog? 2006-01-24 00:48:05
Be on the lookout for diseases involving livestock or lungs this year, especially coming from the west. Drought and fires could be a problem this year as well, Chinese soothsayers say.Full Story...
Chilean dictator's wife arrested for fraud 2006-01-23 11:55:47
The wife and five children of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet have been arrested for tax evasion and fraud charges as part of an investigation into secret, multi-million-dollar bank accounts.Full Story...
Bus crash kills 33 in Brazil 2006-01-23 07:36:48
Thirty-three people have died and 21 have been injured after a collision involving two buses in Brazil's Sao Paulo state.Full Story...
Morales vows deep reform in Bolivia 2006-01-23 03:11:46
Evo Morales has been sworn in as Bolivia's first indigenous president, vowing to end "500 years of discrimination".Full Story...
Maverick Morales prepares for presidency 2006-01-22 10:38:24
In a ceremony packed with political symbolism, Evo Morales has been crowned as supreme chief by Bolivia's Andean Indians, as world leaders gather to witness his presidential inauguration.Full Story...
Truck crash kills almost 40 in Bolivia 2006-01-20 00:36:23
Poor visibility and a slippery road surface may have been the reason for a truck - carrying thirty-seven people - slipping and plunging into a ravine in southern Bolivia.Full Story...
Pinochet stripped of his books 2006-01-19 01:33:35
Ailing Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet now has nothing to read: a judge has ordered that his book collection be seized.Full Story...
Bachelet vows to make half her cabinet women 2006-01-16 23:44:20
President-elect Michelle Bachelet, who has come to symbolise Chile's reconciliation after 17 years of dictatorship, has pledged to give all Chileans a voice.Full Story...
Chile elects its first woman president 2006-01-16 03:18:45
Socialist Michelle Bachelet has been chosen as Chile's first woman president - making her only the second woman elected to head a South American state.Full Story...
Morales thanks SA for 'strong support' 2006-01-12 01:49:04
South Africa and Bolivia have established formal bilateral relations after Bolivia's controversial socialist President-elect Evo Morales' meeting with President Thabo Mbeki. Morales is in the country to learn from SA's experience of nation building, reconciliation and political transformation.Full Story...
Bolivian president-elect visits South Africa 2006-01-10 10:31:01
Bolivian President-Elect Evo Morales has arrived in South Africa on an international tour that already has taken him to Europe and China.Full Story...
Brazil intends to keep command of peace ops 2006-01-10 06:14:42
Brazilian Vice-President Jose Alencar has said that the country wants to remain at the helm of United Nations peacekeeping operations in Haiti, despite the apparent suicide of the force's Brazilian commander.Full Story...
Haitians strike to demand end to violence 2006-01-09 10:11:07
Haitian business leaders have led a general strike backed by politicians to urge the United Nations stabilisation mission to restore security in the violence-wracked Caribbean country.Full Story...
Mayan rebel leader leaves on poverty campaign 2006-01-04 01:01:34
Thousands of Maya Indians greeted Mexican rebel icon Subcomandante Marcos near the jungle ruins of Palenque, as he left on a national tour to every state urging leftist groups to join a broad anti-capitalist front that aims to influence politics.Full Story...
UN arrests Haiti presidential candidate 2006-01-03 01:40:55
United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti have detained Dany Toussaint, a candidate in the coming presidential elections, for alleged possession of illegal weapons.Full Story...
Morales, Castro plan to eliminate illiteracy 2005-12-31 01:26:28
Bolivian President-Elect Evo Morales and his Cuban counterpart Fidel Castro have announced a plan to wipe out illiteracy in Bolivia and offer
thousands of university scholarships in Cuba each year.Full Story...
Mystery Amazon illness strikes in Peru 2005-12-30 02:11:13
Eight indigenous Peruvians have died from a mysterious disease in the country's remote northern jungle, doctors said.Full Story...
Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike doubles 2005-12-30 01:29:40
The number of detainees on a hunger strike at the US military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay has doubled to 84, according to officials.Full Story...
Rio to preserve African slaves' burial ground 2005-12-29 05:19:44
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's capital city, is planning to preserve a historic African slave burial site as a rare window into Brazil's colonial past - and one of the darkest pages of its history.Full Story...
Brazil hostages released after prison drama 2005-12-29 02:03:59
A four-day uprising at a prison in Brazil's remote Amazon jungle has ended after authorities met the demands of the inmates who had held 207 people captive.Full Story...
Woman fights lonely battle in Haiti elections 2005-12-27 06:39:07
Judie Roy believes that the face of poverty in Haiti is female, which is why she's fighting to spur change in a country dominated by men.Full Story...
Brazil rocked by bomb explosion 2005-12-24 02:58:21
A homemade bomb exploded on a street crowded with Christmas shoppers in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo, injuring 12 people, authorities said.Full Story...
Chavez praises Fox after insult 2005-12-22 01:34:43
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has backed out of a war of words with his Mexican counterpart Vicente Fox.Full Story...
Morales pledges to control coca production 2005-12-21 01:10:13
The future president of Bolivia Evo Morales has vowed to keep controls on coca, but says he will study expanding the area where it can be legally grown.Full Story...
Morales claims victory in Bolivian election 2005-12-19 01:19:29
Bolivian presidential election front-runner Evo Morales, who vowed to be a "nightmare for the US", has claimed victory in national elections.Full Story...
'My party is a nightmare for the US' 2005-12-16 00:13:52
A leftist lawmaker and strident critic of the United States, who is leading Bolivia's presidential race, has closed his campaign by saying his movement is "a nightmare for the United States".Full Story...
Callgirl's tale of tricks a bestseller 2005-12-14 03:05:17
Raquel Pacheco, or better known to her former clients in São Paulo as Bruna the Surfer Girl, has written a book which is part diary, part blog and even offers how-to tips for readers looking to spice up their sex lives.Full Story...
Anti-Chavez union boss jailed in Venezuela 2005-12-14 02:24:03
A Venezuelan labour leader who organised a strike against President Hugo Chavez three years ago has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison after a trial critics said amounted to political persecution.Full Story...
Colombia offers concession to rebels 2005-12-14 02:16:12
President Alvaro Uribe has offered to withdraw troops from a small mountain town in order to negotiate with Marxist rebels for the freedom of more than 60 hostages.Full Story...
Police dogs get their own graveyard 2005-12-13 03:39:11
Police dogs who die in the line of fire in the Mexican city of Chihuahua will reportedly be buried in their own cemetery.Full Story...
Socialist Bachelet faces runoff after poll 2005-12-12 00:06:09
Socialist Michelle Bachelet, who aims to be Chile's first woman president, will face a united right wing in a runoff after failing to win more than 50 percent of the vote in an election.Full Story...
Woman from Ecuador is world's oldest person 2005-12-09 12:33:05
At 116, Maria Esther Capovilla is in good health and can walk without a stick. And she says that in her day, women merely touched the rim of a wine glass with their lips, they never drank...Full Story...
Colombia and ELN rebels to open peace talks 2005-12-06 07:48:07
President Alvaro Uribe's government and a commander of Colombia's second biggest rebel group will hold their first talks aimed at ending the group's decades-old war on the state.Full Story...
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