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# Latin America

Colombia reaches one million confirmed coronavirus cases

It comes after Argentina hit the same milestone on Monday.

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Oct 25th 2020, 8:20 AM

# Covid-19

Latin America and the Caribbean have now surpassed Europe for Covid-19 deaths

Meanwhile, in India, the number of cases have doubled in three weeks.

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Aug 8th 2020, 9:39 AM

# Resignation

Future interim Bolivian president promises new elections amidst pro-Morales protests

It follows weeks of protests against the re-election of the 60-year-old.

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Nov 11th 2019, 8:29 PM

# RIP

'A truly remarkable person': Tributes paid to Trócaire worker of 37 years Sally O'Neill

Through the years, O’Neill worked primarily on Trócaire projects in Latin America.

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Apr 8th 2019, 5:19 PM

# Violence

Journalist shot dead during violent clashes over pension reform in Nicaragua

The protests are the worst experienced in the 11 years President Daniel Ortega has led the country.

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Apr 23rd 2018, 10:31 AM

# higher and higher

'A huge rise': Colombia produced 866 metric tonnes of cocaine last year

Over 145,000 hectares of coca were cultivated last year.

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Jul 15th 2017, 12:45 PM

# Corruption

Former Brazil leader Lula gets nearly 10 years in jail for accepting bribe

The current president has also been charged with taking bribes and several of his ministers have resigned after corruption claims were made.

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Jul 13th 2017, 8:13 AM

# Coup d'etat

When a coup is not a coup: Venezuela is edging closer to a full-on democratic catastrophe

A number of Latin American countries have hit out at the move.

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Mar 31st 2017, 4:18 PM

# Latin America

Protests across Latin America after Argentinian teenager raped and impaled on a spike

Thousands of women across South America took part in the demonstration.

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Oct 19th 2016, 9:19 PM

# none of the above

This country's new president is an actor who once played a moron who ran for president

So meta.

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Jan 16th 2016, 11:15 AM

# Latin America

Sexual health group targeted for helping a 10-year-old rape survivor seek an abortion

A new report from Amnesty International looks at the treatment of those advocating for safe abortions and sexual health across Latin America.

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Dec 12th 2015, 8:00 PM

# Abortion

"Protection of life surpasses religion and politics. We cannot allow this country to promote death."

Peru has rejected legalised abortions for victims of rape.

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Nov 25th 2015, 7:44 PM

# don't cry for me

Inflation is so bad in Argentina people have stopped worrying about it

Price have risen by 20% yearly for the past 8 years.

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Oct 18th 2015, 5:00 PM

# staying power

This former left-wing guerilla has just been re-elected as Brazil's president

Dilma Rousseff saw off the challenge of Aecio Neves in the presidential run-off.

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Oct 27th 2014, 7:20 AM

# Latin America

Brazil's president sees off ex-maid and 'smooth operator' to win first-round vote

Dilma Rousseff won the first-round election last night and now faces a run-off against her centre-right opponent.

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Oct 6th 2014, 10:59 AM

# a history of violence

Around 120 million girls worldwide have been sexually assaulted

Shockingly, nearly 95,000 children were killed in one year alone.

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Sep 5th 2014, 9:40 AM

Voices

Opinion: The ugly cost of the beautiful game in Brazil

The real competition in Brazil is for ownership of the land and control of natural resources.

Jun 26th 2014, 7:30 PM

# IMPAC Award

A childhood in dangerous Colombia inspires...

Juan Gabriel Vásquez grew up in a Bogotá rife with violence, and a drugs trade beginning to take off. His experiences inspired his IMPAC-winning novel.

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Jun 12th 2014, 5:40 PM

# Aló Presidente

Busy day for President Higgins as Central American tour continues

The President and his wife will attend a lunch hosted by his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, where they’ll also be joined by business and academic figures from the country’s Irish community.

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Oct 21st 2013, 8:35 AM

# SNOWDEN

Bolivia's Morales offers asylum to US leaker Snowden

Nicaragua and Venezuela have also offered asylum to the American – one days after denouncing the rerouting of Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane over Europe amid reports that the fugitive was aboard.

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Jul 6th 2013, 4:32 PM

# Pregnancy

C-section approved for seriously ill pregnant woman denied abortion in El Salvador

A 22-year-old critically ill pregnant woman, whose foetus has been given no chance of surviving, has been denied an abortion after judges rejected her lawyers’ appeal that the pregnancy was life-threatening.

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Jun 2nd 2013, 5:15 PM

# Guatemala

In world first, Guatemala convicts former president of genocide

Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and war crimes in a ruling arising from massacres of indigenous people in the 1980s.

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May 11th 2013, 12:02 PM

# pope francis

Pope prays for peace in Syria, Korea on first Easter

In his first Easter Sunday message in front of a crowd in St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis prayed for Syria, the Korean peninsula and issued an appeal for hostages held by militants in Nigeria.

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Mar 31st 2013, 2:35 PM

Voices

Column: Chávez was a charismatic leader - but his economic legacy should be a warning

We’ve lost a colourful world leader who genuinely seemed to have the best interests of his people at heart. But the facts don’t lie – Chávez’s economic legacy is a warning against statist socialism, writes Aaron McKenna.

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Mar 9th 2013, 7:45 AM

# Venezuela

Hugo Chavez will be embalmed 'like Ho Chi Minh, Lenin and Mao'

Venezuelan vice president Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in later today and said that Chavez will be kept in a glass casket “for eternity”.

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Mar 8th 2013, 8:19 AM

# Ecuador

Ecuador: President secures third term, says revolution cannot be stopped

“Nobody is going to stop this revolution. We are making history,” leftist leader Rafael Correa declared as he secured a third term in office.

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Feb 18th 2013, 8:24 AM

# Mexico

Archaeologists puzzled by discovery of 150 skulls in central Mexico

The skulls were found away from any pyramid or temple complex, and date to an era where no major civilisation flourished.

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Jan 31st 2013, 9:52 PM

# Environment

Photo essay: El Salvadorians taking action against environmental threat

Dr Oliver Moore travelled to the Latin American country with Trócaire to see local communities becoming empowered to fight for a clean environment, and for sustainable development.

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Dec 16th 2012, 9:15 AM

# Gay Marriage

Uruguay congress considers same-sex marriage law

The Latin American country is considering a new law to give same-sex couples all the same rights and responsibilities of heterosexual married couples.

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Nov 14th 2012, 8:26 PM

# Exports

Q. Where should Ireland look to trade?

A. We should look to Middle East and Latin America, according to new trade forecast.

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Nov 12th 2012, 7:05 AM

# Argentina

Argentina lowers its voting age to 16

The move will likely strengthen President Cristina Kirchner’s hopes of retaining control of the legislature and potentially change the constitution to allow her to run for a third term.

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Nov 1st 2012, 11:08 AM

# green jersey approach

Pics: Higgins meets former Brazilian president, gives him Ireland jersey

Michael D Higgins arrived in Sao Paulo yesterday and headed straight for a meeting with the popular former president.

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Oct 9th 2012, 9:05 AM

# El Presidente

President to meet political leaders and Irish community in Chile

President Michael D Higgins has a busy schedule on the day two of his South American trip.

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Oct 5th 2012, 6:30 AM

# El Presidente

Pictures: Day one of Michael D Higgins in Chile

The President met with his Chilean counterpart on a busy day of public engagements.

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Oct 4th 2012, 7:14 PM

# Colombia

Colombia says last top drug lord arrested

Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, alleged to be the country’s last major drug lord, has been arrested in an international sting.

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Sep 19th 2012, 1:47 PM

# Latin trip

President Higgins to travel to Latin America in October

The President is expected to make an official visit to Chile, Brazil and Argentina next month.

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Sep 4th 2012, 9:30 PM

# Julian Assange

Ecuador's president says Assange allegations 'not crimes' in most places

Correa said the alleged actions against the WikiLeaks founder were ‘not crimes in 90 to 95 per cent of the world’ but they had played no part in Quito’s decision to grant Assange asylum.

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Aug 27th 2012, 10:06 AM