Topic: South America
Shaken Chileans get quake relief at soccer stadium
Reuters US Online Report World News
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Aftershocks still rattle walls and nerves in Chile nearly three weeks after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, intensifying grief and trauma for some while others find escape at the football stadium. Hundreds were killed and parts of south-central Chile lie in ruins from the February 27 quake that ...
Hackers attacked Colombian vote count
AFP Global Edition
Unidentified hackers struck the computerized system used to transmit voting data in Colombia's legislative elections, disrupting the vote count, the private contractor responsible for the system charged Wednesday. Ivan Ribon, spokesman for Arolen, a company hired to transmit results of Sunday's voting over the Internet, told local media ...
Peru president fires justice minister amid scandal
AP News
Peru's justice minister removed amid scandal over pardoning of convicted media executivePresident Alan Garcia fired Peru's justice minister Tuesday amid questions over the pardoning of a former media executive convicted of taking payoffs to provide favorable coverage for a previous government. Officials gave reporters a decree signed by ...
New Colombian party linked to right-wing gangs
AP Features
A new party accused of ties to far-right criminal bands has emerged as a surprising force in Colombian politics, adding to worries that President Alvaro Uribe has failed to weaken drug-funded paramilitaries in the provinces. Voters made the Party of National Integration, or PIN, Colombia's fourth-strongest party in Sunday ...
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