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		<title>Haiti Earthquake: Six Months On</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months ago, on 12th January 2010, an earthquake struck Haiti, killing an estimated 222,500 people and injuring more than 300,000 others. Vanessa, a survivor, tells her story.]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras One Year On: The Struggle Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guy Tymorek investigates the polarisation and problems that still exist in Honduras one year after the coup d'état that removed democratically-elected president Manuel Zelaya from office.]]></description>
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		<title>The Race to Succeed Uribe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 30th May Colombians go to the polls to choose their first new president for eight years as incumbent, Álvaro Uribe, steps down after serving his maximum two terms in office. Just six months ago it had appeared that Uribe might stand again after he sought a constitutional amendment to allow him an unprecedented third term in order to protect his legacy of ‘democratic security’ in which the Colombian government has curbed the violence and weakened the FARC insurgency that had bedevilled the country. ]]></description>
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		<title>Swimming Against the Current: The Belo Monte Dam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent government approval of a controversial dam project on one of the Amazon river's tributaries in Brazil has caused anger and protest from groups as wide ranging as indigenous activists who will see their entire way of life turned upside down, and the likes of Hollywood film director James Cameron. But despite international outcry, the project is pushing ahead.]]></description>
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		<title>Change Gonna Come: Gay Rights in Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday Norma Castillo and Ramona Arévalo celebrated Argentina’s first lesbian wedding. For the couple, both of who are 67 years old and who have been together for over 30 years, the change was a long time coming. However, after years of inequality, it seemed like a turning point had arrived, not just in Argentina, but in several countries across the continent.]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica: A Model for Latin America?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 8th February, Laura Chinchilla won the Costa Rican election and became the first woman to do so in the country’s history. Chinchilla, who served as vice-president under the previous administration, beat her male opponents in an overwhelming victory. Many have commented that her election is another signal of the progressive nature of Costa Rica, a couhas developed a formula for success and that other, much larger Latin American countries, should take note.]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti: A Downhill Slope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haiti was recently hit by an earthquake measuring 7.3 and killing an estimated 200,000 people. But as Rachel Hall discovers, the island testifies to a chequered past, advanced by triumphs and obstructed by tribulations. Haiti was the first independent nation in Latin America, the first post-colonial black-led nation in the world and the only country to lead a successful slave rebellion. Yet in its corruption-riddled 200 years of existence Haiti has also suffered 32 coups. This is the beleaguered history to which the Caribbean island testifies, in which the path to progress has been consistently blocked by instability of both government and society.]]></description>
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		<title>2009: The Deadliest Year in Mexico’s War on Drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday 11th January, Mexican newspaper, El Universal, reported that 69 people had died in drug-related violence in the previous 24-hour period. This figure marked the highest daily death toll yet in Mexico’s drug war, bringing 2010’s total number of victims to 283. Of the 69 Mexicans killed, more than a third died in Ciudad Juárez, which borders the Texan city of El Paso.]]></description>
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		<title>Open Warfare in Rio de Janeiro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Rio de Janeiro is no stranger to violent crime, but the events that unfolded in October shocked even hardened observers of Brazilian society. Drug-trafficking gangs operating in a Rio favela shot down a police helicopter circling above, leading to an outbreak of violence that would leave over 40 dead. Occurring mere weeks after the city celebrated the capture of the 2016 Olympic Games, the events cast doubt on whether Rio should host such a prestigious event against a backdrop of such violence and insecurity.]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted President Zelaya Returns to Honduras</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 28th June, the Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya was woken up by 200 soldiers of his own army and was forced into exile in Costa Rica. Zelaya had that day planned to hold a non-binding consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution.]]></description>
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