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Peru: prison for regional leader who opposed mine
Gregorio Santos, regional president of Cajamarca in northern Peru who opposed the US-backed Conga mine project, was ordered under "preventative" detention.
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Colombia to get truth commission
In the ongoing peace talks in Havana, Colombia's government and the FARC rebels agreed to a truth commission to addresses the deaths of thousands in five decades of conflict.
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Colombia: FARC renounce narco-profits
Colombia's government and the FARC guerillas announced an agreement, entitled "Solution to the Problem of Illicit Drugs," in which they pledge to work together agianst the narco trade.
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Colombia: left parties throw support behind Santos
Two leftist parties in Colombia, the Patriotic March and Patriotic Union, are supporting the re-election bid of President Juan Manuel Santos, citing his dialogue with the FARC rebels.
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Colombia: protest, rebel attacks depress oil output
Colombian crude production sank to a 20-month low of 935,000 barrels per day as guerilla attacks and protests by impacted indigenous communities curbed output.
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Ecuador issues arrest warrant for former president
Authorities in Ecuador issued an arrest warrant for former president Jamil Mahuad, who was brought down in an uprising after imposing "dollarization" of the country's economy.
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Peru: OAS rights body rules in Conga case
The Organization of American States rights commission ordered Peru's government to protect local residents facing threats over their opposition to the Conga mining project.
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Ecuador: face-off in Intag Valley mining dispute
Hundreds of police troops occupied Ecuador's Intag Valley, backing up a team sent to carry out an impact study for the Junín mining project—over the protests of local campesinos.
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May Day mining disaster in Colombia
An unknown number of miners—perhaps as many as 40—were buried alive as an illegal gold mine collapsed at El Palmar, in Colombia's southern region of Cauca.
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Colombia: agrarian strike re-mobilizes
Colombian campesinos launched a new national strike, blocking key roads across several regions of the country to press demands including debt relief.
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Colombia: ‘terrorist’ attack on union headquarters
The offices of the Cali Municipal Workers Synidicate (Sintraemcali), located in the center of the Colombian industrial city, was attacked with hurled incendiary bombs.
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Colombia: pressure grows to expand drug decrim
An official from the capital district government of Bogotá called upon Colombia’s national government to open debate on broadening the policy of drug decriminalization.