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Ecuador: gov retreats on closure of press watchdog
Ecuador's government dropped moves to shut the country's press watchdog after revelations that public funds were used to purge the Internet of critical material.
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Peru: new violence over La Oroya metal complex
Campesinos on a cross-country march to demand a clean-up of Peru's massively polluted Oroya metal-smelting complex were attacked by the National Police.
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Bolivia: amendment on term limits advances
A Bolivian legislative committee approved a constitutional amendment allowing President Evo Morales to run for a fourth consecutive term in office.
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World Court may hear Bolivia case on ocean access
The International Court of Justice ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the case between Bolivia and Chile regarding land-locked Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean.
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Colombia: worst drought in recorded history
Colombia is suffering the worst drought and forest fires in its history, partially due to weather phenomenon El Niño, with water rationing instated across the country.
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Colombia accord to include trials for rights abuses
Colombia's government and the FARC rebels announced a six-month deadline for a peace deal, including establishment of a special justice system to try human rights abusers.
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Ecuador: protesters remobilize in Quito
Indigenous and labor protesters again marched on Quito, now demanding release of "political prisoners" detained in last month's nation-wide demonstrations.
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Peru: protests as US military forces arrive
Angry protesters took to the streets of Lima as 3,000 US troops arrived in Peru for an anti-drug "training mission" in the country's coca-growing jungle zones.
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Ecuador shuts down free-speech organization
Ecuador's Secretary of Communications officially informed free-speech advocacy organization Fundamedios that it is being dissoved for promoting "indisputably political" material.
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Paramilitarism in Venezuela-Colombian border crisis
Venezuela closed the Colombian border and declared a state of emergency along the frontier, accusing Bogotá of allowing the infiltration of right-wing paramilitaries.
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Bolivia: Potosí mine at issue in regional strike
Protesters cut off access to the Bolivian mining city of Potosí for almost a month in a dispute with the central government over development and investment in the remote region.
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Ecuador: UN expresses concern on repression
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz expressed urgent concern over ongoing violence against protesters by security forces in Ecuador.