Brazilian Landless Protests Hit Capital
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More than 8,000 Brazilian landless activists surrounded the central bank on Thursday and threatened a big fight over land next year unless they get more public money to speed up land reform.
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Weeks of street protests have shut down the capital and threatened the once-thriving textile-export industry.
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Thousands of people join in with carnival celebrations in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Families affected by the 180m Barra Grande dam in Brazil drop their protest, angering environmentalists.
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Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Mexico's capital on Wednesday night to protest a surge in tortilla prices that has put President Felipe Calderon under intense pressure.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Searchers found dozens of bodies at the Amazon site of Brazil's worst airplane disaster on Tuesday and started to fly remains to the capital as investigators tried to determine how two planes collided.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 15  - Haitiâs strife-torn capital came to a standstill on Friday in a protest after two weeks of deepening violence that have left about 30 people dead.
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Police ticketed more than 2,500 people in the Argentine capital for failing to wear seat belts in the opening days of a campaign that had motorists fuming as they reluctantly buckled up.
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Thousands of police and paramilitary troops patrolled the capital yesterday on the second day of a general strike called to protest a grenade attack on an opposition political rally that killed 20 people and wounded hundreds.
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Thousands of protesters marched through Brazil's largest city on Thursday calling President Bush a warmonger and planet polluter as he started a tour aimed at winning friends in Latin America.
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Brazil&#39;s Olympic Committee will protest to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the assault on Vanderlei de Lima who was pushed off the road when he was leading the Olympic marathon on Sunday.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&#39;s Workers&#39; Party won mayoral races in six state capitals and had candidates leading in three others, putting it on track to increase control of the nation&#39;s largest cities.
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Police in Brazil arrest three men on suspicion of murder, following a violent confrontation over land rights.
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Brazilian police step up patrols after armed groups clash in  Rio's slums, leaving seven dead over the weekend.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of at least six  state capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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According to the Brazilian government, as many as 40,000 slaves are currently laboring under brutal conditions.
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Thousands of government opponents waving Venezuelan flags marched through the capital on Sunday to protest a decision by President Hugo Chavez to pull the plug on an opposition-aligned TV station.