Snowden warns of rise in US domestic spying following Trump’s election victory
The former US spy agency contractor believes democratic checks and balances are losing ground to authoritarianism.
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Ecuador troops storm hospital, rescue Correa
Ecuadorean troops stormed a hospital in Quito on Thursday and rescued President Rafael Correa, who was trapped inside for hours by renegade police.
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Colombia takes Chávez war talk to Security Council
Colombia took what it called threats of war from neighbouring Venezuela to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.
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Freed hostage Betancourt recounts bold rescue
High-profile hostage Ingrid Betancourt was shocked when aid workers supposedly transporting her to a new location turned out to be state soldiers.
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Ex-Colombian hostage reunited with son
A Colombian woman freed last week after six years as a rebel hostage arrived in Bogota on Sunday and headed straight for a reunion with her son, Emmanuel, born in a jungle camp and then taken away by her captors. A slightly dazed Clara Rojas arrived from Caracas, where she had been since leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez brokered her release.
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Chávez for life? Venezuelans to vote on re-election
Venezuelans vote in a tightly contested referendum on Sunday on whether to allow left-wing President Hugo Chávez to stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections or hand him his first defeat at the polls. The anti-American firebrand, who has easily won one election after another against a fragmented opposition, is in the hardest campaign of his life.
