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Inquiry ordered after Brazilian blackout

Lula demands answers after more than half the country and all of neighbouring Paraguay were plunged into darkness - raising concerns about Olympics preparedness

Brazil minister voices currency concerns

Brazil’s finance minister has sparked speculation the government will introduce further capital controls after he said foreign exchange markets were giving the Brazilian real an “exaggerated” valuation

Pakistan in Chinese fighter jet deal

China is to sell at least 36 advanced J-10 fighter jets to Pakistan in a landmark defence deal that could be worth as much as $1.4bn and highlights Beijing’s increasing strategic clout in Asia

Editorial: Bolivarian bully

Hugo Chávez should call off mobilisation plans. Colombia and the US should respond with guarantees that the bases will be used to battle insurgents and drug trafficking within Colombian territory

Narco-bling overdose leaves museum in a fix

Mexico’s overflowing drugs museum’s litany of colourful exhibits lifts lid on President Calderón’s three-year war on narcotics and the industry’s less-than-modest characters

Colombia appeals to UN over Chávez threat

Colombia says it will appeal to the UN Security Council and the OAS after Hugo Chávez, the fiery leftist president of neighbouring Venezuela, orders his army to prepare for war

Analysis: Brazil’s real reward

As Brazil, barely hit by the global crisis, lifts ever more citizens from poverty, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nears his final year in office held in high regard

Honduras pact crumbles over unity government

An agreement to end a four-month political crisis in Honduras collapsed after two rival leaders failed to form a government of unity to heal the damage from a June coup

Lula calls on leaders to attend climate talks

Brazil’s president has challenged other world leaders to attend next month’s climate talks in Copenhagen to break the deadlock in negotiations to cut greenhouse gas emissions

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Colombia

Protest in Bogota against President Uribe

Colombia – a country racked by 45 years of guerrilla warfare and the violent rise of drug trafficking – has been a challenge to rebrand