December 2011
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2011 in Global development – in pictures →
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In Pictures: Iranian war games in the Gulf - In... →
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Clashes erupt as protests spread across Syria -... →
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Did I really say that? Gaffes of the year →
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Peru: A PBS investigation shows informal miners...
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“In Peru, Gold Rush Leads to Mercury Contamination Concerns,” focuses on the extreme mining situations in the Peruvian rain forest region of Madre de Dios. (Video Capture: PBS/Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting)
By SANDRO MAIRATA Channel: Latin American Affairs
Long before cuisine became the ultimate Peruvian obsession, there was mining. Gold mining. Back in pre-Inca times,...
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Who killed the Soviet Union? →
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24 hours in pictures →
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Thousands protest ruling party in Russia
Russian opposition parties exploit long-standing government corruption allegations after recent parliamentary polls with major protests. Jessica Gray reports.
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Venezuela: Chávez's new power landscape
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Hugo Chávez has begun restructuring his Bolivarian regime in anticipation of next year’s elections. (Facebook)
By CASTO OCANDO Channel: Latin American Affairs
The latest decisions of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez regarding the political coalition that supports him, are redrawing a new and surprising power structure in Venezuela. A power structure that was, paradoxically, built...
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2011 - year in review interactive →
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The news in 2011 was being recognised as exceptional long before the year began to draw to a close. Our interactive reviews 2011 as a whole but also captures running stories that defined the year from the Arab spring to the UK riots and from phone hacking to eurozone debt. You can click through the pictures on the interactive to see how 2011 unfolded day-by-day or choose to see...
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12 months of protests →
Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle... →
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Inside Breaking News: 7 biggest Breaking News... →
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It goes without saying, but it’s been an incredible news year. Here at BreakingNews, we’ve compiled the biggest breaking stories of the year — the stories that drove the biggest traffic spikes, the most @breakingnews retweets, the fastest stream of updates, the most social media reports and…
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Brazil: The Belo Monte Dam is green lighted, but...
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The Belo Monte Dam would become the world’s third biggest dam project, and impact the lives of some 40,000 indigenous people. (©AmazonWatch/Ivan Canabrava)
By SANDRO MAIRATA Channel: Latin American Affairs
The Associate Press reports that a Brazilian judge has green lighted the Belo Monte Dam Complex, set to begin in the country’s north central region, after years of...
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The Best and Worst of 2011: Media
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Portraits of Juarez residents taken by Monica Lozano on the first round of Inside Out Project Juarez. (Monica Lozano) By CONZ PRETI Channel: Media, Best and Worst
This year was filled with unforgettable images: Tom Hanks dancing to Latin music on air, major world leaders smooching on camera, common people smiling for the world to see, Latinos making a mark on Social Media, and...
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Former dissident becomes Tunisian president -... →
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“We can now see how social media has become the battlefield of a new war for...”
– Maxim Goncharov, a senior threat researcher, who observed a shadowy campaign of “pro-Kremlin tweets that appear to have been sent by countless Twitter bots” in the wake of the Russian protests. (via newsweek)
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Five years of ‘Biblical’ problems for Mexico's...
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During a speech earlier this week in Durango, Mexico, President Felipe Calderon addressed many of the difficulties his nation has faced during his presidency. (Getty Images)
By MANUEL RUEDA Channel: Latin American Affairs
Despite having to deal with a long list of problems that he compares to the biblical plagues of Egypt, President Felipe Calderon says he has the support of...
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Poverty drops in Latin America despite global...
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Economic growth and rising wages in Peru has helped reduce the country’s poverty rate sharply over the past two decades. (Getty Images)
By STEPHEN KEPPEL Channel: Economics
A new report released by the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) shows that poverty in Latin America fell to its lowest levels in twenty years despite weak global economic...