Bolivia backs trial for ex-leader
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The Bolivian Congress votes to put  the former president on trial over the deaths of protesters last year.
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Lawyers for former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet are fighting a court ruling that he is fit to stand trial for alleged human rights abuses.
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Abimael Guzman, ex-leader of Peru's Shining Path rebels, faces retrial in a civilian court 12 years after his capture.
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Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was expected to be extradited from Chile to Peru on Saturday to face trial on charges of corruption and the killing of 25 people by death squads during his rule.
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Bolivia's President Morales formally receives a new draft constitution, as some regions seek autonomy.
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Bolivia's Senate passes a controversial land reform bill pushed by President Morales after a week of deadlock.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Indigenous groups and  independent candidates were poised to win local elections in  Bolivia on Sunday, while support for traditional parties sank  further after a popular revolt last year toppled former  president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
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A Chilean appeals court is set to rule on Monday on whether former president Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial for alleged human rights abuses.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto  Pinochet moved closer to his first trial on human rights  violations on Tuesday when Chile's Supreme Court allowed murder  and kidnapping charges against him to go forward.
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The ex-president of Peru is facing multiple-court proceedings. Already found guilty of abuse of power, he faces murder charges that could see him in prison for 30 years
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SANTIAGO  - A Chilean judge ordered former dictator Augusto Pinochet to stand trial on murder and kidnap charges linked to his role in Operation Condor, a conspiracy of 1970s South American dictatorships to eliminate opponents.
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Peru plans to hold a new trial next month before a civilian court for imprisoned Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman and 17 other top leaders of the Maoist insurgency, court officials said Monday.
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Brazil's high court rules that a former top presidential aide should stand trial over a corruption scandal.
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SANTIAGO: Augusto Pinochet will stand trial for atrocities committed during his 17-year regime in Chile, a Santiago court has ruled unanimously as the 89-year-old former dictator recovers in hospital from a stroke.
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A JUDGE today ordered Chile&#39;s former dictator Augusto Pinochet to stand trial for murder and kidnappings under his iron-fisted rule between 1973 and 1990.
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The former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, yesterday won back the right to lead his own defence at his trial for war crimes.
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A Chilean appeals court is set to rule on whether former leader Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial.