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| May.1 |
 Bolivia |
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Bolivian leader expels US aid agency Bolivian President Evo Morales has said he will expel the US Agency for International Development (USAID)
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| May.3 |
 Venezuela |
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Maduro alleges Colombia assassination plot Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused former Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe of plotting to assassinate him
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| May.4 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
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Brazilian team in 'Taliban' row Fluminense has asked its supporters and players to abandon an internet campaign encouraging them to pose as Taliban fighters and post the photos...
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| May.5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Shock over latest Brazil bus rape| Police are looking for a man who raped a woman on a moving bus. Armed man ranwere abusing the woman for 30 minutes and robbing other passengers | |
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| May.8 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Brazil helicopter crashes near Sugarloaf Mountain  A helicopter carrying five tourists crashed as it approached a landing pad near Sugarloaf Mountain, and the pilot and 5 passengers escaped i...
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| May.16 |
Venezuela |
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Venezuela to import 50M rolls of toilet pape| Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, the embattled socialist government says it will import 50 million rolls to boost supplies | |
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| May.17 |
 Argentina |
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Argentine 'Dirty War' leader dies Former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity
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| May.20 |
 Chile |
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 Powerful earthquake hits off Chilean coast Map of Puerto Aisen Chile A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattled the coast of southern Chile
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Bolivia |
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Bolivia law backs Morales third term Bolivia has passed a controversial law which paves the way for President Evo Morales to be elected for a third time
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| May.22 |
Venezuela |
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Venezuela ends toilet paper shortage Venezuela's National Assembly has backed plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage
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| May.23 |
 Ecuador |
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Ecuador satellite space crash fears The Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from its satellite after it crashed in space into debris from an old rocket
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| May.26 |
 Colombia |
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 FARC agrees Colombia land reform The government of Colombia and left-wing Farc rebels have agreed on land reform, after more than six months of peace talks
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| May.27 |
Chile |
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Chile issues red alert over Copahue volcano Map of Copahue Chile Chile has issued a red alert for the Copahue volcano on the border with Argentina that has become increasingly active
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Caribbean |
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Uruguay athlete drowns in Cayman swim race 41-year-old Pablo Jose Perez Larza, a member of Special Olympics swim team has drowned during a competition in the waters off a popular beac...
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| May.28 |
Venezuela |
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2 U.S. officials shot in Venezuela nightclub Map of Caracas Venezuela| Two U.S. military officials who work at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, were wounded in a shooting early Tuesday, U.S. officials said | |
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| May.29 |
Argentina |
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 Iran in 'Latin America terror plot'| An Argentine prosecutor has accused Iran of trying to infiltrate countries in Latin America to sponsor and carry out 'terrorist activities' | |
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| May.30 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Doubts over Brazil-England friendly  England's friendly with Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday has been suspended over safety concerns at the recently renovated Maracana stadiu...
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Amazon |
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Rainforest deforestation leads to seed shrinkage| The destruction of tropical rainforests is having an even greater impact on the environment than was previously thought, a study suggests | |
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