Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a four-year-old girl, Bolivian media reported.

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La Paz, March 11 : Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a four-year-old girl, Bolivian media reported.

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BRASILIA — Brazil Fiat will be fined US.67 million and ordered to recall its Fiat Stilo models, for failing to fix a wheel problem that led to eight deaths, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday. The m…

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Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.A Cuban dissident on hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political pr…

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that his country is in good shape thanks to eight years of efforts to improve the economy.At the inauguration of a thermal power plant in C…

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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger stri…

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose charm and everyman style have made him a hit on the world stage, is risking trouble at home and abroad with a puzzling e…

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Major League Baseball's leading executive in Latin America, Ronaldo Peralta has been ousted, according to an e-mail sent to baseball executives and obtained by SI.com. A memo from MLB's vice president…

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DENVER – Latin American artists will display works including such eclectic pieces as a mural chiseled out of vinyl and a large-scale reproduction of the first ever particle accelerator during a monthl…

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The ruling party of President Evo Morales, Movement towards Socialism, MAS, is set to win the coming April regional elections with victories in six of the nine departments (provinces) in which the cou…

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strik…

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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of complicity with "the tyranny of Castro." Brazilian pundits also criticized Silva and a political ally called the president's words disappointing. In an intervie…

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strik…

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Chilean president-elect Sebastian Pinera welcomed visiting Bolivian president Evo Morales to Chilean capital Santiago with a soccer match held at the city's police soccer fields on Wednesday."I w…

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REUTERS – Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, ranked the world's richest man by Forbes magazine on Wednesday, built his .5 billion empire by buying and turning around a creaking state monopoly and myriad o…

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Brazilian equities rose Wednesday, finding support from gains among housing stocks and market heavyweight Petroleo Brasileiro SA as the oil giant reported evidence of oil …

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U.S. must comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on U.S. cotton subsidies to uphold international law and order, President Lula da Silva said.

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CARACAS, Mar 10, 2010 (IPS) – Although most of the governments in Latin America today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one country, while in five countries it is banned under al…

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The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), and the United Nations (UN), through its Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), today presented…

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(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press, in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Lula da Silva warned that U.S.-propose…

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring.

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Cannon Design was awarded a new hospital design project for the Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the first project in South America for Cannon’s St. Louis off…

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While the rest of the world has been pursuing business opportunities in South America, Berlin has been sitting on its hands. Now, with Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle looking for a signature issue,…

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Filed at 4:24 a.m. ET BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female pre…

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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America's l…

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Chemical Processing Industry of South America is home to only 14 operational ethylene units, most of which are very small and quite old in comparison to installed capacity elsewhere in the world. For …

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Brazil's president plans an active role in world diplomacy during his final months in power, saying he will visit the Middle East to seek peace and prevent a possible conflict over Iran's nuclear prog…

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(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia, second right, talks to young athletes during the opening ceremony of a sports complex at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, accomp…

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Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America's largest and most influ…

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America…

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Chemical Processing Industry of South America is home to only 14 operational ethylene units, most of which are very small and quite old in comparison to installed capacity elsewhere in the world. For …

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Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America's largest and most influ…

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America'…

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia, second right, talks to young athletes during the opening ceremony of a sports complex at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by Brazil's Chie…

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America'…

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia, second right, talks to young athletes during the opening ceremony of a sports complex at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by Brazil&#3…

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia, second right, talks to young athletes during the opening ceremony of a sports complex at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by Brazil's Chie…

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Brazil's president plans an active role in world diplomacy during his final months in power, saying he will visit the Middle East to seek peace and prevent a possible conflict over Iran's nuclear prog…

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia, second right, talks to young athletes during the opening ceremony of a sports complex at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by Brazil's Chie…

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B RASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October’s election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of …

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Edson Puch's last-gasp goal earned Universidad de Chile a share of the spoils from a thrilling Copa Libertadores clash with Universidad Catolica on Tuesday. Catolica appeared to be on the verge of win…

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LOS ANGELES — Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said on Monday.

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Sao Paulo: Brazilian stocks and the national currency slid on Monday, led lower by financial companies and commodity producers in a day of choppy trading. Brazil's benchmark Bovespa stock index shed …

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Brasilia: Brazil published on Monday a list of US goods subject to import tariffs as part of a threatened retaliation in a long-standing dispute over US cotton subsidies. The tariffs will go into eff…

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Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory…

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Brazil will harvest a grain crop of 145.1 million tons this year, a volume very close to the record 145.8 million tons of 2008, said the government’s statistics office, IBGE on the basis of Febr…

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Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras will invest a total of 79.5 billion reais (44.6 billion U.S. dollars) this year, the company said Tuesday.In a statement Petrobras said like other…

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Reuters On the trail of 'JihadJane'Los Angeles TimesThe American woman, 46, faces terrorism charges. An old boyfriend 'can't believe it,' and a former acquaintance calls the suspect naive. By Bob Drogin and and Jenna Portnoy Reporting from Pennsburg, Pa. – Colleen R. LaRose, the strawberry-haired …A Terror Suspect Who Fits No ProfileCBS NewsWoman indicted in [...]

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Sydney Morning Herald Technology's Richest BillionairesForbesBill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls. Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man. Though the software visionary's net worth rose billion to a whopping billion in the last …Slim Overtakes Gates, Buffett to Become Forbes Richest PersonBusinessWeekMexico's Slim [...]

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ABC News Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'CNNRemarks by Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama, shown here in 2009, have exposed political tensions. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Simmering tension between the White House and US Supreme Court spilled into …White House Vs. Supreme Court: It's Getting RidiculousCBS NewsReid Remarks Intensify [...]

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