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Type: World Region

Name: South America

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 reports

Mugger hit by bus while trying to flee with stolen mobile phone in Colombia

Shocking CCTV footage shows the would-be thief and his victim struggle before he runs off with the phone – straight into the path of an oncoming bus A would-be mugger learnt a very painful lesson – after he was hit by a BUS as he tried to flee.CCTV captured ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Colombia, Cellphone, CCTV

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Guyana to export rice and paddy by month-end

Guyana is expected to export 100,000 tons of rice and paddy to Venezuela by the end of May, 2013, according to a press release issued yesterday by the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy.The Minister said that the first shipment of rice would ... [Published Kaieteur News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Guyana, Leslie Ramsammy, Venezuela

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 8 reports

LATAM Airlines to resume Argentina flights later Saturday

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the carrier. ... [Published Reuters: Business News - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Argentina, Airline, Latam Airlines Group, INTERCARGO

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 5 reports

Ministry of Defence

Brazil beefs up security for Confederations Cup

SAO PAULO — Brazil is using more than 20,000 troops along its borders with 10 South American nations to reinforce security ahead of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in June.The Defense Ministry says in a statement that 25,000 army, navy and air ... [Published Star-Telegram - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Confederations Cup, Brazil, Security, Ministry of Defence

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 23 reports

Former Argentine Dictator Dies

Via the BBC: Argentina ex-military leader Jorge Rafael Videla dies Former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. He is reported to have died from natural causes in ... [Published Outside The Beltway | OTB - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Dictator, Jorge Rafael Videla, Isabel Peron, Torture, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 15 reports

Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator

Jorge Rafael Videla led a rebellion that overthrew Isabel Peron in 1976 and then oversaw a seven-year reign of terror known as the dirty war. By Andres D'Alessandro and Chris Kraul, Special to the BUENOS AIRES Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Jorge Rafael Videla, Isabel Peron, Dictator, Andrés D'Alessandro, Buenos Aires

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 36 reports

Former Argentine dictator dies at 87

Videla passed away quietly in his sleep while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity.Videla ran one of the bloodiest military governments during South Americas era of dictatorships, and later sought to take full responsibility for kidnappings, ... [Published Journal-Gazette - May 18 2013]

Entities: Dictator, Dirty War, Dictatorship, Argentina

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 8 reports

Venezuelas military enters high-crime slums

PETARE, Venezuela—Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas.Flashlights in his face, the driver steps out and places his hands on the roof while the soldiers ... [Published Texarkana Gazette - May 18 2013]

Entities: Venezuela, Military/Armed Forces, Petare

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 5 reports

Trouble Anti-money laundering bill…Opposition is forcing elections ? Luncheon

Government denied that it dragged its foot on critical anti-money laundering legislation that has to be passed before this month end. It said yesterday that the piece of legislation was being addressed all along.Yesterday, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon, ... [Published Kaieteur News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Roger Luncheon, Guyana, Anti-Money Laundering

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 12 reports

We’ll Remain Unimpressed With Domino’s DVDs That Smell Like Pizza Until We Can Eat Them

Oh, the cruelty. What’s the point of a DVD that smells and looks kind of like pizza once it’s “heated up” in a player? If it’s just to get us hungry and thinking about pizza, that is a cruel, cruel marketing trick. Take a note, Domino’s Brazil — ... [Published The Consumerist - May 17 2013]

Entities: Brazil, Domino's Pizza Inc, YouTube LLC

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 8 reports

89-Year-Old Hunts for Toilet Paper as Shortages Crimp Venezuela

Encarnacion Rivas, an 89-year-old Venezuelan retiree, had to traipse around a half dozen stores in Caracas on her search for toilet paper as dollar shortages in South America’s biggest oil producer reduce supplies of imported goods.“This is the first ... [Published Bloomberg - May 17 2013]

Entities: Venezuela, Alejandro Fleming, Hugo Chávez Frías, Caracas, Nicolas Maduro

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 8 reports

Colombia's Santos to seek 2nd term

Bogota, May 17 (EFE).- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos gave advance notice Friday that he will seek a second term in the 2014 elections, though he added that, in compliance with the law, he will not make the formal announcement until six months ... [Published EFE - May 17 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, Bogota

Quotes

"Rosoboronexport and Uralvagonzavod [its manufacturer] have been officially asked by the Peruvian military to leave the T-90S tank in Peru after the show for tests" Rosoboronexport's Sergei Ladygin said

Russia to Leave T-90S Tank in Peru for Trials [Published RIA Novosti - 9 mins ago]

"It didn't have the feeling of a country that was going anywhere in 1992," he said. But today Nigeria "does have the feeling of a country on the up. What you find physically and you see on the street matches up with a growth rate of 7 percent, which it is forecast to have this year."

'Britain's Obama' urges ties with West Africa [Published Centre Daily Times - 11 mins ago]

"Global development must keep equalising standards of living across countries, but it will be sustainable only if inequality can be kept under control within countries" he says

The price of poverty [Published Yass Tribune - 15 mins ago]

"I think it's an absurdity founded on the nostalgia of France as a great power, with French as the language of diplomacy, and the idea that France has a great culture that must be protected" she said

Quelle horreur! Passion for French may lose its raison d'etre [Published Sydney Morning Herald - 15 mins ago]

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Russia to Leave T-90S Tank in Peru for Trials [Published RIA Novosti - 9 mins ago]
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Blogs

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Study: Autonomous cars found trustworthy in glo... [Published Autoblog - 1 hour ago] Filed under: Safety , Technology "Consumers Desire More Automated Automobiles." That's the title of one page of a new study published by Cisco Systems as part of its Customer Experience Report, which focuses on the "automobile buying and driving ...
Sabadell: 5 people arrested for “glorification ... [Published 325 - 1 hour ago] May 15: Under the orders of the National Court judge Santiago Pedraz, the Mossos d’Esquadra [Catalan police] have searched the Llibertari Ateneo de Sabadell and, according to news reports citing police sources, have arrested five people, who are accused ...
Kokesh arrested in Philly [Published This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here - 1 hour ago] Several of you have sent us links to the news that attention monger Adam Kokesh has been arrested….again. This time at a rally in Philadelphia for the legalization of marijuana. Of course, you probably remember that Kokesh is planning to march on the ...
Exxon and Chevron’s Energy Stock Buzz This Week [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 1 hour ago] Chevron Corporation ( NYSE:CVX ): Current price $123.29Because of the refinery fire in August 2012 , the city of Richmond, California, is getting ‘lawyered up’ against Chevron, according to the Contra Costa Times . Richmond prefers the San Francisco-based ...
Exxon and Chevron’s Energy Stock Buzz This Week [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 1 hour ago] Chevron Corporation ( NYSE:CVX ): Current price $123.29 Because of the refinery fire in August 2012 , the city of Richmond, California, is getting ‘lawyered up’ against Chevron, according to the Contra Costa Times. Richmond prefers the San Francisco-based ...

Audio/Video

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Uruguay's president proposes legalising marijuana [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11 hours ago]
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VIDEO: Would-be robber struck by bus [Published BBC News Video - World - May 18 2013]
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