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		<title>Chile: Pascua-Lama Mine Halted for Environmental Offences</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 16:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chilean authorities have issued a US$16m fine to the world’s largest producer of metal, Barrick Gold Corp for environmental offences.]]></description>
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		<title>Macri&#8217;s &#8216;Press Freedom&#8217; Decree Transformed Into Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Buenos Aires legislature signed a majority opinion on a new bill that will replace the decree on 'defence of press freedom', issued last week by Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri. The initiative was supported by opposition parties Proyecto Sur and Coalición Cívica.]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador: President Outlines Plans During Inauguration Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During his inauguration ceremony, Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa outlined a number of policies the Alianza País (AP) government plans to implement during his second term in office. Having been re-elected in February with 57.17% of the votes he will preside over the country until 2017. Correa stressed the need for infrastructure investment and stated that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buenos Aires Province Teachers Announce 48-Hour Strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mirta Petrocini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberto Baradel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUTEBA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wage increase]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After another meeting with the provincial government failed, the Federation of Educators of Buenos Aires (FEB) confirmed yesterday a 48-hour strike for Monday and Tuesday. They will be once again demanding higher wages in their sector.]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia: &#8216;False Positive&#8217; Killings Still Ongoing According To Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centre for Popular Research and Education (Cinep) in Bogotá has reported that during 2012 there were 11 separate cases of 'false positives']]></description>
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		<title>Ten Years of Kirchnerism: The Power of Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cristina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow marks ten years since Néstor Kirchner's inauguration as Argentina's president. Celina Andreassi analyses some of the changes that this decade has left on the political discourse.]]></description>
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		<title>Ushuaia: Protestors Take Over Government House, Clash with Police</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Molina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A teachers' protest, supported by the truck drivers' union, in the Patagonian province of Tierra del Fuego ended up in clashes with the police when the crowd tried to take over the Government House in Ushuaia yesterday. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia: Government Supporters Rally in La Paz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, participated in a demonstration on the streets of La Paz in a bid to “defend democracy” after the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) ended strikes and roadblocks intended to “paralyse the country,” as stated by Octavio Urquizo, head of the COB.]]></description>
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		<title>Córdoba Governor Stirs Controversy With Dictatorship Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor José Manuel de la Sota suggested people involved in the dictatorship be given lesser sentences in exchange for information about the disappeared.]]></description>
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		<title>Qom Community Granted Supreme Court Hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Qom indigenous community from the province of Formosa were granted a hearing with the Supreme Court yesterday. After on-going issues with the provincial government over land rights, the commitment was made to introduce the Supreme Court as a “referee” and “mediator”.]]></description>
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