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Venezuela: anti-impunity activist assassinated
Mijail Martinez, an activist with the Victims’ Committee Against Impunity in Venezuela’s Lara state (CVCI-Lara), was assassinated in a drive-by shooting at his home.
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Afro-Peruvians receive official apology —but no reparations
Peru officially apologized to its citizens of African descent for centuries of “abuse, exclusion and discrimination.” But the apology does not refer to slavery or state plans for reparations.
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Venezuela arrests one terrorist, praises another
Magaly Janeth Moreno Vega AKA “La Perla,” wanted by Interpol as a leader of the Colombian paramilitaries, was arrested by Venezuelan authorities—as Hugo Chávez hailed Carlos the Jackal.
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Aymara leader Walter Aduviri was elected governor of Peru's Puno region—just two days after the country's Supreme Court declared void a seven-year prison term against him for "disturbing public order" during a 2011 protest wave in which he was the principal leader. Aduviri had carried out his campaign from hiding, and only emerged from clandestinity with announcement of the high court ruling. He will now face a new trial on the charges related to the so-called "Aymarazo"—an Aymara uprising against an unpopular mineral development project, which was ultimately suspended. His Mi Casita Movement for Regional Integration and Development won 48% of the vote in the race, ahead of the other candidates. It also took several municipal races in Puno region. (Photo: Diario Uno)
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Peruvian police peddle “pishtaco” paranoia
The Pishtaco, a bogeyman from Peruvian folklore, stepped into the light of day with arrest of a gang in Huánuco that reportedly kills victims to sell their fat on an international black market.
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Tensions rise as Venezuela blows up footbridges on Colombian border
The governments of Colombia and Venezuela traded angry words again following the bombing of two footbridges connecting the two countries by Venezuelan guardsmen.
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Colombia: secret police agent gets mobbed, guerilla suspect “unarrested”
A mob overpowered agents of Colombia’s secret police as they tried to arrest a guerilla suspect in Cali. The suspect, who the government says posed as a human rights activist, escaped.
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Colombia, Venezuela in new border incident as tensions mount
Colombia deported four Venezuelan National Guards allegedly detained on Colombian territory, as Hugo Chávez charged Barack Obama with conspiring to invade his country “utilizing Colombia.”
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Venezuelan blackouts: corporate media gloat —Chávez ignores lessons?
The New York Times portrays the Venezuelan energy crisis as a result of Hugo Chávez’s nationalizations—as the Inter-American Development Bank funds a disastrous hydro-power complex.
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Evo Morales: US has military designs on Bolivia’s hydrocarbons
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 199th anniversary of the Bolivian army, President Evo Morales warned that the US has designs on the country’s resources—naming gas, iron and lithium.
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Colombia: Cauca militarized after deadly FARC attack
Colombian authorities have ordered 2,500 army troops to reinforce security in southwestern Cauca department after nine soldiers were killed in a surprise attack by FARC guerillas.
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Venezuela: Chávez faces off with governor of militarized Táchira
Gov. CĂ©sar PĂ©rez of the Venezuelan border state of Táchira accused President Hugo Chávez of protecting Colombian guerillas that operate on his state’s territory—and disarming his police.