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July 11, 2012 The Venezuelan president is battling an aggressive form of cancer that forced him to spend much of the past year getting treatment in Cuba. His illness also has ignited debate on who might succeed him.

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July 6, 2012 Former members of Argentina's junta are convicted of stealing babies from political prisoners in the 1970s and 80s. The landmark case comes after decades of protests by the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who fought relentlessly to find out the fate of their children and grandchildren.

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July 6, 2012 Nearly four decades later, there's some solace for the families of young women in Argentina who were killed after giving birth under orders from the country's then-dictators. The women's babies — Argentina's "stolen children" — were then handed over to loyal members of the military.

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July 3, 2012 Drug lord Pablo Escobar nearly brought Colombia to its knees with a wave of bombings and murders in the 1980s. Now, he is back, in a new TV series that has mesmerized Colombia. The narco-novela tells of the cartel boss's rise and fall — and tries to show his victims' perspectives, too.

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July 2, 2012 After a 12-year absence, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is back in power with the election of Enrique Pena Nieto as president. He has promised the party won't return to its corrupt ways.

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June 30, 2012 Unlike the two most recent presidential elections, this one has not caught the imagination of voters or stirred passions. After a lackluster campaign, Mexico's PRI party looks likely to win back the presidency Sunday.

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