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Men arrested after breaking into live TV studio in Ecuador
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Visiting the world's most remote Irish Pub on the edge of Antarctica
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Venezuela orders oil drilling in Guyana-run territory
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Don't be a boring tourist: What to do in Argentina beyond Buenos Aires
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The disturbing graveyard that's one of Argentina’s top tourist attractions
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Colombia to cull drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’
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Māori delegation to set record straight on ocean voyaging
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Drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine
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Nearly 200 firms probed in migrant visa scandal
Nearly 200 offshore migrants, linked to companies under investigation, told not to come.
Bird flu raced through South America. Antarctica could be next
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Editorial: Migrant exploitation woes shameful
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Deadly floodwaters hit Mexico, California braces for first tropical storm in 84 years
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Airline pilot dies after medical emergency at controls of Santiago flight
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Father of lost children in Amazon jungle arrested
Father arrested of the four missing children in Amazon jungle.
Anti-corruption Ecuadorean presidential candidate killed at campaign event
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Indigenous leader has inspired an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river
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