Venezuelan opposition lawmakers beaten with pipes
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Pipe-wielding government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress, attacking lawmakers on the national Independence Day holiday.
Pipe-wielding government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress, attacking lawmakers on the national Independence Day holiday.
BHP and Vale have until October to negotiate a settlement to a $61.2b claim stemming from the Samarco mine disaster
A police helicopter swooped down from a clear sky while someone inside dropped grenades on the Supreme Court and opened fire on the Interior Ministry. But why?
Venezuelan forces hunted the rogue policemen who bombed the Supreme Court but critics said President Nicolas Maduro may have mounted the raid to justify repression.
President Nicolas Maduro blamed a former ally for orchestrating an incident involving a police helicopter firing shots and dropping grenades from the air.
He once steered Latin America's biggest economy. Former Brazil Finance Minister Antonio Palocci has been imprisoned for 12 years on corruption.
Former Argentina President Cristina Fernandez - with $837m of her assets seized on corruption charges - returns to national politics.
Argentina sold $US2.75 billion of a hotly demanded 100-year bond, one year after emerging from its latest default.
There are 2400 people living in Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands.
Goldman Sachs refused a Caracas request to convert $US5b in sovereign bonds, but then bought other Venezuelan securities for pennies on the ...
In a combative television address to the nation, Michel Temer levelled explosive charges against his accuser of insider trading and manipula...
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