Chile on Sunday voted heavily in a referendum to change its dictatorial-era constitution, initiating a process that would make the political landscape in one of Latin America’s wealthiest countries a social landscape …
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Chile’s 40-year-old, dictatorial-era constitution divides citizens into those who credit the Charter with laying the foundation for strong economic growth, and those who criticize it for undermining efforts to improve social conditions. …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – Venezuela’s opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, a former political prisoner and key leader in the movement to overthrow the authoritarian regime of President Nicolas Maduro, has fled to Venezuela, top …
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Protesters in the Chilean capital looted two churches, looted shops and clashed with police under the guise of violence during a week before a referendum on whether to dig up the dictatorship-era …
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Mexico’s former defense minister, Mexico’s former defense minister, was arrested on Thursday by US officials at the request of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Mexican officials said, the latest in a string of …
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The São Paulo-Covid-19 epidemic devastated Latin America, killing more than 300,000 people, erasing years of social and economic benefits, and bringing millions back to poverty. But from Mexico to Brazil, recent new …
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Ana Nunez, a 62-year-old retired municipal worker in western Venezuela, says her food often consists of some corn flour pancakes, known as arps. Even when he had money to buy groceries at …
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