For today, links to reports from the Associated Press (one in Spanish), Reuters, and commentary from Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. – MCM
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UN says Colombia’s coca crop at all-time high as officials promote new drug policies, by Manuel Rueda | The Associated Press BOGOTA — Coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year, the U.N. said, as the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade. In a report published over the weekend, the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime said 230,000 hectares (nearly 570,000 acres) of farmland in Colombia were planted with coca in 2022, a 13% increase from . . . READ MORE . . .
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50 years after the coup, by Eva Vergara and Daniel Politi | AP The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism. But as Chile marks the 50th anniversary of the coup that brought Pinochet to power for almost 17 years, many in the country don’t see it as a dark day. Amid a weak economy and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Chile conmemora medio siglo del golpe que dio paso a la cruenta dictadura militar, por Eva Vergara | Agencia AP SANTIAGO — Chile conmemoró el lunes 50 años del golpe de Estado que dio paso a una cruenta dictadura militar con una ceremonia en el palacio de gobierno de La Moneda a la que asisten diversos líderes regionales. El régimen militar liderado por el general Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) dejó un saldo de 3.200 asesinados, incluidos 1.469 desaparecidos. Medio siglo después, hay . . . LEA MÁS . . .
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Argentina August inflation forecast at highest since 1991, by Hernan Nessi | Reuters BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) likely rose 11.8% in August, which would be the highest monthly figuresince 1991, according to a Reuters poll of analysts on Monday, after a sharp devaluation of the local peso currency last month. The country’s government devalued the currency by nearly 20% in mid-August after . . . READ MORE . . .
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Chile 50 years: U.S. scars from 9/11/73, by Brad Evans | Consortium News Fifty years ago this week, in the early morning of Sept. 11 1973, a U.S. backed coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet began with Chile’s military taking control of strategic locations in the capital city Santiago, including the main radio and television networks. At 8.30 a.m., a declaration was broadcast that the military was now in control of the country.During the 16 years of Pinochet’s reign, 1,100 people were officially registered as “forcibly disappeared”. Only 104 bodies were ever found, although . . . READ MORE . . .