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 Argentina |
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 IMF to accelerate $1.2 billion loan| $1.2 billion loan for Argentina and $15 billion line of emergency credit for Brazil | |
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 Peru |
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 Team to bring back Fujimori Peruvian governmentl set up a team to bring back the disgraced leader from exile in Japan
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| Aug.6 |
 Brazil |
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Novelist Jorge Amado dies| He was 88. Wrote 'Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands' and 'Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon' | |
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| Aug.7 |
 Bolivia |
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Bolivia's new president| Jorge Quiroga will take over after Hugo Banzer, who resigned because cancer | |
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 Australia |
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Consulate standoff ends peacefully 5-hour standoff between armed police and protesters at the Colombian consulate. Protesters gave themselves up
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 Colombia |
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Pastrana cuts off talks with rebels President suspended peace talks with ELN after disagreements over terms for the negotiations
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| Aug.13 |
Colombia |
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3 IRA members held  Men were arrested at Bogota International Airport for helping train Colombian guerrillas
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| Aug.14 |
 Venezuela |
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 Venezuela, Uruguay, 2-0 Venezuela diminish Uruguay's chances to advance to the 2002 World Cup. Moran and Rondon scored
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| Aug.15 |
 Ecuador |
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Argentina, Ecuador, 2-0
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Brazil |
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Brazil outlasted Paraguay 2-0 Brazil win its first World Cup qualifier in 9 months. Paraiba and Rivaldo did the scoring
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| Aug.16 |
Argentina |
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Balloonist halfway around the world Steve Fossett is 12,500 miles from his Australian starting point heading toward Brazil
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| Aug.17 |
Brazil |
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U.S. Solo Balloonist Lands| Millionaire Steve Fossett set balloon down ending his 5th round-the-world attempt | |
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| Aug.18 |
 Chile |
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Latin American summit back Argentina Leaders at 2-day annual Group of Rio appeal to Bush to back IMF aid to Argentina
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| Aug.21 |
Colombia |
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 Colombia charges IRA members 3 men associated with the Irish Republican Army were charged with training FARC rebels
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| Aug.22 |
Brazil |
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To break patent for AIDS drug Government decided to make the drug nelfinavir despite the patent held by the pharmaceutical giant Roche
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| Aug.23 |
Peru |
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Compensation for 1991 massacre $3.3 million to be paid to 4 survivors and the relatives of 15 people killed by a state-sponsored death squad
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| Aug.24 |
Colombia |
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Powerful bomb explodes in Medellin A blast in an upper-class residential neighborhood injured 10 people and partially damaged 100 homes
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Colombia |
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Colombia arrest 4th Irish man 48-years-old was arrested at a roadblock outside the rebel-controlled zone
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| Aug.25 |
Colombia |
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Huge drugs cash haul Map of Bogota Colombia $35m in cash from 2 apartments in Bogota was one of the largest seizures of drug money ever
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| Aug.28 |
Peru |
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Congress formally accuses Fujimori Constitutional accusation charged former Pr sident with homicide and forced disappearances
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