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Chile: Mapuche environmental activist dies
Chilean indigenous activist Nicolasa Quintreman apparently drowned after falling into the reservoir of the dam whose construction she protested for 10 years.
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SCOTUS rules for Daimler in Argentina rights case
The US Supreme Court ruled that DaimlerChrysler AG does not have to face suit in California for human rights violations by a subsidiary that took place in Argentina.
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Argentina: court suspends Monsanto construction
Local residents in the central Argentine province of Córdoba have won a suspension of the giant seed-drying plant Monsanto wants to build in their town.
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Chile: ‘Caravan of Death’ perps guilty of murder
A Chilean judge found eight former members of the military guilty of murder in the notorious 1973 "Caravan of Death" operation, responsible for the killings of nearly 100.
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Chilean anarchists to speak in New York City
Two Chilean anarchists, Gabriel and Pablo, are touring the US East Coast and will speak in New York City Jan. 25, on "Struggling to Win: Anarchists Building Popular Power in Chile."
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Argentina: anti-Monsanto protesters attacked
Using rocks and clubs, a group of supposed workers assaulted activists and local residents protesting plans to build a massive Monsanto facility in Córdoba, Argentina.
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Argentina: residents block Monsanto plant
As concern grows about the safety of its pesticides, Monsanto faces a militant small city that refuses to let the company build a massive facility there.
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Chile: four are sentenced for gay youth’s death
A Chilean court handed out stiff sentences for the killing of Daniel Zamudio, but homophobic violence continues.
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Paraguay pressed on indigenous land restitution
An Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling for restitution of usurped lands to a Paraguay indigenous community is going unenforced, Amnesty International charges.
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Chile: Barrick suspends Pascua Lama construction
As costs rise and gold prices fall, Barrick Gold is starting to reconsider its plan to build the world’s biggest gold mine 16,400 feet in the air.
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Brazil: protesters target oil auction, transit fare
The protests haven't stopped in Brazil. Hundreds tried to block the auction of a giant oilfield, and bus riders continued to demand free transit.
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Brazil: deadly prison riot sets off angry protests
At least 13 inmates were killed and some 30 injured in a clash between rival gangs at Pedrinhas prison in São Luis, in Brazil’s northeastern state of Maranhão.