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Clashes erupt on Morales’s protest march

A weeklong march led by Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales against incumbent leader Luis Arce descended into violence when followers of each politician clashed along the route, leaving 26 people injured...

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Fujimori dies

Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori, who spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died on Wednesday at the age of 86 in the capital Lima, his family said.

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Lula fires minister accused of sexual harassment

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday fired his human rights minister, Silvio Almeida, following claims that he sexually harassed several women, including a cabinet colleague.

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Widespread rights violations in Venezuela: HRW

Venezuelan authorities are committing ‘widespread human rights violations’ against protesters, bystanders, and opponents in the aftermath of presidential elections the opposition says were stolen, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday...

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Maduro election rival faces arrest if he ignores third summons

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia faces an arrest warrant if he ignores a third demand to appear before prosecutors over the country’s disputed presidential election, the latest summons said on Thursday.

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Harris says US ready to turn page on Trump

Kamala Harris declared on Thursday that Americans are ready to turn the page on Donald Trump in her first interview since her dramatic entry into November’s presidential election.