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World News tagged with South America

Why Ecuador and South America Despise the USA's "War on Drugs"
World  (tags: South America, ecuador, Drug war, usa )

Lone
- 66 days ago - naturalnews.com
The U.S. "War on Drugs" is despised by almost everyone except for those who benefit from it (the DEA, prison corporations, paramilitary contractors, etc.). In South America, the War on Drugs is especially disliked for many good reasons
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Venezuelan President Strengthens Relations With Libya, Algeria, and Syria on Tour
World  (tags: Venezuela, solidarity, international solidarity, anti-imperialism, global south, south-south cooperation, Latin America, South America, UNASUR, Union of South American Nations, Africa, African Union, Libya, Algeria, Syria, u.s., usa, US bases, troops )

Simon
- 78 days ago - venezuelanalysis.com
President Hugo Chavez compared the African Union's disapproval of the USA's military operations on the African continent through AFRICOM to the rejection of the increased U.S. military presence in Colombia by UNASUR (the Union of South American Nations).
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Taking on the Drug Cartels
World  (tags: world, mexico, south america, Sinaloa, Gulf, Tijuana, drugs, cartels, narco-terrorism, crime, death, marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, violence, war )

Tom
- 270 days ago - latimes.com
After law enforcement agencies broke up the Medellin and Cali cartels, Mexicans stepped in to fill the void. Today, Mexico's big three, the Sinaloa, Gulf and Tijuana cartels, control most of the sales of drugs to U.S. consumers from San Diego to Boston.
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The Amazonian Tribe That Hid From the Rest of the World Until Now - Americas, World - The Independent
World  (tags: South America, tribal people, humans, news )

Maryann
- 544 days ago - independent.co.uk
Three near-naked figures are visible in the forest clearing. Two of them are men, their bodies daubed with a red dye, and they are aiming their bows at the sky. A third figure appears to be a woman, her body blackened and only her pale hands and face betr
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Country Profile: Uruguay
World  (tags: Uruguay, South America, Democracy )

Ben
- 582 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Uruguay has traditionally been better off than many other countries in South America, and is known for its advanced education and social security systems and liberal laws governing social issues such as divorce.
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Rare Albino Alligators Stolen in Brazil
World  (tags: Albino, Alligators, Brazil, South America, wildlife, suffering, protection, sadness, investigation, humans, endangered, cruelty, animals, animalrights )

Joe
- 686 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
"Seven rare albino alligators recently disappeared from a Brazilian university zoo, and authorities suspect animal smugglers stole them." (First sentence of article).
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Caribbean - ROSEAU, Dominica
World  (tags: earthquakes, Caribbean, tremors, destruction, south america )

Thunderr
- 726 days ago - my.earthlink.net
A powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean Thursday.The 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck at 2 p.m.EST and was centered 26 miles southeast of Roseau, capital of Dominica.The tremor was felt hundreds of miles away in Puerto Rico to the west,Venezuela
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Country Profile: Brazil
World  (tags: South America, Brazil, The Amazon, Rain Forest )

Ben
- 783 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Brazil is South America's largest and most influential country and takes up almost half the continent. The economic giant is one of the world's biggest democracies. It includes much of the world's biggest rain forest around the Amazon, whose exploitati
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Country Profile: Ecuador
World  (tags: Ecuador, South America, Inca )

Ben
- 784 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Ecuador is a patchwork of indigenous communities, including people of colonial Spanish origins and the descendants of African slaves. Its capital, Quito, once a part of the Inca empire, has some of the best-preserved early colonial architecture on the
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Country Profile: Chile
World  (tags: Chile, South America, Democracy )

Ben
- 784 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations. It has been relatively free of the coups and arbitrary governments that have blighted the continent. The exception was the 17-year rule of General Augusto Pinochet, whose 1973 coup was
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BushCo's Dirty War
World  (tags: global war, war on terrorism, Iraq, Iraq war, Bush, mercenaries, Reagan, South America, special forces, black ops )

RC
- 785 days ago - consortiumnews.com
A great article by invetsigative journalist Robert Parry, who says, 'The "global war on terror' appears to have morphed into a global 'dirty war' with George W. Bush in ultimate command."
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Earthquake Strikes Peru Cities; 17 Dead
World  (tags: peru, lima, tsunami, earthquake, deaths, tragedy, south america )

Chrissy
- 832 days ago - news.com.au
A TSUNAMI warning was issued for South America's Pacific coast after an earthquake shook Peru today, killing at least 17 people. The quake toppled buildings and caused hundreds to flee office buildings. Cable news station Canal N reported that a church
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7.9 Quake Kills at Least 337 in Peru
World  (tags: children, deaths, earthquake, world, Peru, South America, prayers )

Teresa
- 832 days ago - wzzm13.com
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital, killing at least 337 people and injuring more than 827 others, the Civil Defense said early Thursday.
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El Tiempo, Colombia: Four Million Bullets: 'Congratulations' Chiquita Banana!
World  (tags: terrorism, war, corporations, corruption, government, killin, politics, Chiquita Banana, South America, Colombia, warofterror )

Blue
- 978 days ago - watchingamerica.com
"The case against Chiquita is a great opportunity to rip the lid off the putrid cauldron cooked up by companies that have enriched themselves with impunity on the blood of the people. Justice must not remain silent."
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