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16 May 2012 Last updated at 13:46 ET

Brazil truth commission installed

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurates a truth commission to investigate rights abuses, including those committed during military rule from 1964-1985.

The Mexican army has been deployed in different Mexican states since late 2006 to fight the drugs warMexico drugs: Two generals probed

Two Mexican generals are detained and questioned on suspicion of having links to a Mexican drug cartel.

Mexican author Carlos Fuentes on 3 March 2012Mexico writer Carlos Fuentes dies

Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, known for fiction and political essays, dies in Mexico at the age of 83.

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