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Bolivia inaugurates new gas pipeline to Argentina

Bolivia is to start delivering increased volumes of natural gas to Argentina though a new pipeline starting at the end of this month, in what leaders hailed as a key step in South America’s alternative integration.

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Peru: nuclear plant to replace Inambari hydro project?

Rolando Páucar of the Lima-based Institute for the Investigation of Energy and Development (IEDES) hailed Peru’s cancellation of the mega-scale Inambari hydro-electric plant, but called for development of nuclear power as an alternative.

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Peru: Puno protests resumed, government prepares dialogue

After a suspension to allow for presidential elections to take place in the Puno region, local Aymara activists announced that they will resume their strike civil strike indefinitely, and immediately erected roadblocks on the main highway to Bolivia.

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Afro-Colombian community leader assassinated in MedellĂ­n

Ana Fabricia CĂłrdoba, a leader of displaced Afro-Colombians seeking return of their usurped lands, was slain by an unidentified gunman on a city bus in MedellĂ­n. Her daughters received a phone threat that they would “end up the same way.”