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![Cocaine accused's low-rent city shelter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cocaine accused's low-rent city shelter
The Hotel Caoca is an unlikely hangout for an accused drug smuggler. But this is where Sharon Armstrong spent much of her seven days in Buenos Aires...
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New details on how NZ cocaine accused was tricked
An Argentinian paper has revealed fresh details of how a NZ woman was tricked into smuggling cocaine out of the country...
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Family: NZer cocaine accused was duped
Sharon Armstrong, former Maori Language Commission deputy chief executive, has been detained in Buenos Aires.
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Want to eat at one of the world's best restaurants? You'll be lucky
A place on the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants has become one of the most sought-after honours for restaurateurs.
![Patagonia: Excrement-flinging birds and other wildlife](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Patagonia: Excrement-flinging birds and other wildlife
Jill Worrall finds some 19th century parallels with New Zealand history in South America's deep south.
![Book Review: <i>In The Company Of Angels</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book Review: <i>In The Company Of Angels</i>
Copenhagen in the early 1990s. Bernardo Greene is a patient at a Clinic for Torture Victims. In his native Chile, he'd been tortured for two years by the Pinochet regime.
![Brazil: Discovering the contrasts of Rio](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brazil: Discovering the contrasts of Rio
The jewels in Brazil's crown range from opulent beaches to colourful slums, writes Geoff Cumming.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro balances the dreamy opulence of sunny beaches with the reality of life in the favelas.
![Gardening: Fabulous feijoas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gardening: Fabulous feijoas
Justin Newcombe pays tribute to an icon of the New Zealand garden, one that is just coming into season.
![Punta Arenas: Magellan's legacy endures at world's end](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Punta Arenas: Magellan's legacy endures at world's end
Jill Worrall embarks on a cruise through Patagonia from Chile's southernmost city.
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8.9 Japan quake fifth largest since 1900
Japan's biggest quake since records began triggered a shocking 10m tsunami. See how the quake ranks in history.
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Tokyo tsunami one of the biggest in recent history
A 10-metre-high tsunami ploughed into the Japanese coast on Friday, dashing ships into the shore, washing away houses and leaving devastation in its wake.
![Bolivia: Holiday thrills on highway to hell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bolivia: Holiday thrills on highway to hell
Bolivia's infamous Death Road is an unlikely must-do for bike-riding gringos, writes Grant Dyson.
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Chilean miners considered suicide, cannibalism
The 33 miners rescued from inside a Chilean mine last year had considered suicide and cannibalism, it has emerged.
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Buenos Aires: Let's get ready to tango
With just 48 hours to spend in Argentina's capital city, Geoff Cumming goes in search of some live Latin beats.
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Ecuador: Sticking with a stitch in time
The Andes' artisans call on skills thousands of years in the making, writes Jim Eagles.