'Huge support' for Bolivia strike
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Opposition leader in Bolivia's wealthier lowlands claim success in a protest against changes to the constitution.
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Almost 300,000 civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national strike against government plans to cut jobs.
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Thousands of former fighters, including top government figures, rallied Friday to support a proposed amnesty for Afghans suspected of war crimes.
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LAGOS  - The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and a coalition of civil society groups on Monday stepped up efforts to whip up support for a planned general strike, called to protest rising fuel prices in the oil-rich west African country.
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Five Latin American nations are to meet in Bolivia to formalise a protest against a ban on high-altitude football.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Indigenous groups and  independent candidates were poised to win local elections in  Bolivia on Sunday, while support for traditional parties sank  further after a popular revolt last year toppled former  president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales led a campaign to overturn a ban announced in May on international soccer matches at altitudes of over 8,200 feet.
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President Evo Morales' backers in an assembly rewriting Bolivia's constitution have proposed allowing the populist leader to seek re-election for an unlimited number of consecutive terms.
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International agitators join mass protest
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Union leaders at Chile's   Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, expect more than   2,000 workers to approve a new contract deal from the company   on Thursday, ending a strike in its 25th day.
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A ballot of postal workers is expected to reveal strong support for the first national postal strike since 1996.
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Â· Tony Blair helps drum up support at conference Â· Total amount raised exceeds target for reform
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Summoned by bugle calls and firecrackers, millions of Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office.    Lines snaked for blocks in upscale neighborhoods, where suspicion is high that the leftist leader plans a Cuba-style dictatorship, and in the slums, where support for his "revolution for the poor" is fervent...
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Demonstrators seized control of a  natural gas facility in Bolivia on Friday in protest over the  government's nationalization of the energy industry, which they  say has not gone far enough, local radio reported.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with anti-government protesters who accuse him of trying to deprive the opposition of a voice in the drafting of a new constitution, local media reported.
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100,000 take part in biggest demonstrations for nearly 20 years but fears of crackdown grow.
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Violent protests have prompted an assembly rewriting Bolivia's constitution to call a monthlong recess in hopes of rescuing the new charter, one of President Evo Morales' central reforms.