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Bolivia protesters pressure governor
Jan 14 2007 10:14PM (CT)
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AP) - Demonstrators loyal to President Evo Morales continued their weeklong vigil in this central Bolivian city on Sunday, calling for the opposition-aligned state governor to resign for backing a movement to give the country's nine states greater autonomy.
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Bus found in Brazil subway site rubble
Jan 14 2007 9:10PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Rescue crews on Sunday found a minibus buried under tons of rubble following the collapse of a subway station construction site, but unstable ground forced them to retreat before they could reach any of the seven people believed to be trapped, officials said.
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Brazil police dispatched before Carnival
Jan 14 2007 8:40PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Hundreds of federal police headed to Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to battle a wave of gang violence ahead of a summit of South American leaders and next month's Carnival celebrations, the government said.
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Incoming Ecuador leader pledges change
Jan 14 2007 8:04PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Rafael Correa, a leftist economist and friend of Venezuela's anti-U.S. leader, promises swift radical political and economic changes after he is sworn in as president on Monday.
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Portrait of Caracas - from a mototaxi
Jan 14 2007 1:19PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Our motorcycle is headed for an impossibly narrow crack between two diesel-spewing buses, and to my untrained eyes we're not going to make it.
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8 die in military plane crash in Bolivia
Jan 14 2007 12:25AM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A Bolivian air force plane crashed in a southern state Saturday, killing all eight people on board, officials said.
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